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** We ourselves have catalouged a list of BiblicalMotifs.
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** The BigGood of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ([[GreyAndGrayMorality well, kinda]]) is a half-god, half-man whose life and works are an unattainable pinnacle, but you're supposed to try amd emulate him regardless. The Horus Heresy even directly references the Fall of Lucifer-The Emperor's favorite subordinate becomes prideful and takes a swing at the boss. After he gets curbstomped, all his friends jump ship and are now running around making trouble for everyone else.
** Anakin Skywalker of ''Franchise/StarWars'' fame, was concived by a SentientCosmicForce to fulfill a prophecy and usher in a New Era.

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** The BigGood of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ([[GreyAndGrayMorality well, kinda]]) is a half-god, half-man whose life and works are an unattainable pinnacle, but you're supposed to try amd and emulate him regardless. The Horus Heresy even directly references the Fall of Lucifer-The Emperor's favorite subordinate becomes prideful and takes a swing at the boss. After he gets curbstomped, all his friends jump ship and are now running around making trouble for everyone else.
** Anakin Skywalker of ''Franchise/StarWars'' fame, was concived conceived by a SentientCosmicForce to fulfill a prophecy and usher in a New Era.
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** The BigGood of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ([[GreyAndGrayMorality well, kinda]]) is a half-god, half-man whose life and works are an unattainable pinnacle, but you're supposed to try amd emulate him regardless. The Horus Heresy even directly references the Fall of Lucifer.
** Anakin Skywalker was concived by a SentientCosmicForce to fulfill a prophecy and usher in a New Era.

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** The BigGood of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ([[GreyAndGrayMorality well, kinda]]) is a half-god, half-man whose life and works are an unattainable pinnacle, but you're supposed to try amd emulate him regardless. The Horus Heresy even directly references the Fall of Lucifer.
Lucifer-The Emperor's favorite subordinate becomes prideful and takes a swing at the boss. After he gets curbstomped, all his friends jump ship and are now running around making trouble for everyone else.
** Anakin Skywalker of ''Franchise/StarWars'' fame, was concived by a SentientCosmicForce to fulfill a prophecy and usher in a New Era.
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** The BigGood of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ([[GreyAndGrayMorality well, kinda]]) is a half-god, half-man who is an unattainable pinnacle whom you're supposed to try amd emulate regardless. The Horus Heresy even directly references the Fall of Lucifer.

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** The BigGood of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ([[GreyAndGrayMorality well, kinda]]) is a half-god, half-man who is whose life and works are an unattainable pinnacle whom pinnacle, but you're supposed to try amd emulate him regardless. The Horus Heresy even directly references the Fall of Lucifer.
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** The BigGood of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ([[GreyAndGrayMorality well, kinda]]) is a half-god, half-man who is an unattainable pinnacle whom you're supposed to try amd emulate regardless. The Horus Heresy even directly references the Fall of Lucifer.
** Anakin Skywalker was concived by a SentientCosmicForce to fulfill a prophecy and usher in a New Era.
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** The revolutionary that was released in Jesus' place, Barabbas, also had the first name Jesus. Pilate asks the crowd whom should he release: Jesus Barabbas or Jesus of Nazareth.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: The Bible has been adapted hundreds of times, covering just about every medium there is, which can be expected, since it's the religious text for the world's largest religion. Among the most commonly adapted Bible stories are the stories of Noah, Moses and Jesus.

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* AdaptationOverdosed: The Bible has been adapted hundreds of times, covering just about every medium there is, which can be expected, since it's the religious text for [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} the world's largest religion.religion]]. Among the most commonly adapted Bible stories are the stories of Noah, Moses and Jesus.
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** An aversion with the health laws in Leviticus. While they are dated ''now'', for the time they were surprisingly ahead of their time, including washing with water, getting rid of black mold, don't eat shellfish or pork (in that climate it was prone to disease more so than now, since we have better methods of treatment), and curing leprosy, among other things. Even the idea of a rest day, while not exclusive to the Hebrews, was popularized by them and is shown to be beneficial to mental health.

