Easy Bible Quiz and Questions with Answers.

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1. How did Jesus the Messiah die?
   
   Answer: Crucifixion on a cross is how Jesus died.
   
   The chief priests and elders took Jesus to Pontius Pilate, accusing Jesus of blasphemy.
   Pilate wanted nothing to do with the case and symbolically washed his hands of the whole affair.
   However, he had Jesus flogged and then turned him over to the chief priests and elders.
   The Romans used the crucifixion style of capital punishment to inflict a slow, painful, and humiliating death on the worst of criminals.
   Jesus was nailed to a cross by the Roman soldiers on the authority of the priests.
   Matthew 27:32-27
   Mark 15:21–41
    

2. Who betrayed Jesus on the night of his arrest?
   
   Answer: Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus on the night of His arrest.
   
   In the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus to the Pharisees.
   The Sanhedrin paid Judas 30 pieces of silver to identify Jesus in the garden.
   After committing the act, Judas took his life.
   Judas was the treasurer for Jesus' ministry and had a love for money.
   John 18
    

3. What day did God create man and the beasts of the land?
   
   Answer: The sixth day was when God created man and beast.
   
   This part of the creation took place on Friday.
   God created man and all land mammals on the sixth day.
   God rested after creating the Earth on the seventh day, Saturday.
   Genesis 1:26-28
    

4. Where did the first two humans, Adam and Eve, initially live?
   
   Answer: The Garden of Eden was created by God for Adam and Eve to live in.
   
   The Garden of Eden was the perfect paradise that God created for Adam and Eve.
   Unfortunately, Adam and Eve disobeyed God and were exiled from the Garden of Eden.
   Adam and Eve committed the first sin, introducing it forever into humanity.
   As a consequence, all humans have the inborn genetic instinct to sin.
   Genesis 2:10-17
    

5. What part of Adam's body did God use to create Eve?
   
   Answer: Adam's rib was used by God to create Eve.
   
   From man, God created woman.
   God used one of Adam's ribs to create Eve.
   However, both men and women have the same number of ribs, twenty-four.
   Genesis 2:19-22
    

6. Who persuaded Eve to eat fruit from the forbidden tree?
   
   Answer: The serpent persuaded Eve to eat from the forbidden tree.
   
   The serpent convinced Eve to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of righteousness and evil.
   Other names for the serpent are the devil, Satan, Lucifer, and Beelzebub.
   Genesis 3:1-6
    

7. Who was the youngest son of Adam and Eve?
   
   Answer: Seth was the youngest son of Adam and Eve.
   
   Seth was the youngest son of Adam and Eve.
   Genesis 4:25
    

8. Who murdered Abel?
   
   Answer: Cain murdered his brother Abel due to his jealousy.
   
   Cain was a farmer, and Abel was a sheepherder.
   The Lord favored Abel's animal sacrifice over Cain's crop offering.
   Cain killed Abel because he was jealous.
   Genesis 4:1–8
    

9. What does this famous misunderstood Bible verse, "an eye for an eye," really mean?
   
   Answer: It means that the punishment fits the crime.
   
   The complete phrase is "But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise."
   The verse is stating that punishments should be proportional to the crime.
   Exodus 21:22-25
    

10. What is the last word in the Bible?
    
    Answer:  Amen  is the last verse in the Protestant Bible.
    
    The complete verse is "The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen."
    Revelation 22:21
     

11. Who had enormous strength because of his long hair?
    
    Answer: Samson was a Nazarite that had tremendous strength because of having long hair.
    
    A Nazarite was someone who dedicated themselves to God and did not cut their hair, drink wine, or touch dead people.
    Since childhood, Samson never had his hair cut because he was a Nazarite.
    The mother of Samson raised him according to God's instructions as a Nazarite, and this trait is what gave Samson his immense strength.
    A woman named Delilah betrayed Samson.
    Delilah tricked Samson into having his hair cut, which caused him to lose his strength.
    Judges 16:15-17
     

12. What two birds did Noah send out after the rains to seek land?
    
    Noah sent out a raven and a dove at the end of the flood.
    
    The raven was released first, and it flew around eating dead carcasses that had drowned.
    When the dove returned, it had a fresh olive leaf in its beak, indicating it had found land.
    Genesis 8:6-12
     

13. What is the traditionally first miracle in the Bible that Jesus performed?
    
    Answer: Turning water into wine at a wedding is the traditional first miracle for Jesus.
    
    Mary and her family were invited to a wedding, which included Jesus and his disciples.
    The wedding ran out of wine, and Mary insisted that Jesus make more wine out of water.
    Jesus did not want to be a winemaker, but he respected his mother, Mary, and did as she asked.
    According to the Bible, the wine tasted delicious, even the best.
    John 2:1-11
     

14. What did God feed the Israelites during the forty years in the desert?
    
    Answer: Manna was provided by God and occasionally quail.
    
