Crossword

ACROSS
1 He was replaced as king of Judah by his uncle Mattaniah (2 Kings 24:17) (10)
7 ‘Let us fix our eyes on Jesus... who for the joy set before him — the cross’ (Hebrews 12:2) (7)
8 Relieved (5)
10 Impetuous (Acts 19:36) (4)
11 Surprised and alarmed (Luke 24:37) (8)
13 ‘It is — for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for the rich to enter the kingdom of God’ (Mark 10:25) (6)
15 Directions for the conduct of a church service (6)
17 One of the acts of the sinful nature (Galatians 5:19) (8)
18 and 20 Down ‘She began to wet his — with her tears. Then she wiped them with her — ’ (Luke 7:38) (4,4)
21 ‘We will all be changed, in a flash, in the twinkling of an — , — the last trumpet’ (1 Corinthians 15:51–52) (3,2)
22 ‘But he replied, “Lord, I am — — go with you to prison and to death”’ (Luke 22:33) (5,2)
23 Third person of the Trinity (2 Corinthians 13:14) (4,6)

Down
1 He betrayed Jesus (Matthew 27:3) (5)
2 Paul’s assurance to the Philippian jailer: ‘Don’t — yourself! We are all here!’ (Acts 16:28) (4)
3 ‘Fear God and keep his commandments, for this — the whole — of man’ (Ecclesiastes 12:13) (2,4)
4 The sort of giver God loves (2 Corinthians 9:7) (8)
5 Sun rail (anag.) (7)
6 Naboth, the ill-fated vineyard owner, was one (1 Kings 21:1) (10)
9 Paul said of young widows, ‘When their sensual desires overcome their — to Christ, they want to marry’ (1 Timothy 5:11) (10)
12 This was how Joseph of Arimathea practised his discipleship ‘because he feared the Jews’ (John 19:38) (8)
14 Mop ruse (anag.) (7)
16 Foment (Philippians 1:17) (4,2)
19 Where Joseph and Mary escaped to with the baby Jesus (Matthew 2:14) (5)
20 See 18 Across

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