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Find some books!Local pastor Peter Barnes is the author of a book full of biographical sketches called 'Lamp Unto My Feet'. You can use books like this to find illustrations for sermons or bible studies.
If you do use 'Lamp Unto My Feet' in this way, it can be useful to have a reference for which bible texts Peter Barnes has connected with each biographical sketch.
The below reference table will help you quickly find the most relevant biography from 'Lamp Unto My Feet' for the text that you are preaching or teaching on.
You can download a spreadsheet with this table by clicking here.
Bible Passage | Personality | Page No. |
Genesis 1:28 | Abraham Kuyper | 310 |
Genesis 3:15 | Heinrich Bullinger | 88 |
Genesis 22:14a | George Muller | 279 |
Genesis 28:15 | Isobel Kuhn | 350 |
Genesis 32:10a | William Wilberforce | 231 |
Exodus 3:6 | Blaise Pascal | 147 |
Exodus 20:4a | Yang-Won Son | 325 |
Exodus 34:6-7 | Thomas Goodwin | 130 |
Leviticus 16:15, 21-22a | Charles Simeon | 224 |
Leviticus 19:14 | Richard Johnson | 235 |
Deuteronomy 6:5 | Ramon Lull | 61 |
Deuteronomy 15:15a | John Newton | 201/204 |
Deuteronomy 33:27a | Lord Shaftesbury | 283 |
Joshua 1:5c | Johann Sebastian Bach | 161 |
Joshua 14:12a | Helen Roseveare | 374 |
Judges 5:18 | Paul Schneider | 339/343 |
Judges 6:25b-26a | Boniface of Devon | 44 |
1 Samuel 2:30b | Eric Liddell | 318 |
2 Samuel 6:22 | John Wesley | 171 |
2 Samuel 12:23 | John Geddie | 263 |
1 Kings 18:21b,24 | Boniface of Devon | 44 |
2 Kings 3:16 | Helen Roseveare | 374 |
1 Chronicles 17:16-17 | John Newton | 201/204 |
1 Chronicles 25:1 | Johann Sebastian Bach | 161 |
2 Chronicles 34:27a | Richard Sibbes | 99 |
Job 19:25a | Lord Shaftesbury | 283 |
Psalms 1:2 | Thomas Watson | 115 |
Psalms 2:8 | John Geddie | 263 |
Psalms 3:5-7a | Alexander Duff | 259 |
Psalms 3:8a | Charles Haddon Spurgeon | 297/301 |
Psalms 9:17 | Robert Flockhart | 256 |
Psalms 11:6 | Robert Flockhart | 256 |
Psalms 16:4 | Robert Flockhart | 256 |
Psalms 16:8 | John Newton | 201/204 |
Psalms 19:1,7a,14 | C.S.Lewis | 357 |
Psalms 24:1a | Nicholas Ludwig Von Zinzendorf | 164 |
Psalms 24:3-4 | Thomas Watson | 115 |
Psalms 25:7 | Margaret Wilson | 124 |
Psalms 25:10 | Heinrich Bullinger | 88 |
Psalms 27:14 | Allen Gardiner | 253 |
Psalms 27:4 | Columba of Iona | 41 |
Psalms 32:1 | Charles Wesley | 174 |
Psalms 34:10 | Allen Gardiner | 253 |
Psalms 34:10b | Columba of Iona | 41 |
Psalms 37:5,7 | Paul Gerhardt | 144 |
Psalms 39:4 | Bernard of Clairvaux | 54 |
Psalms 40:12 | J.C.Ryle | 276 |
Psalms 40:3a | Charles Wesley | 174 |
Psalms 42:11 | William Bridge | 141 |
Psalms 45:3-4 | Columba of Iona | 41 |
Psalms 46:10a | Helen Roseveare | 374 |
Psalms 51:2 | William Carey | 217/220 |
Psalms 51:6a,8a,9,17 | Augustine of Hippo | 31/34 |
Psalms 51:7b | Charles Haddon Spurgeon | 297/301 |
Psalms 51:17 | Matthew Henry | 151 |
Psalms 55:22 | Allen Gardiner | 253 |
