10 things you thought were in the Bible…but aren’t
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Paul Kerensa2022-04-28T16:23:00
You may have heard it in Sunday School, but Jonah didn’t get swallowed by a whale, Mary may not have ridden a donkey and there were not three wise men. Or at least the Bible doesn’t tell us so, says Paul Kerensa
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