# 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](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/what-language-was-the-old-testament-written-in/112975) 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](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/who-wrote-the-book-of-hebrews/107050) into verses

#### In 1555 AD Stephanus divided the verses into New Testament

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