Psalms 57:2 | John Flavel | 127 |
Psalms 60:12 | Jim Elliot, Roger Youderian, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming |
361 |
Psalms 62:5-8 | Allen Gardiner | 253 |
Psalms 67:1-2 | Alexander Duff | 259 |
Psalms 68:5 | George Muller | 279 |
Psalms 71:17-18 | William Bridge | 141 |
Psalms 71:20-21 | Georgi Vins | 364 |
Psalms 73:1-3,17,26 | John 'Rabbi' Duncan | 266 |
Psalms 80:4,7 | John Knox | 92 |
Psalms 84:10 | Columba of Iona | 41 |
Psalms 89:7-8 | Abraham Kuyper | 310 |
Psalms 90:1-12 | Sophie Scholl | 346 |
Psalms 91:1 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon | 297/301 |
Psalms 91:9-10 | William Bridge | 141 |
Psalms 92:14 | William Bridge | 141 |
Psalms 94:19 | Johann Sebastian Bach | 161 |
Psalms 102:17 | Allen Gardiner | 253 |
Psalms 103:2 | John Newton | 201/204 |
Psalms 110:1 | Alexander Henderson | 102 |
Psalms 115:1a | Johann Sebastian Bach | 161 |
Psalms 116:12 | Richard Johnson | 235 |
Psalms 116:7 | Johann Sebastian Bach | 161 |
Psalms 118:16-29 | Donald Cargill | 121 |
Psalms 119:71 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | 331/335 |
Psalms 121:1-2,8 | David Livingstone | 273 |
Psalms 122:6 | Lord Shaftesbury | 283 |
Psalms 127:2 | Isobel Kuhn | 350 |
Psalms 130:3-4 | Martin Luther | 71 |
Psalms 130:4 | John Owen | 105 |
Psalms 133:1 | Georgi Vins | 364 |
Psalms 135:5 | David Livingstone | 273 |
Psalms 136 refrain | Matthew Henry | 151 |
Psalms 143:2 | Thomas Bilney | 79 |
Psalms 145:15a,18,20 | Paul Schneider | 339/343 |
Psalms 148: 1,3,10,11,12,13 | Francis of Assisi | 57 |
Proverbs 1:24-31 | John Newton | 201/204 |
Proverbs 3:17 | Matthew Henry | 151 |
Proverbs 3:25-26 | Rafaravavy | 250 |
Proverbs 11:30b | Horatius and Andrew Bonar | 293 |
Proverbs 19:12 | Robert Bruce | 96 |
Proverbs 19:21 | Henry Martyn | 228 |
Proverbs 22:15 | Susanna Wesley | 168 |
Proverbs 31:8 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | 331/335 |
Ecclesiastes 1:18 | Johann Sebastian Bach | 161 |
Ecclesiastes 1:2 | Dr Samuel Johnson | 190 |
Ecclesiastes 3:11 | Asahel Nettleton | 238 |
Ecclesiastes 4:1-2 | Sophie Scholl | 346 |
Ecclesiastes 4:1b | David Livingstone | 273 |
Ecclesiastes 7:29 | Thomas Boston | 157 |
Songs of Songs 1:2-3 | Bernard of Clairvaux | 54 |
Isaiah 1:18 | Robert Flockhart | 256 |
Isaiah 7:9 | Augustine of Hippo | 31/34 |
Isaiah 26:3 | John and Betty Stam | 328 |
Isaiah 26:13 | John Knox | 92 |
Isaiah 33:17 | Samuel Rutherford | 118 |
Isaiah 35:5-6 | Joni Eareckson Tada | 378 |
Isaiah 40:1 | Charles Wesley | 174 |
Isaiah 41:10 | Eric Liddell | 318 |
Isaiah 43:1-3a | Thomas Bilney | 79 |
Isaiah 43:4a | John Newton | 201/204 |
Isaiah 44:3 | Donald Cargill | 121 |
Isaiah 44:13-17 | Rafaravavy | 250 |
Isaiah 45:22 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon | 297/301 |
Isaiah 51:8 | Jonathan Edwards | 182 |
Isaiah 53:5 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | 331/335 |
