Gospel Guesses
Which of the four gospels has the most chapters?
Matthew (28 chapters)
The one whose name means "son of encouragement"
Barnabas
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John (3:14-16)
John the Baptist or Jesus (by birthday)?
John
Cain and Seth were:
brothers
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Which two gospels contain the nativity story?
Matthew and Luke
The person who most pushed Esther to be bold:
Mordecai
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one cried to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is full of His glory!”
Isaiah 6:1-3)
Methuselah or Noah?
Methuselah
Who was the eldest of the 12 sons of Jacob?
Reuben
What does the word "gospel" mean?
"Good news"!
He went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion
Benaiah
Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For each one shall bear his own load.
Galatians 6:1-5
Miriam or Moses?
Miriam
How many generations between Abraham and David?
14 (Matthew geneologies)
Which gospel is the only one who expressly names the recipient?
The Gospel of Luke, written to Theophilus (friend of God).
Among David's mighty men, who was the only Hittite?
Uriah
In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was [a]captured, on the very same day the hand of the Lord was upon me; and He took me there. In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city. He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.
And the man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and [b]fix your mind on everything I show you; for you were brought here so that I might show them to you. Declare to the house of Israel everything you see.”
Ezekiel 40:1-4
Aaron or Moses?
Aaron
*DAILY DOUBLE*
What were the two relationships that existed between Amram and Jochebed?
1. Husband and wife
2. Nephew and aunt
YIKES!
Which gospel is not a synoptic gospel?)
John
Who was the father of Joseph, the step-father of Jesus?
Jacob
When He had come to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, there met Him two demon-possessed men, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way. And suddenly they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with You, Jesus, You Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”
Matthew 8:28-29
Joash or Jehu?
Jehu
What familial relationship did David have with his treacherous advisor Ahithophel?
David married Ahithophel's granddaughter... Bathsheba