I was a Pharisee,
I came to Jesus at night,
I asked how a person could be born again,
And later defended Jesus before my fellow Pharisees.
WHO AM I?
Nicodemus
I was sent out from a boat after the waters began to decrease.
I returned with a freshly plucked olive leaf.
WHAT AM I?
A dove
If you take two apples from a basket containing five apples, how many apples do you have?
Two
I record the birth of Jesus.
His ministry, death, and resurrection.
I begin with a genealogy that traces Jesus' family line.
WHICH BOOK AM I?
Matthew
I am a river.
Naaman came to me seeking healing.
And John the Baptist used my waters to baptize many people.
WHAT PLACE AM I?
The Jordan River
My name was changed.
My brother was my twin.
I wrestled through the night.
And I left that encounter walking differently.
WHO AM I?
Jacob
I was a weapon that never touched an enemy.
I was carried by a shepherd.
And one stone from me brought down a Philistine warrior.
WHAT AM I?
David's sling
What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin
I am a letter where Paul confronts divisions in a church.
I discuss spiritual gifts, the Lord's Supper, and the resurrection.
WHICH BOOK AM I?
1 Corinthians
I am in a city where Jesus grew up.
I was not the place of His birth,
And because of me, He was commonly called by a particular name.
WHAT PLACE AM I?
Nazareth
I was a physician,
I travelled with Paul,
I carefully investigated what happened among the believers,
And I wrote two books of the New Testament.
WHO AM I?
Luke
I was something small that Jesus used to teach about faith.
Though tiny, I was compared to the faith that could move mountains.
WHAT AM I?
A mustard seed
I have no voice, but I can answer you. I have no body, but I can follow you.
An echo
I describe a man who loses almost everything.
questions why he is suffering,
and eventually receives an answer from God.
WHICH BOOK AM I?
Job
I was a city whose walls fell without Israel using ordinary weapons.
Israel marched around me for seven days,
And a woman inside my walls was spared because she protected two spies.
WHAT PLACE AM I?
Jericho
I was not one of the Twelve,
Yet I became a major missionary and defender of the gospel.
I once persecuted the followers of Jesus,
Encountered Him on the road to Damascus,
And later argued that his apostleship came through Christ rather than human appointment.
WHO AM I?
Paul (Saul of Tarsus)
I was placed on a man's head.
I was made from something that grows.
And I became part of the suffering Jesus endured before His crucifixion.
WHAT AM I?
The crown of thorns
I am not a living thing, yet I can die. I have no lungs, yet I need air.
A fire
I explain that faith without works is dead.
I also warn about the power of the tongue.
and tell believers to consider trials as an opportunity for perseverance.
WHICH BOOK AM I?
James
I was a mountain where Abraham was commanded to offer his son.
And centuries later, Solomon's Temple was built in the same general location.
WHAT PLACE AM I?
Mount Moriah
I was a man who accompanied Paul.
My mother was Jewish, but my father was Greek.
Paul had me circumcised because of the Jews in those places.
Yet I was not compelled to do so as a requirement for salvation.
WHO AM I?
Timothy
I was not a person, animal, or object.
I came suddenly upon a group of believers gathered together.
I was accompanied by a sound like a rushing wind and appearances like tongues of fire.
WHAT AM I?
The coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
I have no beginning, no end, and no middle.
A circle
I warn believers about false teachers and mention angels who sinned before the flood.
I also compare the return of Christ to the coming of a thief.
WHICH BOOK AM I?
2 Peter
I was a place where Paul stayed for a year and six months.
A synagogue ruler was beaten before my judgment seat.
And the governor Gallio refused to judge Paul's case.
WHAT PLACE AM I?
Corinth