People in the Bible
This cousin of Barnabas wrote the shortest of the four Gospels.
(Who is Mark?)
Following the global flood, Noah’s ark finally came to rest on the mountains of this specific modern-day region/mountain range?
(What is Mount Ararat?)
Take the number of days Jesus was in the tomb before His resurrection, and multiply it by the number of times Peter denied Jesus.
(What is 9? — 3 days times 3 denials)
"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
(Who is Joshua?)
Judas Iscariot agreed to betray Jesus to the chief priests in exchange for this specific amount of silver coins, fulfilling an Old Testament prophecy.
(What is 30 pieces of silver?)
This courageous queen broke royal protocol by approaching the king without being summoned, famously declaring, "If I perish, I perish," to save her people from a genocidal plot.
(Who is Esther?
In the Book of Revelation, the Apostle John wrote his letters to the seven churches while exiled on this small, rocky Mediterranean island.
(What is Patmos?)
Take the number of days God took to create the world, and add the number of brothers Joseph had.
(What is 17? — 6 days of creation plus 11 brothers)
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening," was the line this young boy was told to say by Eli the priest when he kept hearing a voice calling him in the night.
(Who is Samuel?
To secure his marriage to Rachel, Jacob legally contracted himself to work for her father, Laban, for a total of this many years.
(What is 14 years? — 7 years initially, plus another 7 after being tricked into marrying Leah)
This king of Judah fell desperately ill, wept bitterly before God, and was granted an extra 15 years of life.
(Who is Hezekiah?)
Elijah famously challenged 450 prophets of Baal to a dramatic showdown involving fire from heaven on top of this specific mountain ridge?
(What is Mount Carmel?)
: Take the number of days and nights Jonah spent inside the belly of the great fish, and multiply it by the number of corners on the golden Ark of the Covenant.
(What is 12? — 3 days times 4 corners/rings)
"I do not know the man!" was blurted out with curses by this disciple while sitting by a courtyard fire on the night Jesus was arrested.
(Who is Peter?)
When the city of Jericho was completely destroyed, this woman and her family were the only ones spared because she had hidden the Israelite spies and marked her window with a scarlet cord.
(Who is Rahab?)
This wealthy man from the town of Arimathea was a secret disciple of Jesus who boldly went to Pontius Pilate to request Christ's body so he could bury it in his own unused, rock-hewn tomb.
(Who is Joseph of Arimathea?)
Jesus frequently crossed this body of water with his disciples, walking on its surface during a storm and calming its waves with a word.
What is the Sea of Galilee?)
Take the number of days Jesus spent fasting in the wilderness, and subtract the number of days Lazarus had been dead in the tomb before Jesus raised him.
(What is 36? — 40 minus 4)
"I am who I am," was the profound answer given to Moses out of a burning bush when he asked what name he should give to the Israelites.
(Who is God
In Revelation 6, the opening of the first four seals unleashes the famous "Four Horsemen," with each riding a horse of a different color. The very first horse is this color, carrying a rider with a bow and a crown.
(What is his white?)
This early church couple sold a piece of property but kept back a portion of the money for themselves, dropping dead consecutively on the spot after Peter confronted them for lying to the Holy Spirit.
(Who are Ananias and Sapphira?)
On the road to this ancient Syrian city, a blinding light and a voice from heaven transformed Saul from a fierce persecutor of the church into the Apostle Paul.
(What is Damascus?)
Take the number of smooth stones David picked from the brook to face Goliath, and multiply it by the number of thieves crucified alongside Jesus.
(What is 10? — 5 stones times 2 thieves)
Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" was the skeptical question asked by this future disciple when his friend Philip first told him they had found the Messiah.
(Who is Nathanael?)
During a brutal civil war in Judges 20, the tribe of Benjamin boasted an elite force of 700 left-handed soldiers who were so highly skilled they could use a sling to shoot at this tiny target and not miss.
(What is a hair / a single hair?)