BIBLE PUZZLE

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Across
  1. 2. Title given to rulers of Egypt [7] (Jeremiah 44:29, 30)
  2. 6. A contemporary of the prophets Hosea and 24 down [5] (Jeremiah 26:17, 18) MEDE Nationality of king who ruled Babylon after Belshazzar [4] (Daniel 5:30, 31)
  3. 10. A kind of interpretation that was not the basis for Scripture prophecy, according to 2 Peter 1:20 [7]
  4. 11. He introduced Paul to Peter [8] (Acts 9:22-29)
  5. 13. Jesus did it both in heaven and on earth [5]
  6. 15. Of his four sons, only the firstborn Johanan did not rule as king over Judah [6] (1 Chronicles 3:15)
  7. 16. Vineyard owner and victim of a wicked plot by Queen Jezebel [6] (1 Kings 21:1-19)
  8. 17. Where Goliath came from [4] (1 Samuel 17:4-10)
  9. 18. A lie cost his life [7] (Acts 5:1-10)
  10. 21. One of the 12 apostles [6] (Luke 6:12-16)
  11. 23. Receiver of a letter from 23 across [5] (2 Corinthians 2:12, 13)
  12. 25. Apostle from the tribe of Benjamin [4] (Philippians 1:1; 3:4-6)
  13. 27. A major Hebrew prophet [6] (Acts 8:26-33)
  14. 28. Precious stone concealed centrally by Clopas [4] (a cryptic anagram)
  15. 29. A stopper and starter of the human race [4] (a cryptic clue) (Romans 5:12-14)
  16. 30. Heavenly body [4]
  17. 31. Abednego’s Hebrew name [7] (Daniel 1:1-7)
  18. 32. Disown, as Peter did to Jesus [4]
  19. 33. Certain part of “treasures in heaven” [4] (a cryptic clue) (Hebrews 6:19)
Down
  1. 1. Her name sounds something like a gem, but she was a liar [8] (Acts 5:1)
  2. 3. Portrayed in the book of Esther [8] (Esther 3:1-4)
  3. 4. Possessed by each of the 10 virgins [4] (Matthew 25:1-13)
  4. 5. Tribe through which Messiah came [5] (Genesis 49:10)
  5. 7. Leading number of Ninevites [4] (a cryptic clue)
  6. 8. Son of Jesse [5] (1 Samuel 16:1-13)
  7. 9. Biblical events before the Common Era serve as a ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ for Christians [7] (1 Corinthians 10:6-11)
  8. 12. He led the Jews into the Promised Land [6] (Acts 7:44, 45)
  9. 14. His other name was Edom [4] (Hebrews 12:12-17)
  10. 19. Jacob’s ninth son [8] (Genesis 49:14, 15)
  11. 20. Benjamite king of Israel [4] (Acts 13:20, 21)
  12. 22. The postexilic name of the sixth lunar month of the sacred Jewish calendar [4] (Nehemiah 6:15)
  13. 24. City the name of which means “He to whom it belongs” [6] (Psalm 78:57-61)
  14. 26. Matthias ‘took his office of oversight’ [5] (Acts 1:15-26)
  15. 30. What is “‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ than honey”? [7] (Judges 14:16-18)
  16. 33. The Pharisees were a prominent religious ‐‐‐‐ of Judaism [4] (Acts 15:1-5)