BIBLE PUZZLE

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