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** An aversion with the health laws in Leviticus. While they are dated ''now'', for the time they were surprisingly ahead of their time, including washing with water, getting rid of black mold, don't eat shellfish or pork (in that climate it was prone to disease more so than now, since we have better methods of treatment), and curing leprosy, among other things. Even the idea of a rest day, while not exclusive to the Hebrews, was popularized by them and day is shown to be beneficial to mental health.
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** An aversion with the health laws in Leviticus. While they are dated ''now'', for the time they were surprisingly ahead of their time, including washing with water, getting rid of black mold, don't eat shellfish or pork (in that climate it was prone to disease more so than now, since we have better methods of treatment), and curing leprosy, among other things. Even the idea of a rest day, while not exclusive to the Hebrews, was popularized by them and is shown to be beneficial to mental health.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The concept of the world being a few thousand years old—a tenet of Young Earth Creationism—stems from early attempts to date the age of the Earth by various scholars and historians, who used known history in conjunction with the Bible (note that Genesis, in the original Hebrew, doesn't give a specific date or rate of creation). Later on, the science of geology developed, and scientists found out that the world is much, much older than they thought ...
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* FountainOfExpies: Jesus. ThisWiki gives us the CrystalDragonJesus and MessianicArchetype tropes; if the authors have encountered Christianity, they can be assumed to be expys. Some of the most well-known, though, include [[StarWars Luke Skywalker and his father]], [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Aslan]], Franchise/{{Superman}}, and [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Nagisa Kaworu]]. In RealLife, many individuals have claimed to be His reincarnation.

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* FountainOfExpies: Jesus. ThisWiki Wiki/ThisVeryWiki gives us the CrystalDragonJesus and MessianicArchetype tropes; if the authors have encountered Christianity, they can be assumed to be expys. Some of the most well-known, though, include [[StarWars Luke Skywalker and his father]], [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Aslan]], Franchise/{{Superman}}, and [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Nagisa Kaworu]]. In RealLife, many individuals have claimed to be His reincarnation.
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** "Pride goeth before the fall". Parodied hilariously in Bill Fitzhugh's "Pest Control", as two Columbian drug lords debate semantics and paraphrasing right after they shot a trespasser to death and had his body torn apart by dogs.

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** "Pride goeth before the fall". Parodied hilariously in Bill Fitzhugh's "Pest Control", as two Columbian Colombian drug lords debate semantics and paraphrasing right after they shot a trespasser to death and had his body torn apart by dogs.
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*** While the word Purgatory doesn't appear anywhere in the Bible, the general concept does. Primarily in Maccabees, which isn't in the Protestant versions.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: The Bible has been adapted hundreds of times, covering just about every medium there is, which can be expected, since it's the religious text for the world's largest religion. Among the most commonly adapted Bible stories are the stories of Noah, Moses and Jesus..

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* AdaptationOverdosed: The Bible has been adapted hundreds of times, covering just about every medium there is, which can be expected, since it's the religious text for the world's largest religion. Among the most commonly adapted Bible stories are the stories of Noah, Moses and Jesus..Jesus.



** "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." Paul said something vaguely similar, but not quite...

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** "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." Paul said something vaguely similar, but not quite...quite....



* WordOfDante: Obviously, ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. But also ...

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* WordOfDante: Obviously, ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. But also ...also...
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** The popular phrase "God helps those who help themselves" is not found in the Bible. Nor was it said by Creator/BenjaminFranklin, the most common other source. Variants are found in [[OlderThanTheyThink the writings of Ancient Greek thinkers]] and it was first encountered in its modern phrasing in the work of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Sidney Algernon Sidney]], a British soldier, politician, and anti-Monarchist political theorist.

