Old Testament
Who said it?
”Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Who is Cain?
Genesis 4:9
Excluding the Gospels, this is the only book in the New Testament that is categorized as a book of prophecy.
What is the Book of Revelation?
I am the parable of the lost items, I am the creature the Shepherd left 99 others behind to find.
What is the lost sheep?
This book of the Old Testament is unique because it never once mentions the name of God.
What is Esther?
Jesus gave this name, meaning "The Rock," to the disciple Simon.
Who is Peter (or Cephas)?
Before becoming a prophet, Amos identified his original profession as a "herdsman" and a tender of this specific type of fruit tree.
What is a sycamore tree?
Amos 7:14
This book, often attributed to Paul, spends significant time comparing the priesthood of Jesus to the mysterious Old Testament figure Melchizedek.
What is Hebrews?
This Gospel contains the most parables and is the only one to include the stories of the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son.
What is the Gospel of Luke?
What is the shortest book in the Old and New Testament?
What is Obadiah and 2 John
This son of David, whose name means "peaceable," succeeded his father as king and built the Temple.
Who is Solomon?
"I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee."
Who is Job?
Job 42:5
Mentioned in 2 Timothy, these are the two specific names of the Egyptian magicians who supposedly opposed Moses.
Who are Jannes and Jambres?
This is the only parable where one of the characters is given a specific personal name.
What is the Parable of the Rich man and Lazarus?
This book of wisdom literature is famously centered on the phrase "Vanity of vanities; all is vanity."
What is Ecclesiastes?
This prophet was suspended between earth and heaven by a lock of his hair in a vision while in exile in Babylon.
Who is Ezekiel?
This is the only place in the Old Testament where a specific "mark" or sign was given to a man to prevent anyone who found him from killing him.
What is the Mark of Cain?
In Lystra, the crowds were so amazed by Paul and Barnabas that they tried to worship them as these two Greek gods.
Hermes and Zeus ( Mercury and Jupiter )
Acts 14:12
In the Parable of the Sower, this type of ground represents someone who hears the word but is immediately choked by the “cares of the world”
What is the thorny ground( or soil among thorns )?
Jude’s letter in the New Testament famously quotes from this non-canonical book regarding a dispute over the body of Moses.
What is the Assumption of Moses(or the Book of Enoch for other quotes)?
Jesus gave James and John this nickname, meaning "Sons of Thunder."
Daily Double
What is Boanerges?
In the book of Judges, this king of Moab was so obese that when the assassin Ehud stabbed him, the handle of the sword disappeared into his body and the fat closed over the blade.
Who is King Eglon?
Judges 3
In the Book of Acts, this woman—a dealer in expensive purple cloth from the city of Thyatira—is recorded as the first documented convert to Christianity on the continent of Europe. Also include what specific city it took place in.
Who is Lydia and What is Phillipi?
Acts 16:11-15
In the parable of the Great Banquet, these are the three specific excuses guests gave for not attending.
( Name at least two for a point )
What are bought a field, bought five yoke of oxen, and just got married.
This 4th-century manuscript is the oldest known complete copy of the New Testament, including all 27 books in their current order.
What is Codex Sinaiticus?
This king of Israel was known for his "furious" chariot driving and for executing the family of Ahab.
Who is Jehu?