GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Name the two languages that were primarily used to write the original text.
Greek and Hebrew
How many Gospels are there?
4
"I am who I am."
God
Exodus 3:14
Moses receives the 10 commandments.
Mount Sinai
(Exodus 31:18)
Pentecost is described.
Joel (2) or Acts (2)
Name the first and last book of the Bible.
Genesis and Revelation
Which 3 Gospels are referred to as the Synoptic Gospels?
Luke, John, Matthew
"As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."
Joshua
Joshua 24:15
The land where Jesus fled with his parents after his birth to avoid King Herod.
Egypt
(Matthew 2:13-15)
Solomon builds the temple.
1 Kings (6) or 2 Chronicles (3&4)
Name 3 of the Prophetic Books.
Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Obadiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Joel, Malachi, Jonah
Which Gospel is the only one to contain the following parables: The Prodigal Son, Good Samaritan, and Rich Man & Lazarus?
Luke
"Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God."
Ruth
Ruth 1:16
What two nations were part of the United Kingdom under King David?
Israel and Judah
(Israel was the northern kingdom and Judah the southern)
Three friends come and make justifications for their friend's suffering.
Job
(Eliphaz, Baldad, Zophar)
How many books in the New Testament?
27
Which two Gospels do not contain any birth narrative of Jesus?
Mark and John
"You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruit worthy of repentance."
John the Baptist
Matthew 3:7-8
Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's walk. And he cried out, "Forty days more, and (...) shall be overthrown!"
What city was Jonah speaking of and walking through?
Nineveh
Jonah 3:4
The feast of Purim is created to celebrate the saving of the Jews.
Esther
How many books are in the Old Testament?
39
Which Gospel contains the "Messianic Secret" as a continual theme?
Note: Meaning Jesus regularly tells people after moments in ministry not to tell anyone what they witnessed about him.
Mark
As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the (...) said, "Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?"
Ethiopian Eunuch
Acts 8:36-37
Jesus is revealed to two travelers in the breaking of bread after the resurrection.
Emmaus
The fruits of the Spirit are listed.
Galatians (5:22)