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** The popular phrase "God helps those who help themselves" is not found in the Bible. Nor was it said by Creator/BenjaminFranklin, the most common other source. Variants are found in [[OlderThanTheyThink the writings of Ancient Greek thinkers]] and it was first encountered in its modern phrasing in the work of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Sidney Algernon Sidney]], a British soldier, politician, and anti-Monarchist political theorist. And it was Music/BillieHoliday who said another variant, "God bless the child that's got its own."
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** It's popularly assumed that the Roman soldier who pierced Jesus' side to confirm his death had his blindness cured when he touched his eyes with his blood-stained hands. This actually isn't anywhere in the Bible, but comes from a medieval best-seller ''[[http://saints.sqpn.com/golden174.htm The Golden Legend]]''. And who would hire a blind soldier anyway?

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** It's popularly assumed that the Roman soldier who pierced Jesus' side to confirm his death had his blindness cured when he touched his eyes with his blood-stained hands. This actually isn't anywhere in the Bible, but comes from a medieval best-seller ''[[http://saints.sqpn.com/golden174.htm The Golden Legend]]''. [[FridgeLogic And who would hire a blind soldier anyway?anyway?]]
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** Nowhere in the Bible will you find the phrase "the lion and the lamb shall lay down together…". That's a paraphrase of Isaiah 11:6, which actually says "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them."
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** The fish that swallowed Jonah being a whale.
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* FountainOfExpies: Jesus. ThisWiki gives us the CrystalDragonJesus and MessianicArchetype tropes; if the authors have encountered Christianity, they can be assumed to be expys. Some of the most well-known, though, include [[StarWars Luke Skywalker and his father]], [[ChroniclesOfNarnia Aslan]], {{Superman}}, and [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Nagisa Kaworu]]. In RealLife, many individuals have claimed to be His reincarnation.

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* FountainOfExpies: Jesus. ThisWiki gives us the CrystalDragonJesus and MessianicArchetype tropes; if the authors have encountered Christianity, they can be assumed to be expys. Some of the most well-known, though, include [[StarWars Luke Skywalker and his father]], [[ChroniclesOfNarnia [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Aslan]], {{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Superman}}, and [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Nagisa Kaworu]]. In RealLife, many individuals have claimed to be His reincarnation.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Some celebrities lend their voices in audiobooks of the Bible over the years. Examples: Creator/JimCaviezel (who portrayed Jesus Christ in ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'') lent his voice as Jesus, along with an AllStarCast of other voice actors in "[[http://www.amazon.com/Word-Promise-Complete-Audio-Bible/dp/0718024133/ The Word of Promise: The Complete Audio Bible (NKJV)]]"; and David Suchet, the actor best known for portraying Literature/HerculePoirot in [[Series/{{Poirot}} his TV series]], [[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/david.suchet.recording.the.niv.bible.is.my.legacy/36866.htm most recently brought the NIV Bible to life using his voice]] (hear him recite some Bible passages in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIRaC7jlvE0 this video]]).
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** The popular phrase "God helps those who help themselves" is not found in the Bible. Nor was it said by BenjaminFranklin, the most common other source. Variants are found in [[OlderThanTheyThink the writings of Ancient Greek thinkers]] and it was first encountered in its modern phrasing in the work of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Sidney Algernon Sidney]], a British soldier, politician, and anti-Monarchist political theorist.

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** The popular phrase "God helps those who help themselves" is not found in the Bible. Nor was it said by BenjaminFranklin, Creator/BenjaminFranklin, the most common other source. Variants are found in [[OlderThanTheyThink the writings of Ancient Greek thinkers]] and it was first encountered in its modern phrasing in the work of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Sidney Algernon Sidney]], a British soldier, politician, and anti-Monarchist political theorist.
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* FountainOfExpies: Jesus. ThisWiki gives us the CrystalDragonJesus and MessianicArchetype tropes; if the authors have encountered Christianity, they can be assumed to be expys. Some of the most well-known, though, include [[StarWars Luke Skywalker and his father]], [[ChroniclesOfNarnia Aslan]], {{Superman}}, and [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Nagisa Kaworu]]. In RealLife, many individuals have claimed to be His reincarnation.

