The Parish Magazine December 2024

38 The Parish Magazine — December 2024
PUZZLE PAGE — 1
BIBLE CROSSWORD
Across
1 ‘The blind receive sight, the — walk’ (Luke 7:22) (4)
3 Got (Philippians 3:12) (8)
8 Leave out (Jeremiah 26:2) (4)
9 Castigated for using dishonest scales (Hosea 12:7) (8)
11 Weighty (1 John 5:3) (10)
14 ‘Now the serpent was more — than any of the wild animals the
Lord God had made’ (Genesis 3:1) (6)
15 ‘Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot — God’
(Romans 8:8) (6)
17 Because Israel lacked one of these, tools had to be sharpened
by the Philistines (1 Samuel 13:19) (10)
20 In his vision of the two eagles and the vine, this is how Ezekiel
described the latter (Ezekiel 17:8) (8)
21 Rite (anag.) (4)
22 Nine gigs (anag.) (8)
23 ‘The eye cannot say to the — 'I don’t need you’
(1 Corinthians 12:21) (4)
Down
1 ‘Flee for your lives! Don’t — — , and don’t stop anywhere in the
plain!’ (Genesis 19:17) (4,4)
2 Principal thoroughfare (Numbers 20:19) (4,4)
4 ‘The tax collector... beat his — and said, “God have mercy on me,
a sinner”’ (Luke 18:13) (6)
5 ‘The zeal of the Lord Almighty will — this’ (2 Kings 19:31) (10)
6 ‘The day of the Lord is — for all nations’ (Obadiah 15) (4)
7 Specified day (Acts 21:26) (4)
10 Deadly epidemic (Deuteronomy 32:24) (10)
12 Roman Catholic church which has special ceremonial rights (8)
13 Tied up (2 Kings 7:10) (8)
16 In his speech to the Sanhedrin, Stephen described Moses as
‘powerful in speech and — ’ (Acts 7:22) (6)
18 ‘Although he did not remove the high places, — heart was fully
committed to the Lord all his life’ (1 Kings 15:14) (4)
19 Tribe (Deuteronomy 29:18) (4)
Christmas Cheers Verse Search by Ralph
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Ralph's ‘Christmas cheers search’ grid above contains
the names of 30 'beverages' whose names begin: 3A, 5B,
4C, G, 2K, 2L, 3M, 3P, R, 4S, V, W. If you find all 30 you
will also notice that the unused letters in the grid spell
out a relevant verse from the Good News Bible. You
might even manage to identify the verse. Good luck, and
God Bless!
Write your answers here . . .
ANSWERS TO RALPH'S NOVEMBER VERSE SEARCH
AIRCRAFT CARRIER
BARQUE
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CATAMARAN
CLIPPER
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The hidden Bible verse was from Matthew 8:24
Good News Bible
SUDDENLY A FIERCE STORM HIT THE LAKE
AND THE BOAT WAS IN DANGER OF SINKING
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