Answer: She was his second wife
Herodias' daughter from her first marriage performed a birthday dance for Herod that may or may not have been of a provocative nature, although extra-Biblical accounts of the dance certainly implied that it was.
She may or may not have been called Herodias herself, but that was her mother's name at least. Later in history she was referred to as Salome, but that name is not mentioned in the Bible.
Herodias, (the mother), after seeing that the dance pleased Herod, told her to ask for the head of John the Baptist, which he reluctantly acquiesced to.
From Quiz: New Testament Women
Answer: John
The meeting between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well is told in only the Gospel of John. Details of the encounter appear in John 4:1-42. In order of appearance, John appears after Matthew, Mark and Luke in the New Testament. Tradition holds the writer of the Gospel was John, one of the original Twelve Disciples.
From Quiz: The Samaritan Woman at the Well
Answer: They were financing him from their own means
"After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod's household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means." (Luke 8 v. 1-3)
For Jesus to have had women in his traveling entourage would have been scandalous by the standards of first-century Jewish society but Luke's wording points to even more intriguing possibilities. The only male followers he records are the twelve but he goes on to add that they were accompanied by three named women AND many others. Could this be taken to suggest that Jesus' traveling companions contained as many women as men, if not more?
From Quiz: The First Female Followers of Jesus
Answer: God is my oath
Alternatively, it can also mean "my God is abundance".
From Quiz: Do You Know Elizabeth?
Answer: Mary
Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, the latter of which Jesus had previously raised from the dead, anointed Jesus with a very costly perfume. When some of his disciples objected he told them "Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me."
That quotation may be found in the book of Mark, chapter 14.
Quotation from the King James Version
From Quiz: New Testament Women
Answer: No name is given
No name is given in Scripture for the Samaritan woman Jesus met at the well. It's not unusual that the woman is not identified, as a number of females are not named in the New Testament. Some examples that leap to mind are the woman who had a bleeding problem and was healed after she secretly touched Jesus and the widow at Nain whose unnamed son was raised from the dead.
From Quiz: The Samaritan Woman at the Well
Answer: Neither of these
People have theorized a lot about Mary Magdalene--everything from her being a repentant prostitute, to being Christ's wife; to even being the nameless adulteress that Christ saved from being stoned (see John 8:1-11 for that story). However, such beliefs are only conjectures and they have little, if any, Biblical evidence to support them.
*If*--and that's a big if--Magdalene was the woman caught in adultery, then I would like to know who her husband was. It would be really ironic if Christ was her husband and He saved His own wife from condemnation, but I think I heard someone give that idea on TV once. I'm serious.
BibleGateway.com proclaims the following in their article, "The Woman Who Had Seven Devils."
" . . . the Bible depicts Mary [Magdalene] as a pure, though deeply afflicted woman before she met Jesus. To suggest that she was dissolute [such as a prostitute or an adulteress] because she was possessed by seven devils, is to affirm that every insane person is depraved . . . Her demonic possession did not affect her morals, only her mind."
As for Mary of Bethany, similar to Magdalene, there is no indication that she was even married, let alone an adulteress. The Gospels normally mention her with her brother Lazarus and her sister Martha, but never with a husband.
From Quiz: Mary, Mary
Answer: Zacharias
Zacharias means "YAHWEH remembers". His name is also spelled Zechariah.
From Quiz: Do You Know Elizabeth?
Answer: No name is given
The wife of Pontius Pilate was perhaps a bit superstitious and may have been a mystic as well. It is also quite possible that she knew a bit about the man Jesus from things that she had been told about him and it may also be that she simply had the courage to speak out against undue punishment for him.
There is only a short passage in the book of Matthew 27:19 regarding her, with very little information about her other than that of tradition.
From Quiz: New Testament Women
Answer: Jacob's well
Jacob's well is the correct answer. John 4:5-6, in the NKJV, states: "So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour."
From Quiz: The Samaritan Woman at the Well
Answer: Mary
"As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said." (Luke 10 v. 38-39)
The terminology that Luke uses - "sat at the Lord's feet listening" - is that which would have been used to describe the disciples of a rabbi and clearly Luke wishes us to see her in that light.
