Are you ready to put your knowledge of the Scriptures to the test? This quiz is designed to challenge even the most devout Bible scholars and enthusiasts. Whether you’re a seasoned reader of the Bible or just starting to explore its teachings, this quiz will surely provide an engaging and thought-provoking experience.
In this quiz, you’ll encounter a range of questions that cover various aspects of the Bible, including its stories, characters, teachings, and historical contexts. Prepare to delve into both the Old and New Testaments as you tackle these challenging questions. Remember, the purpose of this quiz is not only to test your knowledge but also to inspire curiosity and further exploration of the Word of God.
So, grab your Bible, get ready to put on your thinking cap, and let’s embark on this journey of discovery through our “Test Your Biblical Knowledge: A Challenging Bible Quiz”! Are you up for the challenge? Let’s find out!
Test Your Biblical Knowledge With These Questions:
1. Who was the first man created by God?
2. Which king wrote many of the Psalms in the Bible?
3. Which prophet was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire?
4. Who was swallowed by a great fish for three days and three nights?
5. Which river did Jesus get baptized in?
6. Who was the first disciple that Jesus called?
7. What is the last book of the New Testament?
8. Who was the mother of Jesus?
9. What is the shortest book in the New Testament?
10. Who was the first martyr in the early Christian church?
11. What is the first commandment given by God to Moses?
12. Who was the disciple that betrayed Jesus?
13. Who was the high priest at the time of Jesus’ trial?
14. What was the name of the angel who appeared to Mary to announce the birth of Jesus?
15. Which apostle was a tax collector before following Jesus?
16. Who built the ark to save his family and the animals from the flood?
17. Which prophet saw a vision of a valley of dry bones coming to life?
18. Who was the first king of Israel?
19. Who wrote most of the letters in the New Testament?
20. Which prophet confronted King David about his sin with Bathsheba?
21. Who was the prophet that saw a chariot of fire and horses of fire when he was taken up to heaven
22. Who was the Egyptian slave who became a prominent figure in Egypt and helped save many people from famine?
Bible Quiz Questions and Answers from all Books of the Bible
23. Which book in the Bible tells the story of the Exodus and the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt?
24. Who was the prophet who had a vision of the valley of dry bones coming to life?
25. Which disciple of Jesus is known as the “doubting Thomas”?
26. Who was the wife of Abraham?
27. Which book in the Bible contains the Ten Commandments?
28. Who was the prophet who challenged the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel?
29. Who was the first king of Israel?
30. Which prophet was swallowed by a great fish for three days and three nights?
31. Who was the first martyr in the early Christian church?
32. What is the first book of the New Testament?
33. Who was the disciple that Jesus loved?
34. Who was the king that built the temple in Jerusalem?
35. Who was the disciple who denied Jesus three times?
36. Which book in the Bible tells the story of the Israelites’ journey through the wilderness and their arrival at the Promised Land?
37. Who was the mother of Samuel?
38. Who was the king that conquered Jericho by marching around its walls?
39. Who was the prophet that was taken to heaven in a whirlwind?
40. Who was the man who led the Israelites out of Egypt?
41. Which book in the Bible tells the story of Esther, a Jewish queen who saved her people from destruction?
42. Who was the disciple that Jesus referred to as “the rock” upon which he would build his church?
43. Who was the man who helped Joseph of Arimathea bury Jesus’ body?
44. Who was the king who wrote many of the Proverbs?
45. Which book in the Bible contains the story of Job, a man who faced great suffering and remained faithful to God?
46. Who was the prophet that was taken captive to Babylon but later released and returned to Jerusalem?
47. Who was the man who wrote many of the Psalms?
48. Which book in the Bible contains the story of Ruth, a Moabite woman who became an ancestor of King David?
49. Who was the first high priest of Israel?
50. Who was the prophet who confronted King David about his sin with Bathsheba?
Answers
1. Adam
Bible Text: Genesis 2:7 – “Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”
2. King David
Bible Text: Psalm 23:1 – “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
3. Elijah
Bible Text: 2 Kings 2:11 – “As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.”
4. Jonah
Bible Text: Jonah 1:17 – “Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”
5. The Jordan River
Bible Text: Matthew 3:13-17 – “Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.”
6. Simon Peter
Bible Text: Matthew 4:18 – “As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.”
7. Revelation
Bible Text: Revelation 1:1 – “The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place.”
8. Mary
Bible Text: Luke 1:30-31 – “But the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.'”
9. 2 John
Bible Text: 2 John 1:1 – “The elder, to the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I only, but also all who know the truth.”
