His Arrival
Question: Luke 1:36 reveals that Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, was this relation to Mary — and was already six months pregnant when Gabriel visited.
Answer: Who is her cousin (relative)? (Luke 1:36)
Question: In John 6:10, before feeding the crowd, this many MEN sat down — not counting women and children.
Answer: What is five thousand? (John 6:10)
Question: In John 10:9 Jesus said "I am the door." He promised whoever enters through Him shall be saved and go in and out and find this.
Answer: What is pasture? (John 10:9)
Question: In Luke 7:47, Jesus told Simon the Pharisee that the sinful woman who wept at His feet loved much because she was forgiven this much.
Answer: What is much? (Luke 7:47)
Question: Mark 15:21 names the man compelled to carry Jesus' cross. He is identified as the father of Alexander and Rufus and was from this African city.
Answer: Who is Simon of Cyrene? (Mark 15:21)
Question: Matthew 1:1 opens Jesus' genealogy tracing His lineage through these two key Old Testament figures — a king and a patriarch.
Answer: Who are David and Abraham? (Matthew 1:1)
Question: Mark 5:9 records Jesus asking a demon-possessed man his name. The man answered with this name — explaining there were many demons inside him.
Answer: What is Legion? (Mark 5:9)
Question: In Matthew 16:18, after Peter's confession, Jesus said the gates of this would not prevail against His church.
Answer: What is Hades (hell)? (Matthew 16:18)
Question: In John 4, the Samaritan woman at the well had been married this many times and was living with a man who was not her husband.
Answer: What is five husbands? (John 4:18)
Question: Matthew 27:45 says darkness covered the land from the sixth hour to the ninth hour during the crucifixion. In modern time, what hours were these?
Answer: What is noon to 3 p.m.? (Matthew 27:45)
Question: According to Luke 2:24, Mary and Joseph offered this specific sacrifice at Jesus' dedication — a provision made for the poor in Leviticus 12:8.
Answer: What is a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons? (Luke 2:24)
Question: In John 9, Jesus healed a man born blind by making clay and telling him to wash in this specific pool.
Answer: What is the Pool of Siloam? (John 9:7)
Question: Luke 15 contains three back-to-back parables of lostness. Name all three lost things in the exact order Jesus told them.
Answer: What is the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost (prodigal) son? (Luke 15:3–32)
Question: In Luke 23:42–43, the repentant criminal on the cross made this one request — and Jesus gave him this exact promise in return.
Answer: "Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom" — and Jesus said "Today you will be with me in paradise." (Luke 23:42–43)
Question: Fill in the blanks from Isaiah 53:5: "He was wounded for our ___, bruised for our ___; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His ___ we are healed."
Answer: What is transgressions… iniquities… stripes? (Isaiah 53:5)
Question: Luke 2:25–32 names the devout man who held the infant Jesus in the Temple and declared he could now die in peace because his eyes had seen "thy salvation." Who was he?
Answer: Who is Simeon? (Luke 2:25–29)
Question: In Luke 13:10–16, Jesus healed a woman who had been bent double for this many years, then called her by this specific title when defending her healing on the Sabbath.
Answer: What is eighteen years, and "a daughter of Abraham"? (Luke 13:11–16)
Question: In John 11:25, Jesus made this exact "I AM" declaration to Martha just moments before raising Lazarus from the dead.
Answer: What is "It is finished" (paid in full) — meaning the debt of sin was completely paid, nothing left to add? (John 19:30)
Question: In Luke 7:6–9, Jesus said He had not found faith this great in all Israel — spoken of a man who said Jesus didn't even need to come to his house. Who was he and what did he ask instead?
Answer: Who is the Roman centurion — who asked Jesus to just "say the word" and his servant would be healed? (Luke 7:6–9)
Question: John 19:30 records Jesus crying "Tetelestai" before He died. This Greek word was a common financial term — what did it mean, and why is it significant for our salvation?
Answer: What is "It is finished" (paid in full) — meaning the debt of sin was completely paid, nothing left to add? (John 19:30)
Question: Matthew 2:23 says Jesus grew up in Nazareth to fulfill what the prophets said — yet this exact phrase appears nowhere in the Old Testament. What title does Matthew say was fulfilled?
Answer: What is "He shall be called a Nazarene"? (Matthew 2:23)
Question: Matthew 17:24–27 records Jesus sending Peter to catch a fish to pay the temple tax. What was Peter to find in the fish's mouth, and what was the exact tax amount covering two people?
Answer: What is a shekel (stater) — paying the two-drachma temple tax for both Peter and Jesus? (Matthew 17:27)
Question: Matthew 5:21–48 contains six "You have heard it said… but I say to you" statements. What term do scholars use for these, and what did they prove about Jesus' authority?
Question: Matthew 5:21–48 contains six "You have heard it said… but I say to you" statements. What term do scholars use for these, and what did they prove about Jesus' authority?
Question: Fill in the blanks from Ephesians 2:8–9: "For by grace you have been saved through ___; and that not of yourselves, it is the ___ of God — not of ___, lest anyone should boast."
Answer: What is faith… gift… works? (Ephesians 2:8–9)
Question: In 1 Corinthians 15:3–5, Paul lists the earliest Christian creed. After stating Christ died, was buried, and rose on the third day — this is the FIRST individual named as a witness of the resurrection.
Answer: Who is Cephas (Peter)? (1 Corinthians 15:5)