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| 4818845395 | manna in the desert | (OT) when the Israelites were escaping from Egypt, God sent them manna from the heavens for them to eat; refers to an unexpected or gratuitous benefit | 0 | |
| 4818845396 | the golden calf | (OT) when Moses (the leader of the Israelites) was up in Mount Sinai, people began to doubt, so Aaron (brother of Moses) fashioned a golden calf out of their jewelry as an idol for them to worship; refers to a false god, esp. wealth as an object of worship | 1 | |
| 4818845397 | turn the other cheek | (NT) to refrain from retaliation after being attacked/insulted; Biblical (that is, New Testament) alternative to "an eye for an eye" | 2 | |
| 4818845398 | the blind leading the blind | (NT I think?) sinners leading sinners; refers to incompetent people leading other who are just as incompetent | 3 | |
| 4818845399 | walk on water | (NT) another miracle of Jesus'; refers to an impossible task or an extraordinary task | 4 | |
| 4818845400 | the good Samaritan | (NT) parable by Jesus about a traveller who is mugged and left for dead. A priest then a Levite (both high-ranking religious people) come by but both avoid him. It is finally a Samaritan (who were despised by the Jews and vice versa) that helps him and pays for his care; refers to someone who helps a stranger | 5 | |
| 4818845401 | the prodigal son | (NT) parable by Jesus; a young man asks for his inheritance early and wastes it all. After going hungry and begging, he resolves to return to his father's house to try to become a servant there, but the father forgives him and throws a feast celebrating the return of his son. His brother, who had stayed the whole time, is angered by the fanfare the other son receives while he himself had been working the whole while, and the father reminds him that they should still celebrate his brother's return; refers to one who leaves his home in pursuit of selfish pleasures, but returns ashamed to his forgiving home (think Edmund in Narnia) | 6 | |
| 4818845402 | Cain and Abel | (OT) sons of Adam and Eve; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy because Abel was blessed by God for having a pleasing offering, while Cain wasn't; the first murder | 7 | |
| 4818845403 | the wedding feast at Cana | (NT) Jesus' first miracle where he turned water into wine (nice) | 8 | |
| 4818845404 | Sodom and Gomorrah | two sinful cities in the Old Testament that God destroyed; the term "sodomy" comes from here | 9 | |
| 4818845405 | baptism | Christian sacrament; a ceremony that signifies one's identification with a belief or cause; "baptism by fire" = severe ordeal experienced for the first time or a soldier's first experience in actual combat | 10 | |
| 4818845406 | crucifixion/resurrection | Jesus' death on the cross (crucifixion) and rise from the dead three days later (resurrection) | 11 | |
| 4818845407 | the death of John the Baptist | (NT) John the Baptist was held in prison for causing trouble/denouncing King Herod's incestuous marriage; after the King's daughter danced "that pleased him" (see: Salome and the Dance of the Seven Veils), he promised to grant her a single wish, and after consulting with her mother, she asked for the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter | 12 | |
| 4818845408 | the plagues of Egypt | (OT) a series of 10 plagues (water to blood, frogs, lice, flies, dead livestock, boils, storms, locusts, darkness, death of firstborn) upon Egypt b/c Pharaoh refused to let the Jewish people (led by Moses) leave for their homeland | 13 | |
| 4818845409 | doubting Thomas | (NT) Apostle Thomas refused to believe Jesus has resurrected until he saw him and felt his wounds; refers to a skeptic, one who refuses to believe w/o proof | 14 | |
| 4818845410 | the garden of Eden | (OT) the garden mankind (Adam + Eve) originally lived in before they were banished for sinning; refers to a place of temptation or a paradise free from sin | 15 | |
| 4818845411 | Noah and the flood | (OT) b/c humanity was so wicked, God intended to wipe everyone out with a flood, but Noah and his fam were allowed to survive because they feared God. He build the boat (ark?), loaded two of each kind of animal, and after 40 days/nights, sent out a dove and found dry land. God promised not to send another flood to destroy humanity (although this Nova rain has gotten pretty close in recent weeks) and created a rainbow as a symbol of his promise | 16 | |
| 4818845412 | the coat of many colors | (OT) a gift from Jacob to his favorite son, Joseph, as a mark of his favoritism, which made his brother jealous and led to them selling him | 17 | |
| 4818845413 | the Last Supper/Communion | (NT) Jesus' last supper w/his disciples before his crucifixion; where he shared his bread and wine ("this bread is my flesh, this wine is my blood"); Communion = Christian service where bread and wine (or grape juice lol) are consecrated and shared | 18 | |
| 4818845414 | Song of Solomon | (OT) aka Song of Songs; King Solomon's book of poetry about love; also the title of a Toni Morrison novel | 19 | |
| 4818845415 | Pilate | (NT) Roman judge who reluctantly condemned Jesus to death at the trial after overwhelming crowd pressure; washed his hands in front of the crowd to say he his hands were free from the guilt of Jesus' death | 20 | |
| 4818845416 | Judas | (NT) betrayed Jesus for money; refers to a traitor or deceiver (also note: "30 pieces of silver" = what the traitor received in return) | 21 | |
| 4818845417 | the fall of Adam and Eve | (OT) "original sin;" Eve disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit (from tree of knowledge of good and evil) after Satan, in the form of a serpent, coaxed her to. She, in turn, gave the fruit to Adam, and they were banished from Eden and given labor to earn his way in life (man) and painful childbirth/subordinance to man (woman) as punishment; apple symbolizes the fruit | 22 | |
| 4818845418 | Tower of Babel | (OT) mankind planned a tower to heaven to make a name for themselves; b/c of the prideful intentions, God struck down the tower and made each man speak differently; explains origin of languages | 23 |
