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Three Gospel Number Puzzles (You've Probably Never Noticed)

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John Nelson
Aug 22, 2024
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I am not good at maths. Despite my wonderful teachers, I gave up the subject as quickly as I could; which, in England, meant at sixteen (or was it fifteen?..)

But if there is anything that would compel me to dust off my calculator, it is the Gospels. So I now go where theologians fear to tread – and write about numbers.

Not another ‘Bible Code’

When talk…

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