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BIBLE TRIVIA QUIZ
1. According to St. Matthew's gospel, something unusual happened to the earth on the Friday when Jesus was crucified. The same thing happened again when Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to the tomb on the following Sunday. What happened each of those two days?
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2. Amos, a spokesperson for the Lord, lived about 750 years before Christ. He wasn't a priest and didn't serve in the Temple. Actually, being a humble man, he didn't even consider himself a prophet. He was a prophet nevertheless. He spoke up for justice for the poor and widows. He renounced the immoral activities of many in Israel. What word is omitted in the often-quoted statement from Amos?
"But let justice roll down like ______________, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." (Amos 5:24, NRSV) |
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3. Which of the following statements impressed Martin Luther, a leader of the Reformation?
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4. The Bible mentions mountains numerous times. Three mountains are listed at the top of each of the three columns below. Choose the name of the person associated with that mountain. |
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Mount Sinai
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Horeb
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Mount of Olives
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5. "When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly, from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability." -Acts 2:1-4 NRSV
When is Pentecost? |
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6. In Luke's gospel, as Jesus prepared to enter the city Jesus said that he thought many in Jerusalem would not accept him and his ministry. Even so, he said that he had the desire to "gather your children together as a _____________________, and you were not willing!"
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7. In Mark 9, Jesus took three disciples to a high mountain. While there, the men witnessed amazing things. Jesus' clothes became dazzling white, and then Elijah and Moses appeared to them. The disciples then heard a voice from a cloud that said, "this is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!" (Mark 9:7 NSRV) Suddenly, Elijah and Moses vanished and the disciples were alone with Jesus.
Who were the three disciples who witnessed the Transfiguration? |
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8. In Jeremiah 18, God told Jeremiah to go down to the potter's house. Jeremiah obeyed. The potter was forming a vessel of clay on his wheel, but he accidentally ruined it. He reformed the clay into a lump and started over. He worked the clay again until he had a vessel that seemed good to him. Jeremiah, the Lord's prophet, discerned that God was using the occasion as a lesson regarding individuals and nations. What was the lesson?
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9. According to Matthew's gospel, King Herod heard that wise men (astrologers) from an eastern land had come to Jerusalem to honor one they believepetition for his position or his power. Herod told the wise men to return when they found was "born king of the Jews." Herod was frightened because he did not want any comd the new king, and tell him where he could go to pay homage himself. Of course, Herod had murder on his mind.
The wise men found the child, but what did they do afterward? |
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10. Followers of Christ are meant to be "doers," not bystanders or slackers. The Letter of James in the New Testament tells us, "But be doers of the word, and not merely _________________ who deceive themselves." (James 1:22, NSRV)
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11. The first chapter of the gospel of Matthew begins with the genealogy of Jesus. In the first verse of Matthew, two great Jewish heroes are mentioned as being ancestors of the Lord. Who were the two?
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12. Psalm 65 is a thanksgiving document. If focuses on God as the Great Gardener. In a prayer to God, the psalmist says, "You visit the earth and water it, you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide the people with grain. for so you have prepared it." (Psalm 65:9 NSRV) The psalmist goes on to say, "You crown the year with your ________________." Choose the correct word that belongs in the blank space.
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