Who Am I?
By the Numbers
Book of James
Weird, Wild, and Unusual
Superlatives
100

I was a Jewish queen of Persia who risked my life to save my people from a plot by Haman.

Queen Esther
100

This is the number of days and nights it rained while Noah was on the ark.

40

100

James famously writes that "faith without [this]" is dead.

actions or works

100

In the Book of Numbers, this is the specific animal that God allowed to speak to its owner to warn him of an angel in the road.

donkey

100

Standing at roughly 9 feet, 9 inches tall, this Philistine giant was defeated by a shepherd boy with a sling.

Goliath

200

I was a tax collector who climbed a sycamore tree just to see Jesus passing by.

Zacchaeus

200

This is the number of people Jesus fed with only five loaves and two fish.

5,000

200

James compares this small part of the body to a rudder on a ship or a spark that sets a forest on fire.

tongue

200

While Paul was preaching a very long sermon, a young man named Eutychus famously did this, leading to him falling out of a third-story window.

fall asleep

200

This man holds the record for the longest lifespan in the Bible, living a total of 969 years.

Methuselah

300

I was the prophet who was taken to heaven in a whirlwind with a chariot of fire.

Elijah

300

This is the total number of individual chapters (or songs) found in the book of Psalms.

150

300

According to James 1, believers should be "quick to listen" and "slow" to do these two things.

"slow to speak" and "slow to become angry"

300

In 2 Kings 6, the prophet Elisha performed a miracle to make this heavy iron object float on top of the Jordan River.

ax head

300

This man is described in the Book of Numbers as the "most humble man on the face of the earth.

Moses

400

I was the person Paul sent to the Philippians, describing me as his "brother, co-worker, and fellow soldier.

Epaphroditus

400

Since you just finished studying it, you should know that this is the total number of chapters in the Book of James.

5

400

James suggests that if anyone is lacking this trait, they should ask God, who gives it generously without finding fault.

wisdom

400

While in the wilderness, John the Baptist survived on a diet consisting of wild honey and these crunchy insects.

locusts

400

Based on word count in the original Greek, this one-chapter letter at the end of the New Testament is the shortest book in the Bible.

John 3

500

I was a dealer of purple cloth in Philippi and the first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe.

Lydia

500

Beyond the animals, this is the exact number of people—Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives—who survived the Great Flood.

8

500

In Chapter 2, James refers to the command "Love your neighbor as yourself" by this "regal" title.

Royal Law

500

This prophet was mocked by a large group of youths for being bald; in response, two female bears emerged from the woods and mauled 42 of them.

Elisha

500

After a massive showdown on Mount Carmel, this prophet gained a supernatural "speed boost" and outran King Ahab’s chariot all the way to Jezreel.

Elijah

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