Game - Can You Find the Hidden Bible Books?

[Brother_Bliss]

Can you find thirty (30) books of the Bible in this paragraph? Actually, there are 31 if you can find the variant of one Old Testament prophet's name.

There are 30 books of the Bible in this paragraph. Can you find them? This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours. He enjoyed it so much, he passed it on to some friends. One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his john boat. Another friend studied it while playing his banjo. Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help her nerves. There will be some names that are really easy to spot. That's a fact. Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a jam, especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized. Truthfully, from answers we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or a scholar to see some of them at the worst. Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this paragraph. During a recent fund raising event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new record. The local paper, The Chronicle, surveyed over 200 patrons who reported that this puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel Humana humbly puts it, "The books are all right here in plain view hidden from sight." Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you compete really well against those who claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mad exodus; there really are 30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph waiting to be found.

- Bob

[aPeacefulButterfly]

Hey Bob....Is this a pop test? I don't have time to play this am...have to run out ot wqork, but I'm going to take you challenge when I get a break!

LaRhonda

[Brother_Bliss]

I have 21 so far, and have to come back later and look some more when I have some extra time.

Please do not post the answers yet!

- Bob

[cam2086]

I found 15. its a challenge. i'm going to keep working at it

[Brother_Bliss]

Okay, 26 found so far. I am not showing where they are but this is what I got....

acts

amos

chronicles

daniel

exodus

genesis

hebrews

james

job

joel

john

judges

kings

lamentations

luke

mark

nahum

numbers

peter

philemon

revelation

romans

ruth

samuel

timothy

titus

4 more to go. Resisting the urge to cheat :-)

- Bob

[Brother_Bliss]

ANSWERS COMING SOON

Okay, so I had to get help on the last few I was missing.

I am going to post the answers in a day or two. I just wanted to warn you in case you view this forum in "Linear Mode" instead of the default "Threaded Mode" format.

- Bob

[SamiSaurus37]

I GOT EM ALL!! i refused to log back on until i found them all. and i did. so here i am. woot!

[gloreeoreo]

well i found 29 and i am giving up..too tired to find the last one...

[Brother_Bliss]

Hello everybody,

Here are the answers to the 30 Bible Books puzzle....

There are 30 books of the Bible in this paragraph. Can you find them? This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours. He enjoyed it so much, he passed it on to some friends...One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his john boat. Another friend studied it while playing his banjo, Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help her nerves. There will be some names that are really easy to spot. That's a fact. Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a jam, especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized. Truthfully, from answers we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or a scholar to see some of them at the worst. Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this paragraph. During a recent fund raising event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new record. The local paper, The Chronicle, surveyed over 200 patrons who reported that this puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel Humana humbly puts it, "The books are all right here in plain view hidden from sight." Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you compete really well against those who claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mad exodus, there really are 30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph waiting to be found.

- Bob

[gloreeoreo]

thanks...that showed the one i missed!

[gloreeoreo]

i wish i had thought of highlighting the ones that i found..that would have been so much easier!!

[SisterWilsonChgo]

Well I found 27 and that's better than nothing at all. I refuse to look at the answers till I find three more..so there!

[lunagirl25]

Did anyone find the 31st one?

[walkr2]

I like games, word game etc. can we update this to the current year 2016?