Mary is also the subject of some remarkable comments in John's gospel:
"Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair)" (John 14 v. 1-2)
Remember that this is the beginning of a story in which Lazarus dies and is raised from the dead. Two things are remarkable about these words. Firstly, John has not yet told the story of Mary wiping Jesus' feet, leading commentators to speculate that Mary (and her foot-wiping exploits) was well known in the community for which John was writing. Even more extraordinary, though, is the fact that John identifies Lazarus by reference to Mary. One might have expected him to have introduced Mary by saying something like "Mary, the sister of Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead". Resurrection, after all, ought to stick in the mind more than most things! But, he does it the other way round and introduces Lazarus by referring to Mary. The logical conclusion, therefore, is that Mary was far better known in the early Christian community than was Lazarus.
From Quiz: The First Female Followers of Jesus
Answer: Priest
Luke 1:6 says that Zacharias and Elizabeth were blameless before God.
From Quiz: Do You Know Elizabeth?
Answer: Mary Magdalene, Mary; mother of James and Joanna
While these three women were mentioned by name this scripture also states that "and other women that were with them" also reported the empty tomb of Christ to his disciples.
Initially their reactions were of disbelief but Peter and another disciple that many think to have been John ran to the tomb to see for themselves.
From Quiz: New Testament Women
Answer: Jews and Samaritans generally did not associate with each other.
In Biblical times, Jews and Samaritans did not associate with each other. In a nutshell, there was outright hatred between the two races.
John 4:9 in the NKJV states, "Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, 'How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?' For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans."
Despite this background, Samaritans are painted in a good light in the New Testament with Jesus often mingling with them and performing miracles in their midst.
From Quiz: The Samaritan Woman at the Well
Answer: She stayed in her house.
John 11:18-23 in the Living Bible translation state,
"Bethany was only a couple of miles down the road from Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish leaders had come to pay their respects and to console Martha and Mary on their loss. When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. But Mary stayed at home.
Martha said to Jesus, 'Sir, if you had been here, my brother wouldn't have died. And even now it's not too late, for I know that God will bring my brother back to life again, if you will only ask him to.'
Jesus told her, 'Your brother will come back to life again.'"
Mary was too sad to come out and talk to Jesus at first. Possibly, she felt some resentment towards Him as well.
From Quiz: Mary, Mary
Answer: Tabitha/Dorcas
Tabitha, also known as Dorcas was recorded in Acts 9 as being a very devout woman who enjoyed helping others.
When she died, the apostle Peter was summoned and he raised her from the dead.
Acts 9:36:43
From Quiz: New Testament Women
Answer: 5
Even though Jesus had never met the Samaritan woman at the well, He knew she had been married five times. In John 4:17, Jesus is quoted as telling the woman she had five husbands "and the one whom you now have is not your husband."
Later, after their meeting, the woman told her friends, "He told me all that I ever did." (See John 4:39)
From Quiz: The Samaritan Woman at the Well
Answer: John
John means "YAHWEH is gracious". It seems fitting that even the name of John the Baptist would foretell what Jesus was here to do - give us grace.
From Quiz: Do You Know Elizabeth?
Answer: Priscilla
Priscilla and Aquila were a husband and wife team who partnered with Paul the apostle as he preached. They and he were tent-makers or perhaps even workers in leather.
Paul lived, worked and traveled with them for approximately a year and a half while they worked with him in helping to spread the gospel. They were also instrumental in helping a novice evangelist named Apollos, helping him to understand the scriptures more fully. He was a Jewish Christian, who while being devoted to truth, only knew of the works of John the Baptist and they were able to explain the works of Christ to him more fully.
This resulted in his more informed approach to spreading the good news of Jesus to others.
From Quiz: New Testament Women
Answer: Living water
According to the KJV, NKJV and the NIV Bibles, Jesus offered the Samaritan woman at the well "living water". Jesus made the offer to the woman after He had requested a drink.
When He requested a drink, the woman expressed surprise at the request as Jews and Samaritans did not have any dealings with each other.
John 4:10 in the NKJV tells what happened next: "Jesus answered and said to her, 'If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water'."
