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Across 5. In Acts 16, she was a seller of purple material and she and her family were baptized by Paul 6. In Matthew 27, this relative of Pilate tried to convince him that Jesus was innocent and to leave Him alone 8. He was Elijah's successor and according to I Kings 19 wanted a double portion of Elijah's spirit 9. King of Persia who took Esther as his wife see Esther 1 11. This deacon was stoned to death for his stand for Jesus in Acts 6 12. In Luke 2 this devout man blessed the infant Jesus as He was being taken to be circumcised 14. Loved by his father and hated by his brothers, sold into slavery and became a ruler in Egypt see Genesis 37 16. God's first created man see Genesis 2 18. In Numbers 13 he was one of the spies sent into the Promised Land and said no matter who was there the people could occupy the land 20. This Philistine warrior taunted the army of Israel until David killed him with a sling and stone see I Samuel 17 21. She was Jezebel's daughter and tried to obliterate her family so her throne could not be taken see II Kings 11 22. Isaac's wife and mother of Jacob and Esau see Genesis 22

Down 1. This member of David's family married the Moabitess Ruth see Ruth 2 2. This high priest cared for the child Samuel see I Samuel 1 3. According to Ezra 1, this king of Persia helped the people return to rebuild Jerusalem 4. In I Samuel 16 he was David's father 7. According to Acts 9, Peter raised this woman from the dead 8. She won a beauty contest and the king's heart in saving her people from being destroyed see Esther 10. He beheaded John the Baptist as the prize for a dancing girl see Matthew 14 (2 Words) 12. In Acts 15 he joined Paul on his missionary journeys after both Barnabas and John Mark had left 13. A disciple of Jesus and doubter see Matthew 10 15. David's nephew who became commander of his army according to II Samuel 2 17. The first born son of David who raped his sister and was later killed by Absalom see II Samuel 3 19. This man replaced Judas Iscariot as a disciple of Jesus according to Acts 1