Medium Difficult Bible Quiz about the Bible.

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Difficult Bible Questions:

Does swearing an oath on the Bible in a court of law go against the Bible's teachings?

a. NO.
b. Yes.
c. Only for Christians.

It is against the Bible for anyone to swear any oath.
There is a difference between swearing and cursing.
Swearing is making a statement of truth or a solemn declaration invoking the deity (involving God).
Cursing uses harmful or foul language, which also goes against the Bible.
Matthew 5:34-37.
Answer B: Yes.
What did the Holy Spirit look like when it rested upon the disciples at Pentecost?

a. Tongues of fire.
b. Bright halo.
c. A dove.

The Holy Spirit looked like divided tongues of fire when it rested upon the disciples.
The tongues came in on a strong gust of wind that filled the room.
The room was filled with loud heavenly noises.
Acts 2:1–4.
Answer A: Tongues of fire.
What did Jesus say was the only authorized reason for a divorce?

a. Sexual Immorality.
b. Not being in love.
c. Physical abuse.

God intends that a marriage should never be broken.
Immorality is the only reason for a divorce.
Sexual immorality outside the marriage of a man and a woman includes adultery, fornication, pornography, and gay activities.
Matthew 19:7-9.
Answer A: Sexual immorality.
Who cared for Jesus' mother, Mary, after He was crucified?

a. Matthew.
b. Peter.
c. John.

It was known that John was the apostle whom Jesus loved the most.
While dying on the cross, Jesus instructed John to take care of His mother.
John took her to his house in Ephesus, where he had his ministry.
John 19:25-27.
Answer C: John the disciple took care of Mary after Jesus died.
Who had three sons when he was over 500 years old?

a. Noah.
b. Adam.
c. Moses.

Noah had three sons when he was over 500 years old.
He finished building the Ark when he was over 600 years old.
Noah was 950 years old when he died.
Genesis 5:32.
Answer A: Noah.
Under the Laws of Moses, what should be done to a child who attacks or curses a parent?

a. The child should be exiled from the family.
b. Parents are to forgive them.
c. The child is to be killed.

The fourth commandment is "Thou shalt honor thy father and mother."
This commandment is the most important, following the first three, which concern faithfulness to God.
It would be understandable if punishment for disobeying the fourth commandment were severe.
The child is to be killed after striking a parent.
Exodus 21:15.
Answer C: The child should be killed.
Who received credit for writing the first comprehensive English translation of the entire Bible, including the Apocrypha?

a. John Wycliffe.
b. King James.
c. Socrates.

John Wycliffe wrote the first complete Bible translation in English in 1384.
Answer A: John Wycliffe.
Could you explain why the church burned William Tyndale's body?

a. He assassinated the head priest of the Church of England in London.
b. William Tyndale committed the crime of translating the Bible into English.
c. He refused to say the Lord's Prayer at the beginning of his classes at Oxford.

William Tyndale translated the Bible into English from the original Hebrew and Greek texts.
In 1536 AD, the church sentenced William Tyndale to death by strangling, and his body was burned.
The church felt it would lose control of the parishioners if they could read and understand the Bible for themselves.
William Tyndale is often regarded as the father of the English Bible.
Answer B: William Tyndale translated the Bible into English.
The Catholic Church exhumed this man 43 years after his death, burned his body, and, to emphasize their point, threw his ashes into the river.

a. Dante.
b. Socrates.
c. King James.
d. John Wycliffe.
e. Shakespeare.

John Wycliffe produced a handwritten English translation of the complete Bible in 1384.
The translation was from the Latin Vulgate and not from the original Greek or Hebrew text.
It had all 80 books: 39 in the Old Testament, 14 in the Apocrypha, and 27 in the New Testament.
The church exhumed John Wycliffe 43 years after his death.
For Wycliffe's efforts in translating the Bible into English, the church set his body on fire.
This act was John Wycliffe's belated punishment for printing the English translation of the Bible.
The incident shows how the Catholic Church sought to maintain control over its teachings and influence among parishioners and their passion to publicly "get even" for those that went against them.
John Wycliffe was an English theologian.
Answer D: John Wycliffe.
This prophet went around "preaching unclothed" for 3 years.

a. Isaiah.
b. Nathan.
c. Jeremiah.

The prophet Isaiah did this for three years.
God instructed Isaiah to preach in his undergarments.
It was God's way of proving a point about how wicked the believers were.
Isaiah 20:1–4.
Answer A: Isaiah.
What famous book did Sotheby's Auction sell for $14 million in 2013?

a. The Book of Psalms, written by the Puritan ministers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
b. One of the first King James Bibles that was printed.
c. One of the scrolls from the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Sotheby's sold The Book of Psalms, which was written by Puritan ministers, at auction for $14 million.
Answer A: Book of Psalms.
What are the oldest known copies of biblical scripture?

a. Ketef Hinnom Scrolls.
b. Dead Sea Scrolls.
c. Masoretic Text.

