Stephen Langton (b. ca, 1150, England - d. 1228), the Archbishop of Canterbury, was the first person to divide the
Bible into the chapters which it carries to this day. Before that, there were no breaks or subdivisions in the text, which, originally in the Greek and Hebrew/Aramaic, also had no punctuation or spaces between words or letters.
The printer and classical scholar, Robert Estienne (b. 1503, France - d. 1559) was the first to print a Bible with numbered verses.
The innovations of Langton and Estienne made the Bible more accessible for study, reference, and memorization by the general population.
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