New Testament Statistics: Number of Chapters, Verses, and Words in the Greek NT

New Testament Statistics
compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.

Number of Chapters, Number of Verses in Each Chapter,
Total Number of Verses, and Total Number of Words
in each book of the Greek New Testament*

*Book* *Name*	*Total #* *Chaps.*	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	*Total #* *Verses*	*Total #* *Words*
Matt	28	25	23	17	25	48	34	29	34	38	42	30	50	58	36	39	28	27	35	30	34	46	46	39	51	46	75	66	20	1071	18345
Mark	16	45	28	35	41	43	56	37	38	50	52	33	44	37	72	47	20*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	678	11304
Luke	24	80	52	38	44	39	49	50	56	62	42	54	59	35	35	32	31	37	43	48	47	38	71	56	53	.	.	.	.	1151	19482
John	21	51	25	36	54	47	71	53*	59*	41	42	57	50	38	31	27	33	26	40	42	31	25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	879*	15635*
Acts	28	26	47	26	37	42	15	60	40	43	48*	30	25	52	28	41	40	34	28	40*	38	40	30	35	27	27	32	44	31	1006	18451
Rom	16	32	29	31	25	21	23	25	39	33	21	36	21	14	23	33	27	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	433	7111
1 Cor	16	31	16	23	21	13	20	40	13	27	33	34	31	13	40	58	24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	437	6829
2 Cor	13	24	17	18	18	21	18	16	24	15	18	33	21	13*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	256	4477
Gal	6	24	21	29	31	26	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	149	2230
Eph	6	23	22	21	32	33	24	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	155	2422
Phil	4	30	30	21	23	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	104	1629
Col	4	29	23	25	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	95	1582
1Thess	5	10	20	13	18	28	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	89	1481
2Thess	3	12	17	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	47	823
1 Tim	6	20	15	16	16	25	21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	113	1591
2 Tim	4	18	26	17	22	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	83	1238
Titus	3	16	15	15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	46	659
Phlm	1	25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	25	335
Heb	13	14	18	19	16	14	20	28	13	28	39	40	29	25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	303	4953
James	5	27	26	18	17	20	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	108	1742
1 Peter	5	25	25	22	19	14	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	105	1684
2 Peter	3	21	22	18	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	61	1099
1 John	5	10	29	24	21	21	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	105	2141
2 John	1	13	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	13	245
3 John	1	15*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	15	219
Jude	1	25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	25	461
Rev	22	20	29	22	11	14	17	17	13	21	11	19	18*	18	20	8	21	18	24	21	15	27	21	.	.	.	.	.	.	405	9852
TOTAL	260	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7957	138,020

* NOTES:

New in May 2025: A correction in the number of verses of Rev 12 causes a different total number of verses in the Book of Revelation as well as in the entire New Testament.
The above statistics are based on the "Analytical Greek New Testament" (AGNT) as provided by the "Bibloi" program from Silver Mountain Software.
The present chapter divisions were first introduced in the Vulgate Bible in 1205 by Stephen Langton, a professor in Paris (later Archbishop of Canterbury).
The present verse numbers were added in 1551 by Robert Stephanus, a book printer in Paris, again using the Vulgate Bible.
Due to the large number of textual variations in the surviving biblical manuscripts, the exact number of words is slightly different in each ancient and medieval Greek manuscript.
The above figures for the number of verses per chapter include all verses found in most Medieval Bibles (when the verse numbers were first introduced), even though modern critical scholarship agrees that some of them were probably not part of the original texts, since they are not found in the oldest Greek manuscripts (e.g., longer passages Mark 16:9-20 and John 7:53--8:11; and individual verses Matt 17:21; 23:14; Mark 7:16; 9:44, 46; 11:26; 15:28; Luke 17:36; 23:17; John 5:4; Acts 8:37; 15:34; 24:7; 28:29; and Rom 16:24).
The above figures for the total number of words per book include both the "shorter ending" and "longer ending" of Mark's Gospel (16:9-20), as well as the story of the adulterous woman (John 7:53-8:11), but do not include the other verses listed in the previous note. Thus, for example, the stats for John's Gospel are 879 verses (including 5:4) but 15635 Greek words (not including 5:4).
In a few cases, the number of verses in a particular chapter differs among the various ancient and modern editions and translations of the NT, causing the total number of verses to be one greater than in the main table above.
- The situation with Acts 10:49 NAB ("Then they invited him to stay for a few days.") seems to have been a simple error introduced into the 1986 revised NT of the NAB (and retained in the 2011 NAB-RE), since the 1970 NAB had these words as part of Acts 10:48, just as all other Greek, Latin, English, and other modern translations have only 48 verses in Acts 10. This error is being corrected in the forthcoming revision of the NAB (in 2025?).
- The situation is more perplexing in Revelation 12. The final words are either "And he stood upon the sand of the sea" or "And I stood upon the sand of the sea." Moreover, in various Bibles these words are considered either the end of verse 12:17, or a separate verse 12:18, or even the beginning of 13:1. But luckily all Bibles count the same 18 verses in chapter 13.
These discrepancies can be confusing and frustrating, but are rather few in the NT, while the number of chapter and verse discrepancies in the OT is far more frequent!
The following table shows the number of verses in several versions and translations for those NT chapters that contain some discrepancies:

.	Greek NT	Latin Vulg.	NJB	NAB	KJV	NET	NIV	RSV	NRSV
Acts 10:	48	48	48	49	48	48	48	48	48
Acts 19:	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41
2 Cor 13:	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13
3 John:	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15
Rev 12:	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18
Total in Acts:	1006	1006	1006	1007	1007	1007	1007	1007	1007
Total in Rev:	405	405	405	405	404	404	404	404	405
TOTAL in NT:	7957	7957	7957	7958	7957	7957	7957	7958	7958

Note: Green highlighting indicates higher # of verses,
red or yellow highlighting indicates lower # of verses than in the main table above.

Variations in Revelation 12:17b / 12:18 / 13:1a

Bible Transl.	Reference	Text / Translation
Greek NT	12:18	Καὶ ἐστάθη ἐπὶ τὴν ἄμμον τῆς θαλάσσης.
Vulgate	12:18	Et stetit* super arenam maris.*
RSV (1952)	12:17b	And he stood on the sand of the sea.
ROT (1999)	12:17b	--and he stood upon the sand of the sea.
BNP (2006)	12:17b	Y se detuvo a la orilla del mar.
ESV (2011)	12:17b	And he stood on the sand of the sea.
Luther (1545)	13:1	Und ich* trat an den Sand des Meeres…*
KJV (1611)	13:1	And I stood upon the sand of the sea…
Darby (1884)	13:1	And I stood upon the sand of the sea…
ASV (1901)	13:1	and he stood upon the sand of the sea.
NIV (1973)	13:1	The dragon stood on the shore of the sea…
NAS (1977)	13:1	And he stood on the sand of the seashore….
LBA (1985)	13:1	El dragón* se paró sobre la arena del mar…*
Rheims (1899)	12:18	And he stood upon the sand of the sea.
JB (1985)	12:18	I was standing on the seashore.
NJB (1985)	12:18	And I took my stand on the seashore.
NAB (1986)	12:18	It took its position on the sand of the sea.
NRSV (1989)	12:18	Then the dragon took his stand on the sand of the seashore.
NET (1996)	12:18	And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore.
NLT (1996)	12:18	Then the dragon took his stand on the shore beside the sea.
CEB (2011)	12:18	Then the dragon stood on the seashore,
EIN (1980)	12:18	Und der Drache* trat an den Strand des Meeres.*
TOB (1988)	12:18	Puis il se posta sur le sable de la mer.
BFC (1997)	12:18	Le dragon* se tint sur le bord de la mer.*

See also my NT Canon Page and my Old Testament Statistics Page