The New Testament - Is Your Number Up? (Part 10) Trivia Game | Religion

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1. Luke 8: 40-56 tells of Jairus, a ruler of a synagogue, falling at Jesus' feet and begging him to visit his house as his only daughter is seriously ill. How old does Scripture say his daughter is?

Answer: about 12

The girl's age is given in verse 42 as about 12. Verses 49-52 go on state: "While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. 'Your daughter is dead,' he said. 'Don't bother the teacher any more.' Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, 'Don't be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.' When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child's father and mother. Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. 'Stop wailing,' Jesus said. 'She is not dead but asleep.' They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

But he took her by the hand and said, 'My child, get up!' Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat.

Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened."

2. Fill in the missing number in the blank in this passage from Matthew 19: 29 (NIV). "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a ______ times as much and will inherit eternal life."

Answer: hundred

Yes, 100 is the correct answer. Verse 30, the very next verse and the final one in the chapter, states: "But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first."

3. Mark 6: 30-44 tells of Jesus feeding 5,000 men with five loaves of bread and two fish. Before feeding the large crowd, Jesus instructs the people to sit in groups on the green grass. Fill in the two missing numbers from verse 40 (NIV): "So they sat down in groups of ________ and _________."

Answer: hundreds and fifties

The correct answer is hundreds and fifties. Verses 41-44 go on to state: "Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand." Incidentally, theologians believe 15,000 people were actually fed as, per the custom of the day, the number of women and children were not included in the total figure.

4. Luke 16: 1-14 tells of a parable involving a rich man and a shrewd manager. When the manager learns he is losing his job, he takes action so people will welcome him into their houses. Fill in the blank in the passage from verses 5-6: "So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' 'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied. The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it _________.'"

Answer: 400

The correct answer is 400. Verse 9 states the master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. Meanwhile, verse 13 contains one of the more famous verses in the Bible: "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

5. John 21: 1-13 tells of Jesus making a resurrection appearance and a miraculous catch of fish by the disciples. Fill in the missing blank in verse 8 from the NIV: "The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, ______________ yards."

Answer: about 100

The correct answer is about 100 yards. Incidentally, Scripture says the disciples had fished all night but caught nothing. After Jesus tells the disciples to cast the net on the right side of the boat, they catch 153 fish.

6. Fill in the missing number from Revelation 9: 15-16 (NIV). "And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. The number of the mounted troops was ________ . I heard their number."

Answer: 200 million

The correct answer is 200 million. The very next verse gives a terrifying synopsis of what the apostle John saw: "The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur." The scripture goes on to tell of a third of mankind being killed "by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths."

7. Fill in the missing number from Revelation 16: 21 of the NIV: "From the sky huge hailstones of about __________ pounds each fell upon men. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible."

Answer: a hundred

The correct answer is "a hundred." Verses 17-20, which precede verse 21, tell of this sorry state of affairs: "The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, 'It is done!' Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since man has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake.

The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath. Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found."

8. How many books in the New Testament are addressed to Timothy?

Answer: 2

The correct answer is 2: 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy. Both books are written by the apostle Paul and appear after 2 Thessalonians and before Titus.

9. How many books in the New Testament start with the letter T (not counting numbers)?

Answer: 5

Yes, 5 is the correct answer. The books are 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus. Incidentally, the 5 books start after Colossians and conclude before Philemon, meaning they all appear in alphabetical order.

10. The following verse from John has been called the Gospel in a nutshell: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." In what chapter and verse would you find this passage in John?

Answer: 3: 16

The famous verse is found in John 3: 16 with Jesus using the words in a discussion with Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council.

Source: Author Cowrofl

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The New Testament - Is Your Number Up? (Part 10) Quiz

This is my tenth quiz based on numbers that appear in the New Testament. I hope you have as much fun doing this test as I had in compiling it. (The NIV was used for this quiz.)

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