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In which book is the following benediction: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.”
Numbers
In which book is found “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”?
Leviticus
What did Jacob call the place where “he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar”?
Bethel
Which book contains the following words: “one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord”?
Deuteronomy
In which book is the following saying found: “You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy”?
Leviticus
Who proclaimed the rise of a prophet like himself?
Moses
Over which country was Ahab king?
Israel
Which prophet declared, “Thus says the Lord: ‘For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals…”?
Amos
Match each of the following prophets with the quotation taken from God’s call of that particular prophet. Make your matches by selecting the prophet’s name from the drop-down list next to the corresponding quotation.
“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”
Isaiah
Match each of the following prophets with the quotation taken from God’s call of that particular prophet. Make your matches by selecting the prophet’s name from the drop-down list next to the corresponding quotation.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah
Match each of the following prophets with the quotation taken from God’s call of that particular prophet. Make your matches by selecting the prophet’s name from the drop-down list next to the corresponding quotation.
“Mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me.”
Ezekiel
“Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt” is found in which book?
Daniel
“I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people,” is in found in which of the following books?
Jeremiah
In which book does this quotation appear: “I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I; send me’”?
Isaiah
Which prophet spoke the words of promise quoted in Acts 2, “I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh”?
Joel
Where in Isaiah is Israel referred to repeatedly as the servant of the Lord?
Isaiah 40-55
Who says, “I am young in years and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you”?
Elihu
Who declares, “By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just; by me rulers rule, and nobles, and all who govern rightly. I love those who love me and those who seek me diligently find me”?
Wisdom
With what words do the last five Psalms all begin?
Praise the Lord!
Which of the following teachings is NOT found in the Gospel according to Matthew?
Select one:
a. “Blessed are the poor in spirit.”
b. “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church.”
c. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites.”
d. “Remember Lot’s wife.”
d. “Remember Lot’s wife.”
According to Luke, who was the Roman Emperor at the time when John and Jesus began their public ministries?
Tiberius
In which Gospel do blood and water flow from Jesus’ dead body after it is stabbed by a spear?
John
Where can you find Jesus telling a parable about a sower who sows seed in different types of ground?
In Matthew, Mark, and Luke only
Which of the following gospels tells of Jesus’ driving the money changers out of the temple near the beginning of his ministry?
John
In Luke’s Gospel, the centurion who witnessed Jesus’ death remarked, “Certainly this man was…”
Innocent
Which of the following appears in the Gospel of Mark?
Select one:
a. “Those who do what is true come to the light.”
b. “No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.”
c. “What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
d. “The unclean spirits…fell down before him and shouted, ‘You are the Son of God!’ But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.”
d. “The unclean spirits…fell down before him and shouted, ‘You are the Son of God!’ But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.”
Which letter contains this quotation: “And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love”?
1 Corinthians
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God–not the result of works, so that no one may boast” occurs in which book?
Ephesians
“For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Where is this found?
Galatians
“Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever” occurs in which book?
1 Thessalonians
In which letter does Paul say, “If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ”?
2 Corinthians
Which book warns of a time when a figure known as “the lawless one” will be revealed?
2 Thessalonians
How does this quotation from Philippians end: “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling…”?
Select one:
a. “for faith without works is dead.”
b. “for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.”
c. “for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.”
d. “for the one who is righteous will live by faith.”
b. “for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.”
Which book includes the following: “The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance”?
2 Peter
According to 1 John 1, the message being proclaimed is what?
Select one:
a. that the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord
b. that God is one
c. that the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword
d. that God is light, and in God there is no darkness at all
d. that God is light, and in God there is no darkness at all
Which book contains the following: “Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house …”?
1 Peter
Which book contains the following quotation: “You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture . . . . For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it”?
James
To whom did God say: “Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person’s blood be shed; for in his own image God made humankind.”
a. Abraham
b. Hagar
c. Jacob
d. Noah
e. Rebekah
Noah
To whom did God say: “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will forgive the whole place for their sake.”
a. Abraham
b. Hagar
c. Jacob
d. Noah
e. Rebekah
Abraham
To whom did God say: “Do not be afraid; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him.”
a. Abraham
b. Hagar
c. Jacob
d. Noah
e. Rebekah
Hagar
To whom did God say: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples born of you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger.”
a. Abraham
b. Hagar
c. Jacob
d. Noah
e. Rebekah
Rebekah
To whom did God say: “I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me.”
a. Abraham
b. Hagar
c. Jacob
d. Noah
e. Rebekah
Jacob
To whom did God say: “Raise your eyes now, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.”