Isaiah 53:5 | James Durham | 112 |
Isaiah 53:6 | Thomas Scott | 211 |
Isaiah 54:2-3 | William Carey | 217/220 |
Isaiah 57:15 | Arthur Stace | 354 |
Isaiah 58:1 | Robert Flockhart | 256 |
Isaiah 58:1 | Thomas Boston | 157 |
Isaiah 62:6-7 | Nicholas Ludwig Von Zinzendorf | 164 |
Jeremiah 2:20b; 3:6b | Gerard Groote | 64 |
Jeremiah 10:23 | Alexander Henderson | 102 |
Jeremiah 20:9 | Charles Simeon | 224 |
Jeremiah 22:13 | William Wilberforce | 231 |
Jeremiah 23:5-6 | Henry Venn | 197 |
Jeremiah 23:29a | John Chrysostom | 28 |
Jeremiah 29:13 | Isobel Kuhn | 350 |
Jeremiah 45:5 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | 331/335 |
Jeremiah 49:11 | John Bunyan | 108 |
Ezekiel 3:1 | Donald Cargill | 121 |
Ezekiel 3:17 | Yang-Won Son | 325 |
Ezekiel 3:18-19 | John Hus | 67 |
Ezekiel 16:6 | Thomas Goodwin | 130 |
Ezekiel 18:4a | Nicholas Ludwig Von Zinzendorf | 164 |
Ezekiel 21:25-27 | Donald Cargill | 121 |
Ezekiel 33:11 | Richard Baxter | 133/137 |
Ezekiel 37:3a | John Geddie | 263 |
Daniel 5:27 | D.L. Moody | 286 |
Daniel 6:26-27 | Mary Slessor | 304 |
Hosea 2:14-16 | Helen Roseveare | 374 |
Hosea 11:8a | Hannah More | 214 |
Joel 3:16 | Robert Bruce | 96 |
Amos 1:2 | Robert Bruce | 96 |
Amos 3:8 | Robert Bruce | 96 |
Obadiah 17 | Helen Roseveare | 374 |
Jonah 2:9d | Charles Haddon Spurgeon | 297/301 |
Micah 6:8 | William Wilberforce | 231 |
Habbakuk 3:17-18 | John Newton | 201/204 |
Zecheriah 3:2 | John Wesley | 171 |
Malachi 3:16-18 | Thomas Watson | 115 |
Matthew 1:23b | Samuel Rutherford | 118 |
Matthew 5:43-44 | Eric Liddell | 318 |
Matthew 6:12 | Anselm of Canterbury | 51 |
Matthew 6:19-21 | Matthew Henry | 151 |
Matthew 6:33 | Lord Shaftesbury | 283 |
Matthew 7:12 | John Newton | 201/204 |
Matthew 8:26 | John Owen | 105 |
Matthew 10:16b | C.S.Lewis | 357 |
Matthew 10:28 | Polycarp of Smyrna | 18 |
Matthew 10:9-10a | Francis of Assisi | 57 |
Matthew 11:29 | Thomas Halyburton | 154 |
Matthew 12:18-21 | Richard Sibbes | 99 |
Matthew 16:15-16 | C.S.Lewis | 357 |
Matthew 17:5b | Heinrich Bullinger | 88 |
Matthew 18:24b-25 | Anselm of Canterbury | 51 |
Matthew 19:26 | John Geddie | 263 |
Matthew 21:12-13 | John Knox | 92 |
Matthew 23:3 | Gerard Groote | 64 |
Matthew 25:37-40 | Amy Carmicheal | 321 |
Matthew 25:41 | Horatius and Andrew Bonar | 293 |
Matthew 27:29 | Paul Gerhardt | 144 |
Matthew 27:32 | Charles Simeon | 224 |
Matthew 28:19 | Hilary of Poiters | 25 |
Matthew 28:19 | William Carey | 217/220 |
Matthew 28:20b | David Livingstone | 273 |
Matthew 28:20b | Lord Shaftesbury | 283 |
Mark 5:27-28 | Lord Shaftesbury | 283 |
Mark 6:56b | Lord Shaftesbury | 283 |
Mark 7:29 | Samuel Rutherford | 118 |
Mark 8:35b | Jim Elliot, Roger Youderian, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming |
361 |
Mark 9:29 | Horatius and Andrew Bonar | 293 |
Mark 10:13-16 | Thomas Halyburton | 154 |
Mark 10:29-30 | Isobel Kuhn | 350 |
Mark 14:8a | Fanny Crosby | 307 |
Mark 16:15 | John Geddie | 263 |
