Testament Terms
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Derived from the Greek word "Euangelion", this common biblical vocabulary term literally translates to "good news."
A) New Testament
B) Gospel
C) Epistle
D) Covenant
What is "B) Gospel"?
Why: Prophet means a messenger of God. Epistle simply means a letter. Covenant is a binding agreement or contract.
In one of the most famous miracles of the Exodus, God used a strong east wind to split this body of water so the Israelites could cross on dry ground.
A) The Jordan River
B) The Nile River
C) The Sea of Galilee
D) The Red Sea
What is "D) Red Sea"?
Why: The Jordan River was parted later under Joshua. The Nile was turned to blood as a plague against Egypt. The Sea of Galilee is featured in New Testament miracles
These first four books of the New Testament present the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
A) The Epistles
B) The New Testament
C) The Gospels
D) The Prophets
What is "C) The Gospels"?
The Epistles are the letters written later to churches. The New Testament is the name of the entire collection of 27 books. The question is asking for the specific name of just the first four books within that collection. Prophets is section of the Old Testament.
According to the opening chapter of Genesis, this is the total number of days God spent creating the heavens and the earth before resting on the next day.
A) 3 days
B) 6 days
C) 7 days
D) 10 days
What is "B) 6 days"?
Why: God created the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th day (the Sabbath).
This famous mountain served as the dramatic backdrop where smoke, fire, and thunder accompanied God giving the Ten Commandments to Moses.
A) Mount Sinai
B) Mount Olive
C) Mount Zion
D) Mount Hermon
What is "A) Mount Sinai"?
Why: Mount of Olives and Mount Hermon are famous New Testament locations. Mount Zion is the historic hill where the city of Jerusalem was built.
Modern Western culture views this body part as the center for emotion. However the biblical writers used it as the center for thinking, logic, and decision-making.
A) Mind
B) Kidneys
C) Heart
D) Bowels
What is "C) Heart"?
Why: Mind is used, but "heart" specifically dominates Hebrew thought as the cognitive command center. Kidneys and bowels were used by biblical writers to symbolize deep emotional responses like longing, anxiety, or gut-wrenching compassion.
As a miraculous sign that He would heal King Hezekiah, God made the shadow on the sundial move in this unexpected direction.
A) Backward ten steps
B) Forward ten steps
C) Backwards seven steps
D) Frozen completely still
What is "A) Backward ten steps"?
Why: In 2 Kings 20, Isaiah gives the king a choice for the shadow to go forward or backward; Hezekiah notes going forward is easy, so God miraculously moves the shadow backward ten steps.
According to the Gospel of John, Jesus performed His very first public miracle at a wedding in this village.
A) Nazareth
B) Capernaum
C) Cana
D) Bethlehem
What is "C) Cana"?
Nazareth is where Jesus grew up. Bethlehem is where He was born. Capernaum served as His ministry headquarters, but Cana was the specific location of the water-into-wine miracle.
When Pharaoh refused to release the Israelites from bondage, God struck Egypt with this total number of distinct plagues.
A) 3 plagues
B) 7 plagues
C) 10 plagues
D) 12 plagues
What is "C) 10 plagues"?
1. Water turned to blood
2. Frogs
3. Gnats
4. Flies
5. Livestock diseased
6. Boils
7. Hail & Fire
8. Locusts
9. Darkness
10. Death of the firstborn
Gideon camped his army by the Spring of Harod, a landmark water source where God tested his men based on how they did this action.
A) Fought each other
B) Drank the water
C) Caught the fish
D) Cut down trees
What is "B) Drank the water"?
Why: Judges 7 explains that God specifically chose the 300 men who lapped water like dogs using their hands, weeding out those who knelt completely down to drink.
This biblical word describes the free, unearned, and unmerited favor of God given to humanity.
A) Sanctification
B) Justification
C) Grace
D) Omnipresence
What is "C) Grace"?
Why: Sanctification is the ongoing process of becoming holy. Justification is being declared righteous. Omnipresence means being present everywhere at once.
This is the only miracle performed by Jesus that is recorded in ALL four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John).
A) Walking on water
B) Turning water into wine
C) Feeding the 5,000
D) Jesus' resurrection
What is "C) Feeding the 5,000 / Acceptable: Loaves & Fishes"?
Why: Walking on water is missing from Luke, Turning Water into Wine This miracle is exclusive to the Gospel of John (John 2), Jesus' resurrection is considered event/doctrine.
While the Gospels capture the life of Jesus, this former persecutor of the church wrote the highest number of individual books (letters) in the New Testament.
A) Peter
B) Luke
C) Paul
D) John
Who was "C) Paul"?
Luke actually wrote the most words in the New Testament (Luke + Acts), but Paul wrote the highest number of individual books (13 epistles total). Peter wrote two books, and John wrote five.
When Jesus miraculously fed the 5,000 with five loaves of bread and two fish, the disciples gathered up this exact number of full baskets of leftovers.
A) 3 baskets
B) 7 baskets
C) 12 baskets
D) 24 baskets
What is "C) 12 Baskets"?
Why: All four Gospels say that 12 baskets were leftover (one for each disciple). 7 baskets were leftover later when Jesus fed the 4,000 with seven loaves of bread (Matthew 15).
While cutting down trees to build a new living space near Israel's primary river, a group of prophets in the land of Canaan accidentally dropped a borrowed iron axe head into the water, prompting Elisha to throw a stick into the river and make the heavy metal object float to the surface. Joshua famously led Israel across this flowing landmark to enter the Promised Land, and Jesus was later baptized in its waters.