10. Stephen
Bible Text: Acts 7:59-60 – “While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’ Then he fell on his knees and cried out, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them.’ When he had said this, he fell asleep.”
11. “You shall have no other gods before me.”
Bible Text: Exodus 20:3 – “You shall have no other gods before me.”
12. Judas Iscariot
Bible Text: Matthew 26:14-16 – “Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests and asked, ‘What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?’ So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.”
13. Caiaphas
Bible Text: Matthew 26:57 – “Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled.”
14. Gabriel
Bible Text: Luke 1:26-28 – “In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.'”
15. Matthew
Bible Text: Matthew 9:9 – “As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. ‘Follow me,’ he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.”
16. Noah
Bible Text: Genesis 6:14-15 – “So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.”
17. Ezekiel
Bible Text: Ezekiel 37:1-5 – “The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’ I said, ‘Sovereign Lord, you alone know.’ Then he said to me, ‘Prophesy to these bones and say to them, “Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!”‘
18. Saul
Bible Text: 1 Samuel 10:1 – “Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying, ‘Has not the Lord anointed you ruler over his inheritance?'”
19. The apostle Paul
Bible Text: Romans 1:1 – “Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God.”
20. Nathan
Bible Text: 2 Samuel 12:7-9 – “Then Nathan said to David, ‘You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. I gave your master’s house to you, and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own.”‘
21. Elijah
Bible Text: 2 Kings 2:11 – “As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.”
22. Joseph
Bible Text: Genesis 41:41-43 – “So Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.’ Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command, and people shouted before him, ‘Make way!’ Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.”
23. Exodus
Bible Text: Exodus 1:1-3 – “These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.”
24. Ezekiel
Bible Text: Ezekiel 37:1-3 – “The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’ I said, ‘Sovereign Lord, you alone know.'”
25. Thomas
Bible Text: John 20:24-25 – “Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord!’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.'”
26. Sarah
Bible Text: Genesis 17:15-16 – “God also said to Abraham, ‘As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.'”
27. Exodus
Bible Text: Exodus 20:1-17 – “And God spoke all these words: ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me…'”
28. Elijah
Bible Text: 1 Kings 18:20-21 – “So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. Elijah went before the people and said, ‘How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.'”
29. Saul
Bible Text: 1 Samuel 9:15-17 – “Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed this to Samuel: ‘About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him ruler over my people Israel; he will deliver them from the hand of the Philistines. I have looked on my people, for their cry has reached me.'”
30. Jonah
Bible Text: Jonah 1:17 – “Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”
31. Stephen
Bible Text: Acts 7:54-60 – “When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. ‘Look,’ he said, ‘I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.’ At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’ Then he fell on his knees and cried out, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them.’ When he had said this, he fell asleep.”
32. Matthew
Bible Text: Matthew 1:1 – “This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham.”
33. John
Bible Text: John 13:23 – “One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him.”
34. Solomon
Bible Text: 1 Kings 6:1 – “In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the Lord.”
35. Peter
Bible Text: Matthew 26:69-75 – “Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. ‘You also were with Jesus of Galilee,’ she said. But he denied it before them all. ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about,’ he said. Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, ‘This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.’ He denied it again, with an oath: ‘I don’t know the man!’ After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, ‘Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.’ Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, ‘I don’t know the man!’ Immediately a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: ‘Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.’ And he went outside and wept bitterly.”
36. Numbers
Bible Text: Numbers 1:1-2 – “The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: ‘Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.'”
37. Numbers
Bible Text: Numbers 1:1-2 – “The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: ‘Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.'”
38. Joshua
Bible Text: Joshua 6:2-5 – “Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.'”
39. Elijah
Bible Text: 2 Kings 2:11 – “As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.”
40. Moses
Bible Text: Exodus 12:31-32 – “During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, ‘Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.'”
41. Esther
Bible Text: Esther 2:17 – “Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.”
42. Peter
Bible Text: Matthew 16:18 – “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”
43. Nicodemus
Bible Text: John 19:38-40 – “Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.”
44. Solomon
Bible Text: Proverbs 1:1 – “The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel…”
45. Job
Bible Text: Job 1:1 – “In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.”
46. Daniel
Bible Text: Daniel 1:6-7 – “Among those who were chosen were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.”
47. David
Bible Text: Psalm 23:1 – “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.”
48. Ruth
Bible Text: Ruth 1:16 – “But Ruth replied, ‘Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.'”
49. Aaron
Bible Text: Exodus 29:4-5 – “Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water. Then dress Aaron in the sacred garments, anoint him and consecrate him so that he may serve me as priest.”
50. Nathan
Bible Text: 2 Samuel 12:1-7 – “The Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, ‘There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him. Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.’ David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did