Old Testament
Moses climbed this cloud-covered mountain in the wilderness of Sinai to receive the two stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
What is Mount Sinai (or Mount Horeb)?
Prophesied as the birthplace of the ruler in Israel, this "City of David" in Judea was the town where Jesus was born and placed in a manger.
What is Bethlehem?
For thirty pieces of silver, this disciple identified Jesus to the arresting mob with a kiss
Who is Judas Iscariot?
The account of creation, the serpent in the garden, Noah’s ark, and the call of Abraham are all recorded in this opening book of the Bible.
What is Genesis?
This significant biblical number represents the days of rain during the Great Flood, the years Israel wandered in the wilderness, and the days Jesus fasted in the desert.
What is 40?
Overlaid with pure gold and topped by the mercy seat and two cherubim, this sacred chest housed the tablets of the Law inside the Holy of Holies.
What is the Ark of the Covenant?
Recorded in Acts 2, the Holy Spirit descended upon the gathered believers in Jerusalem with the sound of a violent rushing wind and divided tongues of fire on this Jewish feast day.
What is Pentecost?
This Phoenician princess and queen of Israel married King Ahab, promoted the worship of Baal, and had Naboth killed to steal his ancestral vineyard
Who is Jezebel?
The famous "Love Chapter"—declaring that "love is patient, love is kind" and that without love we are only a resounding gong or clanging cymbal—is found in chapter 13 of this New Testament letter.
What is 1 Corinthians?
The number of sons fathered by Jacob who became the patriarchal heads of Israel's tribes, as well as the number of core apostles chosen by Jesus.
What is 12?
Constructed on a plain in the land of Shinar in an effort to reach the heavens and make a name for humanity, this brick structure was left unfinished when God confused the builders' language.
What is the Tower of Babel?
Located at the foot of the Mount of Olives, this olive grove was the garden where Jesus prayed in agonizing sweat before His arrest while His disciples slept.
What is the Garden of Gethsemane?
Hailing from Moresheth, this prophet foretold that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem and declared that God requires us to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly
Who is Micah?
The beloved declaration "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want" appears in the 23rd chapter of this Old Testament collection of songs and prayers.
What is Psalms?
Despite recounting the sovereign preservation of the Jewish people through Queen Esther and Mordecai, this is the exact number of times the name or title of "God" is explicitly mentioned in the Book of Esther.
What is zero (0)?
In a vivid vision recorded in Ezekiel 37, the prophet was set down in the middle of a valley filled with these scattered objects and commanded to prophesy breath into them so they would come to life.
What are dry bones (or the Valley of Dry Bones)?
On a high mountain with Peter, James, and John, this event took place where Jesus' face shone like the sun, His clothes became dazzling white, and Moses and Elijah appeared talking with Him.
What is the Transfiguration?
A prominent Pharisee and member of the Jewish ruling council, he secretly visited Jesus at night to ask how an adult could be "born again."
Who is Nicodemus?
Opening with specific letters dictated to seven churches in the province of Asia—including a famous rebuke for being "neither cold nor hot"
What is Revelation?
When Abraham interceded before the Lord to spare Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 18, he bargained down from fifty down to this final minimum number of righteous people needed to prevent destruction.
What is 10?
Fresh off their victory at Jericho, the Israelites suffered a humiliating military defeat at this small Canaanite town because Achan secretly stole forbidden plunder.
What is Ai?
Exiled by the Roman authorities "on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus," the apostle John received the apocalyptic visions of Revelation while on this Aegean island.
What is the Isle of Patmos?
In the Garden of Gethsemane, when Peter drew his sword to resist the arresting crowd, he cut off the right ear of this servant of the high priest.
Who is Malchus?
In this brief, single-chapter New Testament letter, Paul writes from prison to urge a Christian slaveholder to welcome back his runaway slave, Onesimus, as a beloved brother.
What is Philemon?
In John 21, when the resurrected Jesus instructed the disciples to cast their net on the right side of the boat, Simon Peter hauled ashore an unbroken net filled with exactly this number of large fish.
What is 153?