Every Greek Word a Grain

The same picture for the New Testament. Every Greek word is one grain, the same size as in the Hebrew picture. The dashed ring shows how big the Hebrew Bible would be at this same scale.

• Gospels
• Acts
• Letters
• Revelation

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that should be written.John 21:25 (ASV)

How this picture was made

The text

The Greek New Testament, Nestle 1904 edition, one word per line.

What was counted

Every Greek word: 137,779. The Hebrew Bible has 305,507, so the New Testament is about 45 in every 100 of its size.

How it was drawn

Exactly as Every Word a Grain: a sunflower spiral from Matthew at the centre to Revelation at the edge. Each grain takes exactly the same space as in the Hebrew picture, so the two can be laid side by side. These four colours mark parts of the New Testament, not the sections used in the other pictures.

What it shows

• Gospels 64,675 words (46.9%), Acts 18,393 (13.3%), Letters, Romans to Jude, 44,879 (32.6%), Revelation 9,832 (7.1%).

What it does not show

Greek and Hebrew build words differently, so a word count is only a rough measure of size between the two.