Curiosities of the Bible

Who was put to death by a plague? What's the shortest verse? 446 pages of Bible prize questions, enigmas and curiosities that Victorian Sunday schools competed over.

Bible Characters

7 pages in this part of Curiosities of the Bible.

Bible Characters (No Key page A noted teacher)

BIBLE CHARACTERS, No. 1. [Key page 146.] A noted teacher of Jewish law, whose reasoning had great weight with the council at Jerusalem.

Bible Characters: Israelites

The meeting-place of four hundred discontented Israelites. The initials of the following prove the name :- 1. One "who through faith…

Bible Characters: David

The initials of the following prove the name :- 1. One who chose idolatry and home rather than suffer affliction with the people of God. 2…

Bible Characters (BEY TO BIBLE CHARACTERS NO)

BEY TO BIBLE CHARACTERS, NO. 4. -PHILADELPHIA. - Rev. i. 11 1. P-hilemon... 2. II-erodion 3. I-turæa. 4. L-ystra…

Bible Characters (Xiii Samuel was born)

xiii.) Samuel was born in the atmosphere of Hannah's devotion, and his childhood spent under her pious care (1 Sam. i. 27, 28). Other Old…

Bible Characters (To offe incense The earth)

to offe: incense. The earth swallowed up some, and "fire from the Lord consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense" (Numb…

Bible Characters (Moses was a child of faith)

Moses was a child of faith and prayer, and displayed remarkable decision in his youthful days; so that while he was educated by Egyptian…

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