50 questions. Try each one, then open the answer to check yourself and read the explanation.
'Then the LORD God said, 'it is not good that the man should be alone;...'. Which of the following did He make fit for him?
Answer: C (helper)
Genesis 2:18: 'I will make him a helper fit for him.'
The first generation of mankind was destroyed in the great flood of water because of
Answer: A (corruption and violence)
Genesis 6:11–13: the earth was corrupt in God's sight and filled with violence, so God sent the flood.
Which of the following is the sign of the covenant between God and Abraham?
Answer: D (circumcision in the flesh of the foreskins.)
Genesis 17:11: circumcision of the flesh of the foreskin was the sign of the covenant between God and Abraham.
God appeared to Jacob in a dream and Jacob made a vow to
Answer: D (pay tithe to God.)
At Bethel Jacob vowed: 'of all that thou givest me I will give the tenth to thee' (Genesis 28:20–22).
Joseph saw his sale by his brothers as God's plan to enable him
Answer: D (preserve life.)
Joseph told his brothers, 'God sent me before you to preserve life' (Genesis 45:5).
The two Hebrew midwives instructed by Pharaoh to kill the Hebrew male babies at birth were
Answer: C (Shiphrah and Puah)
Exodus 1:15 names the Hebrew midwives as Shiphrah and Puah.
The Egyptian magicians were able to reproduce the first three miracles done by Moses and Aaron, but the fourth which they were unable to perform was the plague of
Answer: A (gnats from the dust)
The magicians copied the rod becoming a serpent, the water turning to blood and the frogs, but could not produce gnats from the dust and said 'This is the finger of God' (Exodus 8:18–19).
The possibility of crossing the Red Sea was seen by Israel as
Answer: A (God's active presence in their midst)
After the crossing Israel saw the great work the LORD had done, feared the LORD and believed in Him (Exodus 14:31); it showed God was with them.
In Exodus 17 and Numbers 20, similar incidents of lack of water for the congregation are recorded. A significant difference however, is that in Exodus 17, Moses is commanded to
Answer: A (strike the rock)
In Exodus 17:6 God told Moses to strike the rock; in Numbers 20:8 he was told to speak to it, but he struck it twice.
The only commandment which has a promise attached to it concerns
Answer: A (respecting parents)
'Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land' (Exodus 20:12); Paul calls it the first commandment with a promise (Ephesians 6:2).
'What is sweeter than honey. What is stronger than lion?' Who gave this riddle?
Answer: C (Samson)
Samson's riddle was about the honey he found in the lion's carcass; the Philistines answered it with these words (Judges 14:14–18).
'Draw your sword and kill me, lest men say of me, "A woman killed him". The speaker was
Answer: C (Abimelech)
A woman threw a millstone on Abimelech's head at Thebez, and he asked his armour-bearer to kill him (Judges 9:53–54).
A famous prophetess who was also a judge in Israel was
Answer: D (Deborah.)
Judges 4:4: Deborah, a prophetess, was judging Israel at that time.
Gideon was also called Jerubbaal because he
Answer: A (pulled down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah beside it)
After Gideon pulled down his father's altar of Baal, he was called Jerubbaal, 'Let Baal contend against him' (Judges 6:28–32).
Joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom because
Answer: B (Moses had laid his hands upon him)
Deuteronomy 34:9: Joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands upon him.
'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins' means that in comparison with his father, Rehoboam will
Answer: C (be harsher)
Rehoboam was boasting that he would treat the people even more harshly than Solomon (1 Kings 12:10–11).
'What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel!...' This declaration marked the end of
Answer: B (united kingdom in Israel)
With this cry the northern tribes rejected Rehoboam and made Jeroboam king, so the united kingdom split (1 Kings 12:16–20).
The incident which inspired King Josiah to undertake a reform was the
Answer: C (discovery of the book of the law)
When Hilkiah found the book of the law in the temple and it was read to Josiah, he tore his clothes and began his reforms (2 Kings 22:8–13; 23:1–3).
'Seek good, and not evil that you may live, and so the Lord, the God of host, will be with you, as you have said.....' Which prophet gave this advice?
Answer: B (Amos)
These words are from Amos 5:14.
And at the time of the offering of the oblation, the prophet came near and said, '..... O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that thou, O Lord, art God, and that thou has turned their hearts back'. What happened after this prayer?
Answer: D (The fire of the Lord fell.)
After Elijah's prayer on Mount Carmel, the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice (1 Kings 18:36–38).
One of the reasons why Sennacherib could not enter Jerusalem and conquer it as he did to Samaria was that
Answer: B (thousands of his soldiers miraculously died overnight)
The angel of the LORD struck down 185,000 Assyrians in one night, so Sennacherib went home (2 Kings 19:35–36).
When the Chaldean army captured King Zedekiah, they
Answer: C (bound him in fetters)
2 Kings 25:7: they killed Zedekiah's sons before his eyes, put out his eyes, bound him in fetters and took him to Babylon.
'All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all'. This messianic prophecy was made by
Answer: D (Isaiah.)
This is from Isaiah 53:6, the song of the Suffering Servant.
The vision of 'dry bones' teaches that
Answer: D (exiled Israel will be restored.)
God told Ezekiel that the bones were the whole house of Israel in exile, and He would bring them back to their own land (Ezekiel 37:11–14).
Gilgamesh Epic is the Babylonian equivalent of the biblical story of the
Answer: D (flood.)
