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Word Count and Reading Stats for the New Testament

Word Count and Reading Stats for the New Testament

Speaking of how long the Bible is (or isn’t), below are the word count and reading stats for the New Testament (a follow up to January’s Old Testament stats, again using the NASB and assuming 150 WPM).

Enjoy!

40 Matthew 28 1,071 23,519 2.6
41 Mark 16 678 14,831 1.6
42 Luke 24 1,151 25,774 2.9
43 John 21 879 19,512 2.2
44 Acts 28 1,007 24,493 2.7
SUB-TOTAL 117 4,786 108,129 12.0
45 Romans 16 433 9,729 1.1
46 1 Corinthians 16 437 9,648 1.1
47 2 Corinthians 13 257 6,234 0.7
48 Galations 6 149 3,220 0.4
49 Ephesians 6 155 3,171 0.4
50 Philippians 4 104 2,277 0.3
51 Colossians 4 95 2,126 0.2
52 1 Thessalonians 5 89 1,922 0.2
53 2 Thessalonians 3 47 1,106 0.1
54 1 Timothy 6 113 2,458 0.3
55 2 Timothy 4 83 1,667 0.2
56 Titus 3 46 907 0.1
57 Philemon 1 25 473 0.1
SUB-TOTAL 87 2,033 44,938 5.0
58 Hebrews 13 303 7,074 0.8
59 James 5 108 2,408 0.3
60 1 Peter 5 105 2,544 0.3
61 2 Peter 3 61 1,559 0.2
62 1 John 5 105 2,553 0.3
63 2 John 1 13 316 0.0
64 3 John 1 15 319 0.0
65 Jude 1 25 640 0.1
66 Revelation 22 404 11,977 1.3
SUB-TOTAL 56 1,139 29,390 3.3
  TOTAL 260 7,958 182,457 20.3

[UPDATE: I went back and corrected a bunch of these numbers. Several of them were off from the Bibleworks database (even then, though, the BW database is counting 11 dashes as words, so I’m not sure what’s up with that). Anyway, these are more accurate.]