Luke 6:38 | George Muller | 279 |
Luke 6:48a | Thomas Boston | 157 |
Luke 7:13 | John Flavel | 127 |
Luke 7:15a | Johann Sebastian Bach | 161 |
Luke 9:23-24 | Isobel Kuhn | 350 |
Luke 9:54-56 | John Geddie | 263 |
Luke 10:20 | Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones | 368/371 |
Luke 10:41 | Henry Martyn | 228 |
Luke 11:13 | John Newton | 201/204 |
Luke 12:42-43 | John Newton | 201/204 |
Luke 14:13-14 | Joni Eareckson Tada | 378 |
Luke 14:21b,23 | Thomas Boston | 157 |
Luke 14:22 | John Bunyan | 108 |
Luke 15:10 | Henry Martyn | 228 |
Luke 15:20 | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 290 |
Luke 15:32 | Adoniram Judson | 246 |
Luke 16:10a | Eric Liddell | 318 |
Luke 16:9 | Jim Elliot, Roger Youderian, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming |
361 |
Luke 18:13 | Thomas Scott | 211 |
Luke 18:9,14 | Blaise Pascal | 147 |
Luke 19:41 | Horatius and Andrew Bonar | 293 |
Luke 19:41-42 | Thomas Goodwin | 130 |
Luke 2:29-30 | Isobel Kuhn | 350 |
Luke 22:28-30 | Anselm of Canterbury | 51 |
Luke 23:34 | John Geddie | 263 |
John 1:1 | Athanasius | 21 |
John 1:12-13 | Asahel Nettleton | 238 |
John 1:14 | Athanasius | 21 |
John 1:17 | Alexander Duff | 259 |
John 1:29b | John Newton | 201/204 |
John 1:36b | Charles Wesley | 174 |
John 2:13-17 | John Knox | 92 |
John 3:7b | George Whitfield | 178 |
John 3:7b | Horatius and Andrew Bonar | 293 |
John 5:8 | Joni Eareckson Tada | 378 |
John 5:39 | John Hus | 67 |
John 6:37 | James Durham | 112 |
John 6:37 | Thomas Chalmers | 242 |
John 7:17 | John Newton | 201/204 |
John 9:4b | Dr Samuel Johnson | 190 |
John 10:1 | Alexander Henderson | 102 |
John 10:9 | James the Lord's brother | 15 |
John 10:16 | David Livingstone | 273 |
John 11:25 | William Cowper | 207 |
John 12:28 | John and Betty Stam | 328 |
John 14:9 | Athanasius | 21 |
John 15:13 | Ramon Lull | 61 |
John 15:16a | Nicholas Ludwig Von Zinzendorf | 164 |
John 16:28 | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 290 |
John 17:1-2 | John Knox | 92 |
John 17:17 | J.C.Ryle | 276 |
John 18:37b | Paul Schneider | 339/343 |
John 19:30 | James Hudson Taylor | 269 |
Acts 5:29 | Georgi Vins | 364 |
Acts 5:29 | Yang-Won Son | 325 |
Acts 13:9-10 | Thomas Scott | 211 |
Acts 16:31 | Thomas Chalmers | 242 |
Acts 17:26a | William Wilberforce | 231 |
Acts 19:19a | Gerard Groote | 64 |
Acts 20:24 | Joni Eareckson Tada | 378 |
Acts 20:28 | Richard Baxter | 133/137 |
Acts 24:16 | Robert Bruce | 96 |
Romans 1:14 | Alexander Duff | 259 |
Romans 1:14 | Nicholas Ludwig Von Zinzendorf | 164 |
Romans 1:16-17 | Martin Luther | 71 |
Romans 3:25 | William Cowper | 207 |
Romans 5:1 | Robert Flockhart | 256 |
Romans 5:6 | Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones | 368/371 |
Romans 5:8-9 | Gottschalk | 48 |
Romans 8:8 | Gottschalk | 48 |
Romans 8:13 | John Owen | 105 |
Romans 8:28 | Thomas Watson | 115 |
Romans 8:31b | Paul Gerhardt | 144 |
