God visited Winesburg, Ohio!

Usually, I don't pick up too easily on Biblical references in novels or poems or what-have-you. However, a recent assignment of looking for repetitive words got me thinking in a different way. What am I seeing over and over? What does it mean when it's in every story? In Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, biblical references can be found in just about every chapter. To start, in "The Book of the Grotesque," the old man is having his bed fixed by a carpenter. Immediately, I thought of Jesus and how he was a carpenter. The old man's bed is getting fixed because he wants to see out the window. That got me thinking of when Jesus healed the blind man in John 9 NIV when the blind man "came home seeing." No, the old man is not blind, but he still isn't seeing. By not seeing I mean he doesn't know what's going on in his life anymore. He thinks of death frequently and every time he does he sees what he has done in his life again. As ridiculous as it is, it reminds me of a quote from The Santa Clause, "Seeing isn't believing, believing is seeing." Yes, corny, I know. But if the old man can't see out of the window, he's not seeing what's out in the world, or his reflection, or even just a different view. Therefore, the carpenter helps him see.
~Next, in "Hands," there is a "long field...that had produced only a dense crop of "yellow mustard weeds" (9). In Mark 4:30-32, it is said that the "grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow." What I see is that the "fat little old man" (9) is hiding in the mustard weeds. He is hiding from society and the weeds provide the perfect shelter as if he is a bird that hides under the shadow.
~Then in "Paper Pills," there are "twisted little apples" (19) which reminds me of the Garden of Eden. The apples have been sent to people in different cities. Now thinking about the Garden of Eden, the apples tempted Eve, who later gave it to Adam. Because the apples in the Garden of Eden represent sin, the apples that are sent out to people show their sins and how they can be considered "grotesque" (11). Also in "Paper Pills," the girl had a dream "three times" and after the third time, she realizes what has happened. Peter, in Matthew 26 NIV, hears the rooster crows three times before remembering what Jesus had said about denying his acquaintance. Again in "Nobody Knows," George Willard "walked up and down" the street "three times" before he went into the store to get a cigar (47). He, like Peter and the girl, realize after three times what is going on. Third time's the charm, right?
~The last one, is most likely just me going off on an idea that makes no sense whatsoever. In "Death," Elizabeth Willard, dies not only on a day in "March," but also on a "Friday" ( 233). Who died on a Friday? That's right! Jesus was hung on the cross! When do Christians celebrated Easter? That's right! March! Or April if you want to get technical about it.
~I know there is more because there's always something else in a book to dissect either deeper or from a different point. So, if you find any, I would love to hear it!!