    The Israelites most likely ate dates they found in the oasis along the trip.
    However, God fed the Israelites manna, bread from heaven, which tasted sweet like honey.
    The Israelites picked the manna up off the ground every morning except on the Sabbath.
    They gathered twice the amount on Friday, the day before the Sabbath.
    God also occasionally provided quail.
    Exodus 16
     

15. How many sons did Jacob have?
    
    Answer: Twelve sons were sired by Jacob.
    
    God changed Jacob's name to Israel.
    He had a daughter as well as sons.
    Jacob (Israel) had twelve sons who became the twelve tribes of Israel.
    Genesis 35:23-26
     

16. Who was placed in a lion's den at the orders of King Darius?
    
    Answer: Daniel was placed in a lion's den by King Darious.
    
    Daniel would not bow down to the king's idol and worshipped God instead.
    Darius had Daniel thrown into a den of lions for insubordination.
    The jealous rivals of Daniel tricked King Darius into ordering the punishment.
    God caused the lions to be full, and they did not attack or eat Daniel.
    Daniel 14:31-42.
     

17. Who was the third child of Adam and Eve, as recorded in the Bible?
    
    Answer: Seth was the third and last child of Adam and Eve.
    
    God provided Seth to take the place of Adam and Eve's murdered child, Cain.
    The Bible and the Quran record that Seth was born when Adam was over 100 years old.
    Seth was the third and last child of Adam and Eve in the Bible.
    Genesis 4:25
     

18. How many commandments did God write on the stone tablets that he gave Moses?
    
    Answer: The Ten Commandments were inscribed on stone tablets for Moses.
    
    God wrote ten commandments on both sides of two stone tablets with his finger.
    Unfortunately, Moses broke the tablets when he became angered by the Israelites.
    Moses made the trek back up the mountain a second time to obtain a second set of commandments.
    Exodus 20:1-17.
     

19. Who was Moses's older brother?
    
    Answer: Aaron was the older brother of Moses.
    
    Moses' brother was the spokesman for Moses because Moses had a speech impediment.
    Aaron, his brother, served as the second-in-command of the camp and led the priests.
    The Israelites persuaded Aaron to build and worship a golden calf while in the desert.
    Moses was on Mount Sinai speaking with God at the time.
    Exodus 7:1-7
     

20. Who was Moses's older sister?
    
    Answer: Miriam was Moses's older sister.
    
    Miriam is the daughter of Amram and Jochebed and sister to Moses and Aaron.
    She followed Moses in the basket as he floated down the Nile River to reach Pharaoh's daughter.
    God afflicted Miriam with leprosy when she attempted to undermine Moses and seize control while in the desert.
    Numbers 26:5
     

21. Why did God place ten plagues upon Egypt?
    
    Answer: Pharaoh did not let the slaves go, so God placed ten plagues on Egypt.
    
    God put ten plagues upon Egypt because Pharaoh did not let the Hebrew slaves leave.
    Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh with the message, "Let my people go so they can worship me in the wilderness."
    Exodus 7:14-11:10
     

22. Who is the oldest man in the Bible?
    
    Answer: Methuselah is the oldest man recorded in the Bible.
    
    Methuselah lived to be 969 years old.
    He was a descendant of Seth.
    Methuselah was Noah's grandfather.
    Genesis 5:25-32
     

23. Who started Christianity?
    
    Answer: Jesus started Christianity when he started his ministry.
    
    The Christian movement began with the New Testament.
    Christianity basically began the moment Jesus started preaching.
    Jesus was the reason Christianity started.
    However, it was his apostles who went on missions and set up churches throughout the Middle East.
    Peter and Paul are recognized as the main founders of the early churches.
    How did Christianity start?
     

24. Where was Jesus born?
    
    Answer: Bethlehem is where Jesus was born.
    
    Jesus' parents, Joseph and Mary, had to travel to their birth towns for the Roman census.
    Joseph's family needed a place to stay, but no rooms were available, so they had to stay in a stable for animals.
    Jesus was born in an animal shelter near Bethlehem, where the census was taking place.
    Matthew 2
    Luke 2
     

25. Where did Jesus grow up as a child?
    
    Answer: Nazareth is where Jesus grew up as a child.
    
    Jesus grew up where his father worked as a carpenter.
    Luke 2:49-51
    Matthew 2:21-23
     

26. Where did Jesus move to when he started his ministry?
    
    Answer: Capernaum is where Jesus started his ministry of teaching and preaching.
     

27. Jesus was not accepted in his hometown of Nazareth as the Messiah when He started preaching.
    He left Nazareth and moved to Capernaum to start preaching and spreading the good news
    Matthew 4:12-13
     

28. Which book of the Bible was the most recently written?
    
    Answer: The Book of Revelation is believed to have been the last Bible book written.
    
    A man named John wrote the Book of Revelation while in a Roman jail.
    Scholars refer to him as John of Patmos because he was on the island of Patmos.
    Many believe he may have been John the Apostle.
    A man named John wrote the Book of Revelation.
     