Romans 8:35-39 | Margaret Wilson | 124 |
Romans 8:38-39 | Robert Bruce | 96 |
Romans 9:18 | Gottschalk | 48 |
Romans 11:5 | Augustine of Hippo | 31/34 |
Romans 11:36 | Jonathan Edwards | 182 |
Romans 13:13b-14 | Augustine of Hippo | 31/34 |
Romans 14:7a | Nicholas Ludwig Von Zinzendorf | 164 |
Romans 14:17 | Gerard Groote | 64 |
Romans 15:4 | William Tyndale | 82 |
Romans 15:20 | David Livingstone | 273 |
1 Corinthians 1:10 | Richard Baxter | 133/137 |
1 Corinthians 1:26-29 | Selina, Countess of Huntington | 186 |
1 Corinthians 1:30 | John Bunyan | 108 |
1 Corinthians 1:30 | Thomas Bilney | 79 |
1 Corinthians 2:2 | Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones | 368/371 |
1 Corinthians 3:12-14 | Amy Carmicheal | 321 |
1 Corinthians 3:5 | George Whitfield | 178 |
1 Corinthians 4:7 | Augustine of Hippo | 31/34 |
1 Corinthians 8:1 | Hannah More | 214 |
1 Corinthians 9:16 | J.C.Ryle | 276 |
1 Corinthians 9:22b | James Hudson Taylor | 269 |
1 Corinthians 9:27 | William Cowper | 207 |
1 Corinthians 13:13 | Hannah More | 214 |
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 | J. Gresham Machen | 314 |
1 Corinthians 16:19 | Matthew Henry | 151 |
1 Corinthians 16:22 | John Flavel | 127 |
2 Corinthians 1:4 | Horatius and Andrew Bonar | 293 |
2 Corinthians 3:6 | Augustine of Hippo | 31/34 |
2 Corinthians 4:9b | Henry Martyn | 228 |
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 | Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones | 368/371 |
2 Corinthians 5:1 | George Muller | 279 |
2 Corinthians 5:1,5,8 | Jim Elliot, Roger Youderian, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming |
361 |
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 | George Muller | 279 |
2 Corinthians 5:20 | Paul Schneider | 339/343 |
2 Corinthians 8:9 | John Wesley | 171 |
2 Corinthians 12:9a | Charles Haddon Spurgeon | 297/301 |
2 Corinthians 12:9a | James Hudson Taylor | 269 |
2 Corinthians 12:9a | Joni Eareckson Tada | 378 |
2 Corinthians 13:5 | George Whitfield | 178 |
Galatians 2:16 | Martin Luther | 71 |
Galatians 2:20 | Charles Wesley | 174 |
Galatians 2:20 | Thomas Goodwin | 130 |
Galatians 4:19 | Susanna Wesley | 168 |
Galatians 5:1 | Donald Cargill | 121 |
Ephesians 1:22-23 | Henry Martyn | 228 |
Ephesians 3:18-19 | Charles Simeon | 224 |
Ephesians 3:20 | John and Betty Stam | 328 |
Philippians 1:6 | Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones | 368/371 |
Philippians 1:18 | Richard Baxter | 133/137 |
Philippians 1:21 | John and Betty Stam | 328 |
Philippians 1:21 | William Grimshaw | 193 |
Philippians 1:23 | Richard Baxter | 133/137 |
Philippians 2:9-11 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon | 297/301 |
Philippians 3:3 | Thomas Boston | 157 |
Philippians 3:10 | Joni Eareckson Tada | 378 |
Philippians 4:6-7 | William Wilberforce | 231 |
Philippians 4:19 | James Hudson Taylor | 269 |
Colossians 1:15 | Hilary of Poiters | 25 |
