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.

Comfort Peace

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Comfort Peace

We are to do this for various reasons. It would be sufficient to say that Jesus has commanded us to do so. "Search ye the scriptures, for…

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