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Who was the first person to divide the Bible into verses?
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The Bible was first divided into verses in the early 16th century. The division of the Bible into verses was made by a man named Martin Luther. Luther was a German monk who became a priest in the Catholic Church. In 1517, he began to preach against the Catholic Church, and he was eventually excommunicated. Luther wanted to reform the Catholic Church, and he did this by making the Bible into a book that people could read. The Bible was divided into verses to make it easier to read.