People

Question 1

Noah

Answer 1

made a covenant with God, God asked him to build an ark and save 2 of each animal and his family from extinction when God flooded the world with 40 days of rain, rainbow is a sign of the covenant with Noah saying he won’t flood the Earth again

Question 2

Abraham

Answer 2

one of the patriarchs, original name is Abram, married to Sarah, God makes a covenant with him and grants him many descendants

Question 3

Isaac

Answer 3

Son of Abraham and Sarah, one of the patriarchs of Israel, the only son of Abraham and Sarah, married to Rebekah, Jews and Christian’s descend through him

Question 4

Sarah

Answer 4

original name is Sarai, married to Abraham, mother to Isaac

Question 5

St. Thomas Aquinas

Answer 5

author of the 5 proofs

Question 6

St Jerome

Answer 6

the first person to translate the Bible from Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic into Latin his translation is called the Latin vulgate

Question 7

Joseph

Answer 7

Jacob’s favorite among his twelve sons. His brothers sold him as a slave, but Joseph rose to become prime minister of Egypt, where he was ultimately able to save his family from starvation

Question 8

Moses

Answer 8

son of an Israelite woman, adopted and raised by pharaoh’s family, encounters God in the burning bush and is commanded to lead the chosen people (Israelites) out of Egypt

Question 9

Joshua

Answer 9

called the New Moses because he took over when Moses died, he let the Israelites into the promised land after parting the rivers in the Jordan river like Moses parted the Red Sea, did what God asked and won the Battle of Jericho

Question 10

Rahab

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helped hide spies sent by Joshua into Jericho, the spies gave her a red cord to put on her door during the invasion, she was saved by the red cord like the Israelites were saved by the red lambs blood from the angel of death during the first passover

Question 11

Samson

Answer 11

strong man and Judge called by God to lead the Israelites, his great strength was due to a Naterite vow his mom took when she was present to never cut his hair, he told his girlfriend and she cut it, lost his strength and got captured, reprints to God and asks for forgiveness, he gets it back and makes the temple fall

Question 12

Solomon

Answer 12

son of Bathsheba and King David, know for his great wisdom, built the temple of Solomon in Jerusalem

Question 13

Saul

Answer 13

first anointed king of Israel, worked well with God at the beginning but then disobeyed God and lost favor, died in battle, tried to kill David many times

Question 14

David

Answer 14

second appointed king of Israel, killed Goliath, ancestor of Jesus, listened to God but then took another man’s wife (Bathsheba), repented and turned back to God, author of most Psalms in the bible

Question 15

Elijah

Answer 15

an important prophet, known for his battle with the pagan priests and of King Jezebel that involved calling down fire from God, he saved the widow and God’s miracle of multiplying her flour and oil, raised the dead to life

Question 16

Elisha

Answer 16

prophet that replaced Elijah when he died, know for his great miracle of bringing the dead to life and the multiplication of oil

Question 17

Jonah

Answer 17

prophet of God to the city of Nineveh, he tried to run from God and was swallowed by a big fish and carried back to Nineveh, he is known for his bad attitude

Question 17

Isaiah

Answer 17

prophet of God after the loss of the northern kingdom, is considered one of the greatest prophets, is responsible for many messianic prophecies that point directly to Christ (Jesus)

Question 18

Jeramiah

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a prophet who warned King Zedakiah about the impending Babylonian Exile, he used dramatic methods to deliver God’s message such as holding up a rotting loin cloth (undies) and talking to the king while tied to a yoke

Question 19

Ezekiel

Answer 19

prophet who prophesies about the last years before the Babylonians conquer Judah, he is mute for a while and prophesies without words, called Son of Man by God, used dramatic methods for his prophecy like building a model of Jerusalem