Hello, I am a rather unknown and unsung man of the Bible; yet my role was important and my name, in English, humorous. Therefore, once you know who I am, please do forget me. I am a Kohathite and thus my Levitical duty was the care of the sanctuary (Numbers 3:28). But why am I […]

Of whom do you think when you hear the expression “filled with the Holy Spirit?” Perhaps a prophet of God such as Elijah or John the Baptist calling down judgment? Or Peter at Pentecost? I too have been filled with the Holy Spirit; yet my words are never recorded in the Bible. Because of the […]

Have you ever felt rejected? Have you ever felt that nobody paid any attention to your words? I felt the same, for although I called aloud and raised my voice in the public squares, nobody listened to me. Even in the gateways where the city council meets, I made my speeches, but no one mended […]

The island of Malta has one chief official and I am he. Generally, I do not receive visitors in the middle of the winter, not because I am inhospitable, but because the winter storms interfere with travel. Yet, in the middle of the stormy season, 276 crew members and passengers of an Alexandrian ship survived […]

What is beauty? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and for me, the beholder was the most powerful man on the earth, King Xerxes or King Ahasuerus , as some people call him. I am his queen. I am modest and I reserve my beauty for the king. When I was ordered by […]

“The Devil made me do it.” Satan had indeed filled my heart, so much so that I lied to the Holy Spirit. I was rebuked by another who had also been temporarily misled and used by the devil, but was so no more. Who am I and who is my rebuker? I am a modest […]

I am a Roman citizen, and I am better than the Jews. Of course, you would expect me to say that, but it is not I who said it, but a popular Jew who attracted many crowds . He said, “I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great […]

By virtue of being a king, I am also a judge. A judge is sometimes called to assist another judge in making a difficult decision. Thus, my wife and I arrived in full pomp and circumstances to hear a particularly difficult case which had already dragged on for two years with no satisfactory solution. The […]

I am a beauty queen ill the fullest sense of the word. When I walk, heads turn. I am not conceited, but it just happens to be this way. I am such a startling beauty that even kings take notice of me, a nomad’s wife. Because of my appearance my husband acquired “sheep and cattle, […]

I, like Paul Revere, am a silversmith by trade. I, like Paul Revere, lived in a city that was one of the most important ports of a colony of a great empire which would last for centuries. I, like Paul Revere, am an agitator, and, like him, can organize a rowdy demonstration when called upon. […]