A) The Nile River
B) The Euphrates River
C) The Jordan River
D) The Amazon River
What is "C) Jordan River"?
Why: The Nile is located entirely in Egypt. While it is the famous setting for Moses's basket, the plague of blood, and turning staffs into frogs, the prophet Elisha lived and operated centuries later within the boundaries of Israel.
The Euphrates River is a massive northern river associated with the empires of Assyria and Babylon.
The Amazon is in South America and is not in the Bible.
This theological term describes God's supreme power, absolute authority, and complete control over all of creation and history.
A) Omnipresence
B) Sovereignty
C) Adoration
D) Immutability
What is "B) Sovereignty"?
Omnipresence means being present everywhere at once. Adoration is the act of showing profound love, deep respect, and reverent devotion. Immutability means that God never changes.
While Moses famously used his staff to part the Red Sea, it was actually this specific object that parted the JORDAN RIVER so the Israelites could cross into the Promised Land.
A) The Ark of the Covenant
B) Joshua’s Bronze Spear
C) Aaron’s Budded Rod
D) Elijah’s Leather Mantle
What is "The Ark of the Covenant"?
Why: Joshua’s Bronze Spear Joshua was the military leader in charge during this crossing, and he famously points a bronze spear to signal the destruction of the city of Ai later in the book, it played no role in parting the river.
Aaron’s Budded Rod was the miraculous staff from the Exodus story that sprouted blossoms.
Elijah’s Leather Mantle Yes, Elijah did use his leather mantle to part the Jordan River! However, he did it later in 2 Kings, not during the initial crossing into the Promised Land under Joshua.
The Book of Acts, which outlines the history of the early Church and the spread of Christianity, was written as a direct sequel to this specific Gospel.
A) Matthew
B) Mark
C) Luke
D) John
What is "The Gospel of Luke"?
Both the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts are addressed to the same individual (Theophilus) and were written by Luke the physician to form a continuous two-part historical account. If you guys remember, Acts opens by referencing "my former book," Acts picks up immediately where Luke ends and Luke repeats these were real historical accounts of the man Jesus Christ and his earthly ministry.
This specific number appears repeatedly across biblical history to signify a period of testing or judgment, including the length of the great flood's rainfall and Israel's years of wandering in the wilderness.
A) 7
B) 10
C) 70
D) 40
What is "D) 40"?
Why: It rained for 40 days and nights during Noah's flood, Israel wandered the desert for 40 years, and Jesus fasted in the wilderness for 40 days.
Saul of Tarsus (who became the Apostle Paul) was traveling on the road to this famous Syrian city when he saw a blinding light and met Jesus.
A) Damascus
B) Rome
C) Athens
D) Ephesus
What is "A) Damascus"?
Why: Acts 9 names the "Road to Damascus" as the site of his dramatic conversion. Rome, Athens, and Ephesus were cities he visited much later on his missionary journeys.
Derived from the Greek word for "last things," this branch of theology focuses on the study of the end times, final judgment, and the ultimate destiny of humanity.
A) Hermeneutics
B) Soteriology
C) Ecclesiology
D) Eschatology
What is "D) Eschatology"?
Hermeneutics is the study of principles for interpreting Scripture. Soteriology is the study of salvation. Ecclesiology is the study of the nature and structure of the Christian Church.
When Jesus healed the severed right ear of Malchus (the high priest’s servant who was attacked during Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane) this is the only Gospel writer who recorded the actual healing.
A) Matthew
B) Mark
C) Luke
D) John
Who is "C) Luke"?
John, While the attack happens in all four Gospels, the Gospel of John is the only one that actually names the victim (Malchus) and the attacker (Simon Peter), but John completely omits the actual miracle of Jesus healing the ear!
Matthew & Mark both record that a bystander cut off the servant's ear, and both record Jesus rebuking the violence, but neither writer mentions Jesus physically healing the wound.
Luke, traditionally known as a physician, is the only Gospel writer who includes the medical resolution to the crisis.
The Book of Revelation serves as the final book of the New Testament. In its concluding chapter, it issues a famous, severe warning that plagues will be added to anyone who does this to the words of the prophecy.
A) Reads them without proper church authority
B) Adds anything to them or takes anything away
C) Translates them into a foreign language
D) Fails to memorize and recite them out loud
What is ''B) Adds anything to them or takes anything away"?
Why: Reads them without church authority, Revelation 1:3 opens by blessing anyone who reads the words of the prophecy out loud.
Translates them, the early church translated the New Testament from Greek into Latin, Syriac, and Coptic to spread Christianity. There is no prohibition against translation.
Fails to memorize them, while early Christians heavily emphasized memorization and oral tradition, in the closing chapter there is no penalty or requirement on memorization.
In the Book of Revelation, this is the exact number of years that Satan is bound in the bottomless pit while Christ reigns on Earth.
A) 1,000 years
B) 7,000 years
C) 40,000 years
D) 144,000 years
What is "A) 1,000 years"?
Why: Revelation 20 repeatedly specifies a period of 1,000 years (known as the Millennium). 144,000 refers to the number of sealed servants mentioned earlier in the book, not a timeline of years.
The Apostle John notes in the opening chapter of Revelation that he was exiled to this specific, rocky Roman penal island located in the Aegean Sea.
A) Cyprus
B) Malta
C) Patmos
D) Crete
What is "C) Patmos"?
Why: Cyprus was Barnabas's home island. Malta is where Paul was shipwrecked on his way to Rome. Crete is where Paul left Titus to oversee local churches.