The Ketef Hinnom scrolls are the oldest known biblical scripture.
They have been dated to around 650–587 BC.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are dated to the transition from 100 BC to 100 AD.
The Masoretic Text is dated from around the 7th to the 10th century AD.
Answer A: The Ketef Hinnom Scrolls.
Who built the first temple in Jerusalem?

a. King Solomon.
b. King David.
c. King Saul.

King Solomon built the first temple in Jerusalem.
It was built as a permanent home for the Ark of the Covenant.
King David, Solomon's father, purchased Mount Moriah as the site for the temple.
1 Kings 6:1-10.
Answer A: King Solomon.
Who destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem?

a. Babylonians.
b. Philistines.
c. Hittites.

The Babylonians destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem.
King Nebuchadnezzar II destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem in 586 BC.
The Babylonians, under the leadership of Captain Nebuzaradan, also tore down the city walls of Jerusalem and took many of its people back to Babylon.
2 Kings 25:1-11
Answer A: Babylonians.
Who destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem?

a. Romans.
b. Persians.
c. Assyrians.

The Romans destroyed the Second Temple in 70 AD.
It was destroyed to suppress the growing Jewish resistance.
The Romans starved the city, and then they breached its walls and set fire to it.
Jesus and Daniel prophesied the destruction before it happened.
Matthew 24:1-2
Daniel 9:26
Answer A: The Romans.
If an Israelite did this deed by accident, he could take refuge for protection in another city.

a. An Israelite who forgets to pay for something at the market can find refuge in another city.
b. Accidentally kill someone. (Involuntary manslaughter, not murder.)
c. He was found lying in bed with a family member, not his spouse.

Joshua 20:3.
Answer B: Accidentally kill someone.
Unbelievably, many individuals who committed evil deeds in the Bible had this particular type of hair.

a. Receding.
b. Blonde.
c. Bald.
d. Red.

Less than 2% of the world's population has red hair.
The name Adam is often associated with the color red.
Mary Magdalen and Caleb the spy are believed to have had red hair.
Many of the villains in the Bible had red hair, including Esau, David, and Judas Iscariot.
Answer D. Red.
Who printed the first complete Bible on a printing press?

a. The Chinese.
b. King James.
c. Gutenberg.

The Gutenberg Bible was the first one printed on a printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg printed the Bible in Germany in 1454.
Biography of Johannes Gutenberg.
Answer C: Gutenberg.
Whom did his daughters seduce while he was drunk?

a. Phillip, while he was on a mission with Paul in Caesarea, received a visit from his virgin daughters, who seduced him because they wanted a brother to continue the family lineage.
b. Lot: His two daughters seduced him during his exile in a cave, following the death of his wife in Sodom.
c. Zelophehad had no male heirs to inherit his property, which is why this situation arose.

Lot's wife died while they were escaping from Gomorrah.
The daughters had no brother to carry on the family name.
Lot's two daughters seduced him after they had intoxicated him.
The daughters wanted the family line to continue, so they got themselves pregnant.
Genesis 19:35.
Answer B: Lot.
Which of these religious sects does not believe in the Old Testament?

a. Islam.
b. Judaism.
c. Christianity.
d. Mormonism.
e. Church of Scientology.

All religious sects that are descendants of Abraham believe in the Old Testament.
They all have their roots in Judaism, which was founded by Abraham.
The Church of Scientology believes humans are immortal beings that have lived through past lives.
Answer E: Church of Scientology.
What was the first recognized "officially authorized Bible" of the Church printed in English?

a. The Great Bible of 1539.
b. Gutenberg Bible of 1455.
c. King James of 1611.

The first "authorized" Bible printed in English was the Great Bible.
The Great Bible was commissioned by King Henry VIII and supervised by Thomas Cromwell and Miles Coverdale.
Answer A: The Great Bible.
Which situation in the Old Testament prevents a man from going to church?

a. A man who has engaged in sexual relations with a prostitute is prohibited from attending church.
b. Someone with damaged privates (testicles) or privates that are cut off (eunuchs).
c. Anyone who has not yet been circumcised.

A man with damaged privates (testicles) cannot attend church.
Those with their testicles removed (eunuchs) may not attend church.
A person with a damaged or removed peepee (penis) is not allowed in church.
Deuteronomy 23:1.
Answer B: Someone with damaged privates.
What did God "smite" the people of Ashdod with in their "private body parts"?

a. Boils.
b. Warts.
c. Hemorrhoids.