Colossians 1:16b | Abraham Kuyper | 310 |
Colossians 1:24 | Margaret Wilson | 124 |
Colossians 2:9-10a | Anselm of Canterbury | 51 |
Colossians 3:11 | William Wilberforce | 231 |
Colossians 3:2 | Henry Venn | 197 |
1 Thessalonians 4:14 | Adoniram Judson | 246 |
1 Timothy 1:11 | Robert Flockhart | 256 |
1 Timothy 1:15 | Thomas Bilney | 79 |
1 Timothy 1:17 | Jonathan Edwards | 182 |
1 Timothy 2:4 | Boniface of Devon | 44 |
1 Timothy 2:5 | Blaise Pascal | 147 |
1 Timothy 4:4 | Robert Flockhart | 256 |
1 Timothy 6:12a | J. Gresham Machen | 314 |
1 Timothy 6:17 | Boniface of Devon | 44 |
2 Timothy 1:7 | Isobel Kuhn | 350 |
2 Timothy 3:16 | John Calvin | 75 |
2 Timothy 4:7 | J.C.Ryle | 276 |
2 Timothy 4:21a | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | 331/335 |
Hebrews 4:12a | John Chrysostom | 28 |
Hebrews 7:26-27 | Nicholas Ridley | 85 |
Hebrews 12:6 | Paul Schneider | 339/343 |
Hebrews 12:6,11 | Joni Eareckson Tada | 378 |
Hebrews 12:22-24 | John Bunyan | 108 |
Hebrews 13:5b | Lord Shaftesbury | 283 |
Hebrews 13:8 | John Bunyan | 108 |
Hebrews 13:13 | William Carey | 217/220 |
James 1:4 | Thomas Goodwin | 130 |
James 1:22 | Sophie Scholl | 346 |
James 2:18 | John Chrysostom | 28 |
James 4:14b | Joni Eareckson Tada | 378 |
1 Peter 1:3 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | 331/335 |
1 Peter 1:3-4 | Paul Schneider | 339/343 |
1 Peter 1:8 | Jonathan Edwards | 182 |
1 Peter 2:7 | James Durham | 112 |
1 Peter 2:7a | Charles Haddon Spurgeon | 297/301 |
1 Peter 4:13 | Paul Schneider | 339/343 |
1 Peter 5:7 | Francis of Assisi | 57 |
1 Peter 5:7 | Henry Martyn | 228 |
2 Peter 2:19 | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 290 |
2 Peter 3:11-12a | Richard Baxter | 133/137 |
1 John 1:7b | Martin Luther | 71 |
1 John 2:15 | Thomas Chalmers | 242 |
1 John 2:17 | D.L. Moody | 286 |
1 John 3:2 | Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones | 368/371 |
1 John 3:2 | Fanny Crosby | 307 |
1 John 3:16 | Amy Carmicheal | 321 |
1 John 4:2-3 | Polycarp of Smyrna | 18 |
1 John 4:4 | Paul Schneider | 339/343 |
1 John 4:8, 16 | Yang-Won Son | 325 |
1 John 4:10 | Dr Samuel Johnson | 190 |
1 John 5:1a | John 'Rabbi' Duncan | 266 |
1 John 5:4 | Paul Schneider | 339/343 |
Revelation 2:10 | Yang-Won Son | 325 |
Revelation 2:10b | J. Gresham Machen | 314 |
Revelation 3:20 | John Flavel | 127 |
Revelation 5:9 | Horatius and Andrew Bonar | 293 |
Revelation 5:12 | Joni Eareckson Tada | 378 |
Revelation 7:16-17 | Allen Gardiner | 253 |
Revelation 11:15b | Adoniram Judson | 246 |
Revelation 14:13 | Georgi Vins | 364 |
Revelation 14:4 | Nicholas Ludwig Von Zinzendorf | 164 |
Revelation 19:16 | Yang-Won Son | 325 |
Revelation 20:11-12 | Susanna Wesley | 168 |
Revelation 21:4 | Hannah More | 214 |
Revelation 21:4 | Horatius and Andrew Bonar | 293 |
Revelation 21:6b | Horatius and Andrew Bonar | 293 |
Revelation 21:10-11 | John Bunyan | 108 |
Revelation 22:20 | Lord Shaftesbury | 283 |