Abram
From which OT book is this quote taken: “God also said to Moses, ‘Thus you shall say to the Israelites, “The LORD, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: This is my name forever, and this my title for all generations.”
Exodus
From which OT book is this quote taken: “You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.”
Leviticus
From which OT book is this quote taken: “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”
Genesis
From which OT book is this quote taken: “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”
Deuteronomy
From which OT book is this quote taken: “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”
Genesis
Who said the following?
“And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.”
Joseph
Who said the following?
“Who is the LORD, that I should heed him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not Israel go.”
Pharaoh
Who said the following?
“Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.”
Caleb
Who said the following?
“So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, take it off’; so they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”
Aaron
In which book is this person’s primary story told?
Hezekiah
2 Kings
In which book is this person’s primary story told?
Rehoboam
1 Kings
In which book is this person’s primary story told?
Rahab
Joshua
In which book is this person’s primary story told?
Deborah
Judges
In which book is this person’s primary story told?
Hannah
1 Samuel
From which OT book is this quote taken: “For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over the animals; for all is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes
From which OT book is this quote taken: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up yur loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me.”
Job
From which OT book is this quote taken: “How beautiful you are, my love, how very beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats, moving down the slopes of Gilead.”
Song of Solomon
From which OT book is this quote taken: “Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law they meditate day and night”
Psalm 1
From which prophetic book is this quote taken: “He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”
Isaiah
From which prophetic book is this quote taken: “Say to your brother, Ammi, and to your sister, Ruhamah. Plead with your mother, plead– for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband.”
Hosea
From which prophetic book is this quote taken: “Say to your brother, Ammi, and to your sister, Ruhamah. Plead with your mother, plead– for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband.”
Obadiah
From which prophetic book is this quote taken: “Say to your brother, Ammi, and to your sister, Ruhamah. Plead with your mother, plead– for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband.”
Zechariah
From which prophetic book is the following: “Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.”
Malachi
In which prophetic book is the following image/ symbol found?
The beloved’s unfruitful vineyard
Isaiah
In which prophetic book is the following image/ symbol found?
The linen loincloth
Jeremiah
In which prophetic book is the following image/ symbol found?
The plumb line
Amos
In which prophetic book is the following image/ symbol found?
Valley of dry bones
Ezekiel
In which prophetic book is the following image/ symbol found?
The plague of locusts
Joel
From which prophetic book is this quote taken: “But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed.”
Isaiah
From which prophetic book is this quote taken: “As I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.”
Ezekiel
From which prophetic book is this quote taken: “As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the Ancient One and was presented before him.”
Daniel
In which gospel does “the king” say, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me”?
Select one:
a. John
b. Luke
c. Mark
d. Matthew
Matthew
In which Gospel is the following found?
“All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spririt.”
Matthew
In which Gospel is the following found?
“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.”
Luke
In which Gospel is the following found?
“It is finished.”
John
In which Gospel is the following found?
“Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ And you will say, ‘Do here also in your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.’”
Luke
In which Gospel is the following found?
“The Sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the Sabbath.”
Mark
Which gospel opens with quotations from the Old Testament books of Isaiah and Malachi?
Mark
What does the Syrophoenician woman request from Jesus?
Select one or more:
a. forgiveness from her sins
b. healing for her hemorrhaging
c. curing her daughter who is at the point of death
d. exoricising an unclean spirit from her daughter
d.exoricising an unclean spirit from her daughter
The Gospel of Luke both begins and ends with scenes set in which of the following?
Select one:
a. the temple in Jerusalem
b. the synagogue in Nazareth
c. a mountaintop in Galilee
d. the shore of the Sea of Galilee
a. the temple in Jerusalem
In which chapter within John’s Gospel do we find Jesus healing a man born blind?
Select one:
a. Chapter 4
b. Chapter 9
c. Chapter 13
d. Chapter 16
b. Chapter 9
Of the following, which sign of Jesus does NOT appear in John’s gospel?
Select one:
a. Jesus, onboard a boat, calms a storm on the sea with a word.
b. Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead
c. Jesus heals an invalid man who has been lying by the pool of Beth-zatha (Bethsaida) but unable to touch the waters
d. Jesus heals a man blind from birth by making a mud mask using saliva
a. Jesus, onboard a boat, calms a storm on the sea with a word.
Which gospel explicitly states its purpose as “that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name”?
John
In which Gospel does Jesus refer to himself as both “the gate for the sheep” and “the good shepherd”?
John
In the Gospel of John, when John is baptizing in Bethany and sees Jesus coming how does he describe Jesus?
