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.

Key to Scripture Metaphors

2 pages in this part of Curiosities of the Bible.

Key to Scripture Metaphors

A. 1. ADDER. Because (1st) it is often deaf, Ps. lviii. 4. (2nd) It is po sonous, Ps. cxi. 3. (3rd) It stings, Prov. xxiii. 32 Note.-It…

Key to Scripture Metaphors: Christian

Matt. xxiii. 37. 39. ISLES. Isa. xlix. 1. 40. INCENSE. Used of prayer, Ps. cxli. 2; and of the merits of Christ, Rev. viii. 3. 41. JEWELS…

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