Crossword

ACROSS

1   Proverbs describes her as being ‘of noble character’ (Proverbs 31:10) (4)
3   ‘Shall we go up again — — against the Benjamites, our brothers?’ (Judges 20:23) (2,6)
8   A descendant of Shem (Genesis 10:28) (4)
9   ‘Anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my — ’ (Luke 14:27) (8)
11 Resentment(Ephesians 4:31)(10)
14 In Cain(anag.)(6)
15 ‘Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to—’ (Psalm 139:6) (6)
17 Intense (1 Thessalonians 4:5)(10)
20 Third Order of the Roman Catholic Church(8)
21 ‘At midnight the cry rang out, “Here’s the bridegroom!Come out to — him”’ (Matthew 25:6) (4)
22 ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in — ’ (2 Corinthians 12:9) (8)
23 ‘As the — pants for streams of water,so my soul pants for you, O God’ (Psalm 42:1) (4)

DOWN

1   Nickname of popular First World War chaplain, the Revd G.A. Studdert Kennedy, — Willie (8)
2   Occasion of religious joy (Lamentations 2:22) (5,3)
4   ‘We three kings of — are’ (6)
5   Allegation or charge (Jude 9) (10)
6   Kind (1 Chronicles 12:33) (4)
7   ‘Open your — and look at the fields!’ (John 4:35) (4)
10 Also known as the Feast of Lights (John10:22)(10)
12 Area that saw the healing of two demon - possessed men and a herd of pigs stampeding to their deaths (Matthew 8:28) (8)
13 Forebear(James2:21)(8)
16 Name given to the first two books of the Apocrypha(6)
18 Esau sold his birthright for this (Genesis25:34)(4)
19 Rear(anag.)(4)

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