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Dead Men Walking

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Introduction:
"Dead men tell no tales, right? Wrong! The Bible is full of dead men who were brought back to life, or who were seen as spirits. This quiz deals with some of these famous (and not-so-famous) stories. Good luck!"


1. A dead man was thrown into a certain prophet's tomb, and after coming into contact with the bones of the dead prophet, sprang back to life himself.

Which prophet's bones resurrected this man?
    Abraham's
    Jeremiah's
    Obadiah's
    Elisha's


2. The story of Jesus raising Jairus' daughter from the dead is a popular one.

How exactly did Jesus go about bringing the young girl back to life?
    He anointed her head with holy water and ointment
    He carried her down to the river and dipped her under the currents three times
    He held her hand and said, "Maid, arise!"
    He wept over her dead body


3. The Bible famously says: three days after His crucifixion, Jesus was raised from the dead by God, never to die again.

Which of the following was the first person to see Jesus after he had been resurrected?
    Judas Iscariot
    Mary Magdalene
    The Virgin Mary
    St. John


4. Ghosts in the Bible? My goodness!

King Saul of Israel was scared of the Philistine troops, and even after praying, "the Lord answered him not" and so Saul sought the help of a medium in Endor. Once with her, Saul asked the medium to conjure up and consult the spirit of a wise man who had recently died.

Whose spirit did Saul want the medium to make contact with?
    Moses' spirit
    Noah's spirit
    Samuel's spirit
    David's spirit


5. A female disciple named Tabitha (some translations use Gazelle or Dorcas) died in the city of Joppa. The people of the village called upon one of Jesus' original Apostles to help bring her back to life.

Which of Jesus' original disciples restored Tabitha to life?
    James, son of Zebedee
    Matthew
    James, son of Alphaeus
    Peter


6. Elisha raised the son of a Shunammite woman from the dead. This resurrection seemed to have two "phases" to it. Firstly, Elisha covered the boy's body with his own, and "the flesh of the child waxed warm." The second phase involved the boy coming back to life, and sneezing a certain number of times. How many times did the boy sneeze?
    Forty times
    Ten times
    Seven times
    Eighteen times


7. The Book of Luke tells us how, in a city called Nain, Jesus brought a young man back to life.

How is the resurrected man's mother described?
    A female disciple of Jesus
    An adulterer
    A widow
    A dressmaker


8. The Book of Acts tells us the story of a young man named Eutychus, whom Paul brought back to life.

How did Eutychus die?
    He was accompanying Paul on his journey to Damascus, and was killed when the blinding light appeared and a horse reared up in fright and knocked him down.
    He was a member of the crew that took Paul across the ocean, and died after he hit his head on the mast during a storm.
    He was put on trial for refusing to deny Jesus, and was thus stoned to death.
    He fell asleep while Paul was preaching, and fell out of a third storey window.


9. The widow of Zarephath's son was brought back to life by a certain prophet.

Which prophet brought this boy back to life?
    Elijah
    Isaiah
    Jonah
    Ezekiel


10. One of the more famous resurrection stories is that of Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha.

How long had Lazarus been dead by the time Jesus came to his tomb, to bring him back from death?
    Four days
    Nine days
    Seven days
    One day


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