From Quiz: The Samaritan Woman at the Well
Answer: Mary of Bethany
Contrary to popular depictions and/or belief, Mary Magdalene never anointed Christ's feet or wiped them with her hair. Or, if she did at some point, then the New Testament doesn't record that she did.
John 12:1-3 state,
"Six days before the Passover ceremonies began, Jesus arrived in Bethany where Lazarus was-the man he had brought back to life. A banquet was prepared in Jesus' honor. Martha served, and Lazarus sat at the table with him. Then Mary took a jar of costly perfume made from essence of nard, and anointed Jesus' feet with it and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with fragrance."
After Mary of Bethany anointed His feet, Judas Iscariot complained that it cost too much and the money should have been given to the poor. It reports, though, that Judas didn't actually care about the poor; he was only a greedy thief, which I find interesting because he later turned Christ in to the authorities for money. Christ defended her actions.
John 12:4-8 continue,
"But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples-the one who would betray him-said, 'That perfume was worth a fortune. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.' Not that he cared for the poor, but he was in charge of the disciples' funds and often dipped into them for his own use!
Jesus replied, 'Let [leave] her alone. She did it in preparation for my burial. You can always help the poor, but I won't be with you very long'" (from the Living Bible translation).
From Quiz: Mary, Mary
Answer: An angel
He announced it to the parents. After the birth, many were shocked by the name choice because there were no Johns in Elizabeth and Zacharias' families.
From Quiz: Do You Know Elizabeth?
Answer: Corinth
Phebe, as it is spelled in the King James Version, was arguably either a deacon or at least a devout servant of some sort in the early church. Apparently Paul was impressed enough with her work to recommend her highly to others, probably other Christians in Rome or possibly those in Ephesus.
From Quiz: New Testament Women
Answer: She would never thirst and have eternal life.
The correct answer is the woman would never thirst and would have eternal life if she partook of the water Jesus had to offer.
John 4:13-14, in the NKJV, quotes Jesus as telling the woman: "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."
From Quiz: The Samaritan Woman at the Well
Answer: Clopas
"Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him. He asked them, 'What are you discussing together as you walk along?' They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, 'Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?'" (Luke 24 v. 13-18)
The similarity of the two names has led some commentators to speculate that they are one and the same person. This would throw up the intriguing possibility that the second, unnamed person on the road to Emmaus was Mary, his wife. Against this is the fact that, although there is only a letter's difference between the two names, one is Aramaic whilst the other is Greek.
From Quiz: The First Female Followers of Jesus
Answer: She was her cousin
Elizabeth was given as a sign to Mary that she, too, would conceive, and that all things are possible with God.
From Quiz: Do You Know Elizabeth?
Answer: Anywhere, as long as the worship is in spirit and truth
After the woman at the well proclaimed Jesus to be a prophet she asked Him about where one should worship God.
In John 4:19-20, the woman asks: "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship."
In His response, Jesus stated God is spirit and is not limited to one place only. In other words, true worship can take place anywhere providing it is in "spirit and truth."
Christ's complete reply to the woman appears in Verses 21-24 with the verses stating: "Jesus said to her, 'Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth'."
From Quiz: The Samaritan Woman at the Well
Answer: They didn't believe her.
Mark 16:9-11 state,
"It was early on Sunday morning when Jesus came back to life, and the first person who saw him was Mary Magdalene-the woman from whom he had cast out seven demons. She found the disciples wet-eyed with grief and exclaimed that she had seen Jesus, and he was alive! But they didn't believe her!" (from the Living Bible translation).
In Mark 16:7, an angel, but not Christ Himself, told Magdalene, Salome, and Mary, the mother of James to inform Peter and the other disciples that Christ had risen. These women brought spices and intended to anoint His body.
From Quiz: Mary, Mary
Answer: John Mark
We learn this fact after Peter has been miraculously released from prison:
"Peter finally came to his senses. 'It's really true!' he said. 'The Lord has sent his angel and saved me from Herod and from what the Jewish leaders had planned to do to me!' When he realized this, he went to the home of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many were gathered for prayer" (Acts 12 v. 11-12).