God afflicted the people of Ashdod with tumors (hemorrhoids) in their private body parts.
The Philistines had captured the Ark, and terrible things started to happen to them.
Dagon, their statue idol and god, fell to the ground on its face, bowing to the Ark.
The Philistines kept moving the Ark to different cities, and chaos always broke out.
1 Samuel 5:5-12.
Answer C: Hemorrhoids.
What did the Philistines do with the Ark of the Covenant after it caused chaos in every city it traveled to?

a. The Philistines sent a letter to the priests in Jerusalem demanding that they come and retrieve it.
b. They placed the Ark on a cart, took it far away to the driest part of the desert, and abandoned it there.
c. The Philistines placed the Ark of the Covenant in a cart and sent it towards the Israelites without a driver.

The Ark seemed to have supernatural powers, causing many issues for the Philistines who captured it.
After receiving tumors and hemorrhoids, the Philistines decided to get rid of the Ark.
They loaded the Ark of the Covenant on a cart, attached two calves, and sent it away without a driver.
Five gold tumors and five gold rats were also placed on the cart as a guilt offering.
The cart traveled to the field of Joshua in Beth Shemesh, where it stopped beside a large rock.
1 Samuel 6:14.
Answer C: A cart transported the Ark without any drivers present.
This man called down fire from heaven, which consumed 50 soldiers on three separate occasions.

a. Moses.
b. Peter.
c. Elijah.
d. Jesus.

Elijah called fire from heaven, which consumed 50 soldiers.
He called for fire on three separate occasions until the captain sent by King Ahaziah finally got the hint to stop attacking.
2 Kings 1:10.
Answer C: Elijah.
God provides specific instructions to perform this while in camp.

a. Poop outside the camp and cover it up.
b. Wash your hands before handling or eating food.
c. Set out watches at all four corners of the camp at sundown.

God provides specific instructions to poop outside the camp.
A hole is to be dug and covered up afterward.
Deuteronomy 23:12-14.
Answer A: Poop outside the camp.
This man prayed for the sun to stand still and for the moon to stop because he needed more time to conquer his enemy during a fierce battle.

a. Abraham.
b. Joshua.
c. Moses.

Five kings of the Amorites united to fight against the city of Gibeon.
The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal for help.
Joshua arrived with his entire army and fought against the Amorites, but they were running out of daylight.
After Joshua prayed, the sun stood still, and the moon stopped so that he would have enough daylight to finish the battle against the Amorites.
"The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day."
Joshua 10:12-14.
Answer B: Joshua.
God instructed this man to take refuge in the Kerith Ravine near the Jordan River.

a. John the Baptist was being hunted by King Herod and survived on locusts and honey in the ravine.
b. Moses, having killed the taskmaster, fled Egypt on foot to the ravine to avoid certain death.
c. Elijah fled to the ravine to escape from Ahab's wrath.

Elijah the Tishbite prophesied to King Ahab that a famine was coming.
Ahab was not happy about that prophecy and decided to have Elijah killed.
God instructed Elijah to seek refuge in Kerith Ravine, located by a brook.
Ravens brought bread and meat, and Elijah drank from the brook.
1 Kings 17:2-6.
Answer C: Elijah.
What does the Old Testament prescribe for a wife who defends her husband by grabbing the opponent's privates?

a. Her hand must be cut off immediately.
b. She is to stay in isolation away from her husband for 72 hours.
c. The wife must immediately go and cleanse her hands with water that has been blessed.

During a fight between a husband and an assailant, a woman must not touch the assailant's genitals.
A woman who touches a man's genitals in an attempt to help her husband must have her hand cut off.
Deuteronomy 25:11.
Answer A: Her hand must be cut off.
In the Old Testament, what happens to a woman who marries and is not a virgin?

a. All the village men must stone her.
b. She is forced to divorce her husband.
c. Returned to her father, and the marriage is annulled.

Every man in the village must stone a non-virgin who marries.
This task must be done at the entrance of her father's house.
Before the arrival of Jesus and under the Mosaic laws, life was very strict and punishment severe.
Deuteronomy 22:13-21.
Answer A: She must be stoned to death.

Humorous words and phrases from the 1950s:

What is a passion pit?

a. It is a living room sunk lower than the main floor.
b. The passion pit is a hot tub or spa.
c. A passion pit is a drive-in theater.

Drive-in theaters offered young couples a safe and secluded place for romantic intimacy.
Answer C: Drive-in theater.

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The Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
Luke 19:10