Like the fellow who thought he'd be crossing visible longitude lines on his
ocean voyage to Europe, some may think that the chapter and verse divisions were
on the sheet when apostles such as John (or psalmists such as David) wrote down
Scripture.
But no, they wrote letters and poetry and Gospels and other
history without numbering. Those markers were added centuries later. Indeed,
when Jesus referred to Exodus 3:6 in Mark 12:26, He simply located it in "in the
passage about the burning bush." Neither the "12:26" nor the "3:6" were yet in
place.[1] Read more
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