I can only find 20 - can anyone find more??
There are thirty 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 are 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 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 sales 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 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. Good luck!
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Hey Christie! This is Cindi from CBC. I found your blog through a long list of others and have been lurking for a while. Your blog is quite refreshingly the you I remember suntanning with in 5 degree weather. Anyways, I managed to find all thirty, but I copied and pasted it and went through and got rid of all the punctuation, spaces and capitals. It helped me out. I hope you find the rest. Feel free to check out my blog(and my little girls if you like)!
Here's the order of what we found (it took us ALL night!!!) CHEAP!!!
amos
mark
luke
john
joel
judges
job
hebrews
esther
acts
james
ruth
romans
titus
matthew
genesis
philemon
chronicles
daniel
nahum
hosea
lamentations
revelation
timothy
samuel
numbers
malachi
peter
exodus
kings
i had a friend help me and we found them all too. that was ridiculously hard!
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