Bible Puzzle

Here’s something to keep you occupied while I’m occupied. The version I received was printed in a landscape orientation, but I’ll divide the lines here in such a way that an answer doesn’t start at the end of one line and finish on the next. So if you print this out, make sure the line breaks remain the same. Let me know how you do. Have a good weekend.

Flo

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 the 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 the puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea

to help her nerves. There will be some names that are

real 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 force to

admit it usually takes a minister or 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 fundraising event which featured this puzzle,

the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new sales

record. The local paper, The Chronicle, surveyed over

200patrons who reported that this puzzle was one of the

most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel

Hummana humbly puts it, the books are right there in

plain view hidden from sight. Those able to find them

all 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 all 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.