29. What happened to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?
    
    Answer: The three friends of Daniel were thrown into a fiery furnace.
    
    They were friends of Daniel and held high offices in the king's court.
    King Darius had Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thrown into a fiery furnace because they prayed to God.
    God intervened, and they were not harmed.
    Darius saw their survival and let them out.
    Daniel 3
     

30. Who did God send to Nineveh in a large fish?
    
    Answer: Jonah was transported to Nineveh by a big fish.
    
    Jonah was a minor prophet known for being cantankerous and ill-tempered.
    God had a job for Jonah to do at Nineveh, but he tried to escape to Tarshish.
    While Jonah was on a boat attempting to escape from God, he went overboard.
    Consequently, God sent a large fish to retrieve Jonah and transport him to Nineveh.
    When the fish reached Nineveh, it spat Jonah upon the beach.
    Jonah 1:1-17
     

31. Who killed a Philistine giant named Goliath?
    
    Answer: David the shepherd killed the giant named Goliath.
    
    The Israelites and Philistines were in a battle.
    David, the young shepherd, came to the battlefield with food for the soldiers.
    Upon hearing the giant boasting and issuing a challenge, David answered it and slew Goliath with his sling and smooth stone.
    David used Goliath's sword to cut off Goliath's head.
    1 Samuel 17
     

32. Who built the boat called the Ark?
    
    Answer: Noah built the giant boat called the Ark.
    
    It took approximately 100 years to build the Ark.
    Noah began building the Ark when he was approximately 500 years old.
    God instructed Noah to build the Ark to save humanity and the animal world from extinction due to a pending catastrophic flood.
    Genesis 6
     

33. ​Who wanted to kill Jesus right after he was born?
    
    Answer: King Herod the Great wanted to kill Jesus.
    
    The King wanted to kill Jesus because he felt that Jesus was a threat to him.
    Mary and Joseph fled to Egypt with Jesus to escape King Herod.
    After King Herod died, Mary and Joseph returned to Nazareth with Jesus.
    Matthew 2:1-18
     

34. What did God do on the seventh day of creation?
    
    Answer: God rested on the Sabbath, the seventh day.
    
    God blessed the seventh day and made it holy.
    The seventh day is Saturday, as you can see on any calendar.
    Saturday is the Sabbath day.
    God rested on the seventh day.
    Genesis 2:2
     

35. What river did John baptize Jesus in?
    
    Answer: The River Jordan is where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.
    
    Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan by His cousin John the Baptist.
    John announced Jesus as the messiah when he arrived for his baptism.
    A dove, symbolizing the Holy Spirit, descended upon Jesus following his baptism.
    Matthew 3:5-6
     

36. ​How long did God make the Israelites wander in the desert?
    
    Answer: For forty years the Israelites wandered in the desert.
    
    Spending a long time in the desert was a punishment for disobeying God.
    God kept the Israelites in the desert until all the original disobedient ones died.
    The Israelites spent forty years in the desert wandering from place to place.
    The Israelites wandered in the desert for forty years.
     

37. How many criminals were crucified alongside Jesus?
    
    Answer: Two criminals were crucified alongside Jesus.
    
    They were believed to be thieves.
    Traditionally, one is believed to be virtuous and the other evil
    We assume that Jesus stood in the center, with the criminals positioned on either side of Him.
    Jesus told the virtuous thief that He would see him later in Paradise.
    Luke 23:32-43
     

38. How long did Jesus lie in his tomb?
    
    Answer: Three days.
    
    Jesus died at the ninth hour and was placed in the tomb on Friday and stayed there three days.
    He lay in the tomb all day Saturday.
    Jesus arose at dawn on Sunday and departed the tomb.
    The Jewish day starts and ends at sundown.
    Jesus lay for three days in the tomb after his resurrection.
    Matthew 27:62-66
     

39. ​Which disciple denied knowing Jesus three times during the evening of his trial?
    
    Answer: Peter.
    
    Peter denied knowing Jesus three times during the evening of the trial.
    Jesus announced ahead of time at the Last Supper that one of the disciples would deny Him three times. 
    He also announced that one of them would betray and expose him to the authorities.
    Peter insisted that he would never deny Jesus.
    However, three times during the night of the arrest, someone from the crowds identified Peter.
    Three times, Peter responded with,
    "No, I am not associated with Jesus; I don't know him."
    Matthew 26:69-75
     

40. ​Who was the biological mother of Jesus?
    
    Answer: Mary.
    
    Jesus' mother was Mary, a virgin and a very devoted and young Jewish girl from Nazareth.
    Her name was Mary, and she was engaged to Joseph.
    The Islamic Quran, as well as the Bible, states that Mary was the mother of Jesus.
    The Islamic faith and the Catholic Church elevate Mary to the highest position among women.
    The story of Mary.
     

41. What does the Bible say about how to ascend to heaven?
     

Answer: Believe in God and the birth, words, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

It's all about that one man, Jesus.
Put your trust in Jesus.
This is how to enter heaven.

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