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* AdaptationOverdosed: The Bible has been adapted hundreds of times, covering just about every medium there is, which can be expected, since it's the religious text for the world's largest religion. Among the most commonly adapted Bible stories are the stories of Noah, Moses and Jesus..



** Another common misquote concerns the Garden of Eden's "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil," often mislabeled as just the "Tree of Knowledge." Considering the original Heberew, it should really be translated as "Tree of ''Omniscence''."

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** Another common misquote concerns the Garden of Eden's "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil," often mislabeled as just the "Tree of Knowledge." Considering the original Heberew, Hebrew, it should really be translated as "Tree of ''Omniscence''."
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Some celebrities lend their voices in audiobooks of the Bible over the years. Examples: Creator/JimCaviezel (who portrayed Jesus Christ in ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'') lent his voice as Jesus along with other voice actors in "[[http://www.amazon.com/Word-Promise-Complete-Audio-Bible/dp/0718024133/ The Word of Promise: The Complete Audio Bible (NKJV)]]"; and David Suchet, the actor best known for portraying Literature/HerculePoirot in [[Series/{{Poirot}} his TV series]], [[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/david.suchet.recording.the.niv.bible.is.my.legacy/36866.htm most recently brought the NIV Bible to life using his voice]] (hear him recite some Bible passages in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIRaC7jlvE0 this video]]).

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* HeyItsThatVoice: Some celebrities lend their voices in audiobooks of the Bible over the years. Examples: Creator/JimCaviezel (who portrayed Jesus Christ in ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'') lent his voice as Jesus Jesus, along with an AllStarCast of other voice actors in "[[http://www.amazon.com/Word-Promise-Complete-Audio-Bible/dp/0718024133/ The Word of Promise: The Complete Audio Bible (NKJV)]]"; and David Suchet, the actor best known for portraying Literature/HerculePoirot in [[Series/{{Poirot}} his TV series]], [[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/david.suchet.recording.the.niv.bible.is.my.legacy/36866.htm most recently brought the NIV Bible to life using his voice]] (hear him recite some Bible passages in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIRaC7jlvE0 this video]]).
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Some celebrities lend their voices in audiobooks of the Bible over the years. Examples: Creator/JimCaviezel (who portrayed Jesus Christ in ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'') lent his voice as Jesus along with other voice actors in "[[http://www.amazon.com/Word-Promise-Complete-Audio-Bible/dp/0718024133/ The Word of Promise: The Complete Audio Bible (NKJV)]]"; and David Suchet, the actor best known for portraying Literature/HerculePoirot in [[Series/{{Poirot}} in his TV series]], [[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/david.suchet.recording.the.niv.bible.is.my.legacy/36866.htm most recently brought the NIV Bible to life using his voice]] (hear him recite some Bible passages in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIRaC7jlvE0 this video]]).

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* HeyItsThatVoice: Some celebrities lend their voices in audiobooks of the Bible over the years. Examples: Creator/JimCaviezel (who portrayed Jesus Christ in ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'') lent his voice as Jesus along with other voice actors in "[[http://www.amazon.com/Word-Promise-Complete-Audio-Bible/dp/0718024133/ The Word of Promise: The Complete Audio Bible (NKJV)]]"; and David Suchet, the actor best known for portraying Literature/HerculePoirot in [[Series/{{Poirot}} in his TV series]], [[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/david.suchet.recording.the.niv.bible.is.my.legacy/36866.htm most recently brought the NIV Bible to life using his voice]] (hear him recite some Bible passages in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIRaC7jlvE0 this video]]).
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* NamesTheSame: The Catholic and Orthodox Bibles have four different Judases. One is a heroic freedom fighter, the other is an apostle and another appostle [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon betrays Jesus]]. There was another Judas who lives in Damascus]].