The Gilgamesh Epic contains the Babylonian flood story of Utnapishtim, which is like the story of Noah's flood.
To whom was the birth of Jesus announced with a sign?
Answer: B (the shepherds)
The angel told the shepherds, 'This will be a sign for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger' (Luke 2:12).
The central message of John the Baptist in the Jordan region was about a baptism
Answer: D (of repentance.)
Luke 3:3: John preached a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Jesus heard a voice saying: 'Thou art my beloved Son, with thee I am well pleased'. Jesus heard this voice during His
Answer: A (baptism)
These words, addressed to Jesus himself, came from heaven at His baptism (Mark 1:11). At the transfiguration the voice spoke to the disciples: 'This is my beloved Son'.
According to Herod, Jesus was John the Baptist raised from the dead because He
Answer: C (had the powers of John at work in him)
Herod said John had been raised from the dead, 'that is why these powers are at work in him' (Mark 6:14).
When John sent his disciples to ask Jesus 'Are you the one who is to come....?' Jesus immediate reaction was to
Answer: A (cure many diseases)
When John's messengers arrived, Jesus at once cured many people of diseases and evil spirits (Luke 7:21). Then he told them to go and tell John what they had seen and heard.
'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!' is usually referred to as
Answer: A (the angels' song)
The heavenly host of angels sang this to the shepherds at Jesus' birth (Luke 2:13–14).
'I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith'. This statement was made during the healing of the
Answer: D (centurion's servant.)
Jesus said this about the centurion who believed his servant could be healed by a word alone (Luke 7:9).
When they saw the man who had been possessed by demons in his right mind, the Gerasenes
Answer: B (asked Jesus to depart from them)
The people were afraid and begged Jesus to leave their neighbourhood (Mark 5:15–17).
One of the objectives, according to Mark, for which Jesus appointed the twelve, was for them to
Answer: C (cast out demons)
Mark 3:14–15: He appointed twelve to be with him, to be sent out to preach and to have authority to cast out demons.
'Get behind me, Satan!, For you are not on the side of God, but of men'. The reason for this sharp rebuke was that the addressee
Answer: B (wanted to dissuade Jesus from dying on the cross)
Peter rebuked Jesus for saying He must suffer and be killed, trying to turn Him from the cross (Mark 8:31–33).
From the parable of the friend at midnight we learn that
Answer: B (we cannot receive anything from God if we don't ask)
Jesus followed the parable with 'Ask, and it will be given you' (Luke 11:9–10): we must ask God persistently to receive. The Holy Spirit is given to those who ask, not to anybody.
'And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him'. Jesus was led into the wilderness by
Answer: B (the spirit)
Mark 1:12: the Spirit immediately drove Him out into the wilderness.
Which of the following instructions was given only to the seventy and not to the twelve when Jesus sent his disciples on missions?
Answer: B (Salute no one on the road.)
Only the seventy were told to salute no one on the road (Luke 10:4). Both groups were told to take no bag and to shake off the dust, and the seventy were told not to go from house to house.
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. What issue was raised to which this statement was a response?
Answer: C (fasting)
Jesus said this when asked why His disciples did not fast like John's disciples and the Pharisees (Luke 5:33–38).
'Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's'. The above quotation teaches.
Answer: B (obedience to civil authority)
Jesus taught that people should pay their dues to the government as well as give God what belongs to Him (Matthew 22:21).
Who requested for the body of Jesus after His death?
Answer: D (Joseph of Arimathea.)
Joseph of Arimathea went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus (Mark 15:43).
'Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us....?'. This expresses the regret of
Answer: C (Cleopas and one other disciple)
Cleopas and his companion said this after the risen Jesus walked with them to Emmaus (Luke 24:18, 32).
Paul was accused of apparently being a preacher of foreign divinities in Athens because he preached Jesus and the
Answer: C (resurrection)
Acts 17:18: some said he seemed to preach foreign gods, because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
When Paul and Barnabas healed a cripple at Lystra, the people named them
Answer: A (Zeus and Hermes)
Acts 14:12 (RSV): they called Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes. (The KJV uses the Latin names Jupiter and Mercurius.)
Paul told the Athenians that they were very religious because
Answer: B (they dedicated an altar to the unknown God)
Paul said he saw they were very religious, for he had found an altar inscribed 'To an unknown god' (Acts 17:22–23).
The elders at Jerusalem advised Paul on his arrival in the city to
Answer: B (purify himself along with men under vows)
James and the elders told Paul to purify himself with four men under a vow and pay their expenses, to show he kept the law (Acts 21:23–24).
'Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no man shall attack you to harm you; for I have many people in this city'. The city referred to was
Answer: A (Corinth)
The Lord spoke these words to Paul in a vision at Corinth (Acts 18:1, 9–10).
To the question of the Philippian jailer, 'Men, what must I do to be saved?' Paul replied,
Answer: B (believe in the Lord Jesus)
Paul and Silas answered, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved' (Acts 16:31).
'Let it be known to you then that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, they will listen'. This implies that
Answer: A (the Gentiles will be more receptive to Christianity than the Jews.)
Paul said this in Rome after many Jews refused his message; he expected the Gentiles to accept the gospel more readily (Acts 28:28).
During the voyage to Rome, some people thought that Paul was a god because
Answer: C (he was not harmed by a viper)
On Malta a viper fastened on Paul's hand but he suffered no harm, so the people said he was a god (Acts 28:3–6).