The Christmas Story
The number of wise men (Magi) who visited Jesus.
The Bible doesn't specify the number of wise men (Magi) who visited Jesus.
True or False: A manger is a crib.
False: A manger is a feeding trough or box for livestock in a stable, typically holding hay or grain.
According to Mark 6:3 (NIV), what occupation did Jesus have?
Carpenter (Mark 6:3)
The two books of the Bible where we can find the Ten Commandments.
Exodus (Exodus 20) and Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 5)
The number of days God spent creating the world.
6 days (because on the 7th day, God rested - Genesis 2:1-3).
The Gospel(s) that provide an account of the birth of Jesus.
Matthew and Luke
True or False: Lot's wife turned into a pillar of pepper.
False: A pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26)
The first of the signs through which Jesus revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
Turning water into wine at Cana (John 2:1-11)
The shortest book in the Bible by word count (approximately 219 words in Greek).
3 John
The opening verses of this numbered Psalm begins like this, "May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us - so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations."
67 (Psalm 67)
The place an angel of the Lord told Joseph in a dream for he, Mary, and baby Jesus to get up and escape to.
Egypt
True or False: About one-fourth of the Psalms are anonymous.
False: Nearly one-third of the poems are anonymous. However, authors that we know of include: David, Asaph, the sons of Korah, other worship leaders in the temple, King Solomon and even one psalm (Psalm 90) that is credited to Moses.
4 days (John 11:17)
The shortest book in the Old Testament by word count (approximately 440 Hebrew words).
Obadiah
Goliath was this number of cubits and a span tall.
6 cubits (1 Samuel 17:4)
What prophet prophesied, "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."
Isaiah (Isaiah 9:6)
True or False: Thessalonica is the first place in the Bible where disciples were called "Christians."
False: Antioch (Acts 11:26)
In Matthew 13:55 (NIV), people in Jesus' hometown question His authority, asking, "Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and _____?"
Judas (Matthew 13:55)
In the book of John, we can find the shortest verse of the Bible, "Jesus wept" (John 11:35). As for another book of the Bible, it is generally considered to include the longest verse in the Bible, with eighty words and 367 characters.
Esther (Esther 8:9)
Joshua and the Israelites circled Jericho 7 times on the 7th day and the walls fell down. This is recorded in this numbered chapter of the book of Joshua.
Chapter 6 (Joshua 6)
The names of John the Baptist's parents.
Elizabeth and Zechariah
True or False: There are 67 books to the Bible.
False: 66 books (OT - 39 and NT - 27)
After Jesus resurrected from the dead, we read in 1 Corinthians 15 (NIV), "After that, he [Jesus] appeared to more than ______ hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time."
500 (1 Corinthians 15:6)
The longest word in the Bible is this name, an 18-character (or 18-letter) Hebrew name found in the book of Isaiah.
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (Isaiah 8:1 & 8:3)
Name six of the seven churches, to whom Jesus reveals specific messages of praise and warning to the apostle John, which he records in chapters 2 and 3.
Revelation 2 - Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira
Revelation 3 - Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea