Puzzles and Fun

1  ‘The people were — at his teaching’ (Mark 1:22) (6)

4  ‘He saved —; let him save himself’ (Luke 23:35) (6)

8  He addressed the crowd in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:14) (5)

9  Father of James and John (Matthew 4:21) (7)

10 One who charges another with an offence (Job 31:35) (7)

11 ‘ — thy ministers with righteousness’ (Book of Common Prayer) (5)

12 and 15 Down ‘All — is God-breathed and is — for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness’ (2 Timothy 3:16) (9,6)

17 ‘No — of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprung up’ (Genesis 2:5) (5)

19 Made to feel embarrassed (Isaiah 24:23) (7)

21 This man built his house on sand (Matthew 7:26) (7)

22 David’s hypocritical message to Joab on the death in battle of Uriah: ‘Don’t let this — you’ (2 Samuel 11:25) (5)

23 Detest (Job 10:1) (6)

24 ‘God made two great lights, the greater light to govern the day and the — light to govern the night’ (Genesis 1:16) (6)

1  To make a serious request (1 Corinthians 1:10) (6)

2  Launches an assault against (Genesis 32:8) (7)

3  ‘The wicked man — deceptive wages’ (Proverbs 11:18) (5)

5  Tuba ale (anag.) (7)

6  ‘The day thou gavest, Lord, is — ’ (5)

7  Old Testament measure of weight, equivalent to about 12 grammes (Exodus 30:13) (6)

9  Where Elijah restored life to the son of a widow with whom he lodged (1 Kings 17:10) (9)

13 Paul said of whatever was to his profit, ‘I consider them — , that I may gain Christ and be found in him’ (Philippians 3:8) (7)

14 City visited by Paul, described by the city clerk as ‘the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis’ (Acts 19:35) (7)

15 See 12 Across

16 Rioted (anag.) (6)

18 She had a surprise when she answered the door and found 8 Across outside (Acts 12:13) (5)

20 Maltreat (1 Chronicles 10:4) (5)