How many chapters in the bible

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How many chapters in the bible

The chapters in bible count to a total of 1189.

Old Testament has 929 and the New Testament 260 chapters in total.

But ever wondered who make these divisions of books, chapters, or verses.

In the 4th century AD, the division of books into smaller sections started. Codex Vaticanus, a Greek manuscript used paragraph divisions

In the 5th century, Jerome was divided into short passages

In 1227 AD Stephen Langton, an Archbishop of Canterbury divided Bible into chapters and verses

In 1448 AD, Jewish Rabbi Nathan divided Hebrew Old Testament into verses

In 1555 AD Stephanus divided the verses into New Testament