Select one:
a. “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world”
b. “the true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world”
c. “the living bread that came down from heaven”
d. “the good shepherd [who] lays down his life for the sheep”
a. “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world”
In which gospel do healing stories commonly end in the following: “See that you say nothing to anyone…”, “He strictly ordered them that no one should know…”, “Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one…”?
Mark
Stories about Mary and Martha appear in which two Gospels?
Luke and John
In John 4, to whom does Jesus say, “Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’?”
Select one:
a. his disciples
b. the Samaritans from the city of Sychar
c. the woman at the well
d. Nicodemus
a. his disciples
Which episode did Mark sandwich within his narrative about Jesus’ cursing a fig tree?
Select one:
a. Jesus healing a blind person
b. Jesus cleansing the Temple
c. Jesus telling a parable about the wicked tenants
d. Peter acknowledging Jesus as Christ
b. Jesus cleansing the Temple
In the Gospel of Mark, the expression Jesus most often uses to refer to himself is
Select one:
a. Son of Man.
b. Son of David.
c. Son of God.
d. Messiah.
b. Son of David.
c. Son of God.
d. Messiah.
a. Son of Man.
In the Gospel of John, who are Martha and Mary?
Select one:
a. women who ministered to Jesus and the disciples
b. sisters whom Jesus visited and taught at their house
c. women who came to Jesus’ empty tomb
d. sisters of Lazarus, the one whom Jesus raised from the dead
d. sisters of Lazarus, the one whom Jesus raised from the dead
Some members of which of the following groups questioned Jesus about the resurrection by using a situation where a woman might have been married to a series of brothers and then asking, “In the resurrection whose wife will she be?”
Select one:
a. Sadducees
b. Pharisees
c. Herodians
d. Essenes
a. Sadducees
Which Gospel contains the narrative about Jesus lingering at the Temple as a young boy?
Luke
According to the Gospel of Matthew, how does Jesus describe John the Baptist?
a. “if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come”
b. “one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight’”
c. “the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord … to give knowledge of salvation to his people”
d. “a man sent from God … as a witness to testify to the light”
a. “if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come”
Which of the following appears in the Gospel of Mark?
a. “Those who do what is true come to the light.”
b. “No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.”
c. “What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
d. “The unclean spirits…fell down before him and shouted, ‘You are the Son of God!’ But he sternly ordered them not to make him known
d. “The unclean spirits…fell down before him and shouted, ‘You are the Son of God!’ But he sternly ordered them not to make him known
Which of the following appearances by the resurrected Jesus is found in the Gospel of Luke?
Select one:
a. to Mary Magdalene near the tomb
b. to Thomas about a week after the resurrection
c. to Cleopas and his companion as they were going to Emmaus
d. to Peter and six other disciples by the Sea of Tiberias
c. to Cleopas and his companion as they were going to Emmaus
In Mark’s gospel, who said of Jesus “Truly this man was God’s Son”?
a. the centurion at his crucifixion
b. Pilate
c. Simon Peter
d. John the Baptist
a. the centurion at his crucifixion
Which of the following healing stories is found only in the Gospel of Mark?
a. the healing of the man born blind whom Jesus sends to the Pool of Siloam
b. the healing of the paralytic, lowered through the roof by his friends
c. the healing of a blind man near Bethsaida, who initially only saw people as if they were walking trees
d. the healing of a man in a synagogue who had a withered hand
c. the healing of a blind man near Bethsaida, who initially only saw people as if they were walking trees
Which gospel begins, “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God”?
Mark
Complete this statement from Matthew 5: “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you…
a. Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also.”
b. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
c. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.”
d. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and the whole world would soon be blind and toothless.”
a. Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also.”
At what point in Matthew’s Gospel does Jesus say, “For all who take the sword will perish by the sword”?
a. at his arrest
b. at his entry into Jerusalem
c. at his trial
d. at the last supper
a.at his arrest
In Luke, which of the following are topics addressed in the parable of the widow and the judge?
a. prayer
b. justice
c. faith
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is unique to which gospel?
Luke
The conclusion of Mark’s Gospel includes which of the following sentences?
a. “And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
b. “You are witnesses of these things.”
c. “These are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the son of God.”
d. “They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.”
d. “They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.”
Who says, “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth”?
Select one:
a. Solomon
b. Job
c. King Lemuel
d. the Teacher
b. Job
Complete the following couplet that opens Psalm 100: “Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.”
Select one:
a. “Worship the LORD with gladness; come into his presence with singing.”
b. “Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful.”
c. “Praise is due to you, O God in Zion; and to you shall vows be performed.”
d. “We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks; your name is near,”
a. “Worship the LORD with gladness; come into his presence with singing.”