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* NamesTheSame: The Catholic and Orthodox Bibles have four different Judases. One is a heroic freedom fighter, the other is an apostle and another appostle apostle [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon betrays Jesus]]. There was another Judas who lives in Damascus]].
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* HayItsThatVoice: Some celebrities lend their voices in audiobooks of the Bible over the years. Examples: Creator/JimCaviezel (who portrayed Jesus Christ in ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'') lent his voice as Jesus along with other voice actors in "[[http://www.amazon.com/Word-Promise-Complete-Audio-Bible/dp/0718024133/ The Word of Promise: The Complete Audio Bible (NKJV)]]"; and David Suchet, the actor best known for portraying Literature/HerculePoirot in [[Series/{{Poirot}} in his TV series]], [[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/david.suchet.recording.the.niv.bible.is.my.legacy/36866.htm most recently brought the NIV Bible to life using his voice]] (hear him recite some Bible passages in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIRaC7jlvE0 this video]]).

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* HayItsThatVoice: HeyItsThatVoice: Some celebrities lend their voices in audiobooks of the Bible over the years. Examples: Creator/JimCaviezel (who portrayed Jesus Christ in ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'') lent his voice as Jesus along with other voice actors in "[[http://www.amazon.com/Word-Promise-Complete-Audio-Bible/dp/0718024133/ The Word of Promise: The Complete Audio Bible (NKJV)]]"; and David Suchet, the actor best known for portraying Literature/HerculePoirot in [[Series/{{Poirot}} in his TV series]], [[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/david.suchet.recording.the.niv.bible.is.my.legacy/36866.htm most recently brought the NIV Bible to life using his voice]] (hear him recite some Bible passages in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIRaC7jlvE0 this video]]).

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* NamesTheSame: The Catholic and Orthodox Bibles have four different Judases. One is a heroic freedom fighter, the other is an apostle and another appostle [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon betrays Jesus]]. There was another Judas who lives in Damascus.]]
* TropeNamer: See [[TropeNamers/TheBible the page]].

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* HayItsThatVoice: Some celebrities lend their voices in audiobooks of the Bible over the years. Examples: Creator/JimCaviezel (who portrayed Jesus Christ in ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'') lent his voice as Jesus along with other voice actors in "[[http://www.amazon.com/Word-Promise-Complete-Audio-Bible/dp/0718024133/ The Word of Promise: The Complete Audio Bible (NKJV)]]"; and David Suchet, the actor best known for portraying Literature/HerculePoirot in [[Series/{{Poirot}} in his TV series]], [[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/david.suchet.recording.the.niv.bible.is.my.legacy/36866.htm most recently brought the NIV Bible to life using his voice]] (hear him recite some Bible passages in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIRaC7jlvE0 this video]]).
* NamesTheSame: The Catholic and Orthodox Bibles have four different Judases. One is a heroic freedom fighter, the other is an apostle and another appostle [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon betrays Jesus]]. There was another Judas who lives in Damascus.]]
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* TropeNamer: TropeNamers: See [[TropeNamers/TheBible the page]].
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** It's popularly assumed that the Roman soldier who pierced Jesus' side to confirm his death had his blindness cured when he touched his eyes with his blood-stained hands. This actually isn't anywhere in the Bible, but comes from a medieval bast-seller ''[[http://saints.sqpn.com/golden174.htm The Golden Legend]]''. And who would hire a blind soldier anyway?

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** It's popularly assumed that the Roman soldier who pierced Jesus' side to confirm his death had his blindness cured when he touched his eyes with his blood-stained hands. This actually isn't anywhere in the Bible, but comes from a medieval bast-seller best-seller ''[[http://saints.sqpn.com/golden174.htm The Golden Legend]]''. And who would hire a blind soldier anyway?
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* ExtremelyLengthyCreation: It took centuries to create — although to be fair, it is composed of far more than a single book.

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