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.

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Initials, down-CORNELIUS.

Finals, up-CENTURION. ...... ... ........... ... 5. E-sa-u........... ......... 7. I-talian-n. 8 U-rban-e. 9 S-ado-c. ..... .... .... ... ..

John xviii. 1.

Rev. v. 8. .John xx. 16.

Acts vi. 5.

Heb. xii. 13. .2 Peter ii. 7.

Acts x. 1.

Rom. xvi. 9.

Matt. i. 14.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 39. - LAMB. - John i. 29.

L-ion.

A-dder.

M-ole.

B-at. ....... .....

Psalm xci. 13.

Psalm xci. 13.

Isaiah ii. 20.

Isaiah ii. 20.

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 40. -JESUS WEPT AT BETHANY J-ehoiad-a.....

E-gyp-t.

S-egu-b.....

U-ncl-e. ........ ..

S-anballa-t.

W-rat-h.

E-lish-a.

P-hilemo-n.

T-imoth-y... .. .. .2 Cor. xxii. 11; xxiii. 11. .Jer. xxvi. 21. 1 Kings xvi. 34.

Acts xxiii. 16.

Neh. ii. 10.

Rom. i. 18. 19. .2 Kings vi. 9, 13 Phil. 10, 11. ..2 Tim. iii. 15.

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