Biblical anatomy
According to Genesis, God created Eve using this specific skeletal part taken from Adam while he slept.
What is a rib?
Jesus was born in this small town in Judea, fulfilling the Old Testament prophecy of Micah.
What is Bethlehem?
In a well-known story, this traveler stops to help a beaten man on the road to Jericho after a priest and a Levite both walk past him.
Who is the Good Samaritan?
I was swallowed by a great fish after trying to flee from God's command to preach to the city of Nineveh.
Who is Jonah?
God utters this four-word command to Moses at the burning bush to demand the release of the Israelites from Egypt.
What is "Let my people go"?
Samson lost his supernatural, God-given strength after Delilah had this part of his body shaved off.
What is his hair?
Joshua led the Israelite army to march around this city for seven days until its massive stone walls collapsed.
What is Jericho?
Jesus tells a story about this wasteful son who squanders his inheritance in a distant land but is welcomed home by his father with a massive feast.
Who is the Prodigal Son?
I was a Hebrew orphan who became the Queen of Persia and risked my life to save my people from a deadly plot.
Who is Esther?
In Psalm 23, King David uses this comforting six-word metaphor to describe the guidance and protection of God.
What is "The Lord is my shepherd"?
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Peter draws his sword and cuts off this specific body part from Malchus, the servant of the high priest.
What is his right ear?
Moses received the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments at the summit of this holy mountain.
What is Mount Sinai?
Used to describe the explosive growth of the Kingdom of God, this tiny item is called the smallest of all seeds but grows into a large garden plant.
What is a mustard seed?
Originally a Pharisee who persecuted early Christians, I was blinded on the road to Damascus and became an apostle to the Gentiles.
Who is Paul?
In John 18, this Roman governor famously asks Jesus, "What is truth?" during his trial before the crucifixion.
Who is Pontius Pilate?
In Genesis 32, Jacob wrestles with a mysterious man all night, leaving him with a lifelong limp after his socket in this joint is struck.
What is the hip?
Abraham was originally a native resident of this wealthy southern Mesopotamian city-state before God called him to migrate to Canaan.
What is Ur?
In the Parable of the Sower, the seeds that fell into this specific type of ground grew quickly but withered away because they had no deep roots.
What is rocky ground (or stony places)?
I was a loyal Moabite woman who refused to leave my mother-in-law, Naomi, telling her, "Where you go I will go."
Who is Ruth?
Queen Esther boldly declares, "If I perish, I perish," before approaching the king to save her people from this villain.
Who is Haman?
In Acts 12, King Herod Agrippa is struck down by an angel and dies after being eaten from the inside out by these organisms.
What are worms?
In the Book of Revelation, the Apostle John wrote his prophetic letters while exiled on this small, rocky Greek island.
What is Patmos?
In Matthew 13, the Kingdom of Heaven is compared to a merchant who sells everything he owns to buy one of these highly valuable items.
What is a pearl of great price?
I was a priest and scribe who led the second wave of Jewish exiles back to Jerusalem to restore the study of the Law of Moses.
Who is Ezra?
In Genesis 4, Cain asks God this defensive, rhetorical question after murdering his brother Abel.
What is "Am I my brother's keeper?"