The original Jewish and Christian Bibles did not have chapter and verse divisions—such divisions forming part of the paratext of the Bible. Since the early 13th century, most copies and editions of th
The Gospel according to John – a text showing chapter and verse divisions (King James Version)
"...they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."—Isaiah 2:4 (KJV), inscribed in a wall across the street from the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City
Isaiah chapter 40, verse 8 in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and German, with the verse analysed word-by-word. In English, this verse is translated "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever." (from Elias Hutter, 1602)
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Stephen Langton was an English cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1207 until his death in 1228. The dispute between King John of England and Pope Innocent III over his e
Chapters and verses of the Bible
…titles, are also found in the 9th-century Tours manuscript Paris Bibliothèque Nationale MS Lat. 3, the so-called Bible of Rorigo. Cardinal archbishop Stephen Langton and Cardinal Hugo de Sancto Caro developed different schemas for systematic division of the Bible in the early 13th century. It is the system of…
Statue of Langton from the exterior of Canterbury Cathedral
Plaster maquette of Stephen Langton by John Thomas at Canterbury Heritage Museum