THIS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
The answer
"Jesus wept" (John 11:35), spoken at the tomb of his friend Lazarus. Just two words in English.
Why it’s interesting
Chapter and verse numbers aren't original to the Bible — they were added in the Middle Ages and 1500s to help people find their place. The "shortest verse" is really an artifact of that numbering.
Scholarly consensus
You can know the Bible.
Not just the stories, but the history, authorship, and scholarship behind it.