It is speculated that this may also have been the house where the disciples were gathered for the Last Supper and for the day of Pentecost.
From Quiz: The First Female Followers of Jesus
Answer: He jumped in her belly
Not only did her baby leap in her stomach, she was also filled with the Holy Ghost at that time.
From Quiz: Do You Know Elizabeth?
Answer: Eunice
Eunice was the mother of Timothy, while his grandmother's name was Lois. Paul speaks highly of both women in his second letter to Timothy, telling him that he knows of their faith and how they both were instrumental in guiding him and raising him correctly to follow Christ in the same manner of faith.
2nd Timothy 1:3 records Paul's words as he lauds all three; the grandmother Lois, the mother, Eunice and the son/grandson, Timothy.
From Quiz: New Testament Women
Answer: "I who speak to you am He."
In John 4:26, in he NKJV, when the woman at the well said she knew the Messiah was coming, Jesus responded by stating "I who speak to you am He."
Scripture goes on to tell of the woman leaving her waterpot at the well and going into the city telling people she had met a Man who had told her all the things she had ever done. People responded to the woman's statements by going to meet with Jesus.
John 4:39 states "many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified." Scripture tells of Jesus staying with the people for two days "and many more believed because of His own word."
From Quiz: The Samaritan Woman at the Well
Answer: Baptised Jesus
Yes, little John became "John the Baptist". He baptised Jesus, though he knew he was not worthy of him, and accomplished many other things.
From Quiz: Do You Know Elizabeth?
Answer: Anna
Anna had been serving for a number of years in the temple and was able to see Jesus after his birth. She served in the temple with fasting and prayers daily as she awaited the birth of the Savior of the people.
When she finally was able to see him, she gave God thanks and told many others of faith that were looking for the redemption of Israel that he had arrived.
The second chapter of the book of Luke gives a brief overview of this encounter.
From Quiz: New Testament Women
Answer: Because He still needed to ascend to God the Father
John 20 states that Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early Sunday morning and discovered that Christ's body was gone. She ran to tell it to Peter and to the so-called disciple that Jesus loved, who is traditionally believed to be John (the author of the Gospel). They came and also saw that His body was gone. But Peter and John just went back to their homes after that, leaving poor, heartbroken Mary Magdalene. She was crying outside the tomb when Jesus appeared to her.
Verses 13-17 in the Living Bible translation:
"'Why are you crying?' the angels asked her.
'Because they have taken away my Lord,' she replied, 'and I don't know where they have put him.'
She glanced over her shoulder and saw someone standing behind her. It was Jesus, but she didn't recognize him!
'Why are you crying?' he [Jesus] asked her. 'Whom are you looking for?'
She thought he was the gardener. 'Sir,' she said, 'if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.'
'Mary!' Jesus said. She turned toward him.
'Master!' [or 'Rabbi'] she exclaimed.
'Don't touch me,' he cautioned, 'for I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them that I ascend to my Father and your Father, my God and your God.'"
GotQuestions.org says in their article, "After His Resurrection, Why Did Jesus Tell Mary Not to Touch Him, but Later Tell Thomas to Touch Him?" that Christ told this to her because she needed to learn to let go of the physical, human Jesus. That part of Him was leaving and she needed to understand that He was no longer going to be living as a man with her or with anyone, but He was going to be in Heaven with the Father instead.
After He delivered her from demonic possession and changed her life forever, Mary Magdalene had traveled with Jesus since pretty early on in His ministry. She literally followed Him everywhere. Apparently, she grew very attached to Him. While this doesn't mean that Christ was married to her, there are, interestingly, some similarities between Magdalene looking for and finding Christ and Solomon's bride looking for and finding her beloved in the Song of Solomon.
Song of Solomon 3:2-4:
"I got up to look for him but couldn't find him. I went out into the streets of the city and the roads to seek him, but I searched in vain. The police stopped me, and I said to them, 'Have you seen him anywhere, this one I love so much?' It was only a little while afterwards that I found him and held him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my childhood home, into my mother's old bedroom" (in the Living Bible translation).
Based on the original Greek word, the touch that John 20:17 refers to was more than a little touch. She was trying to cling to Him. Synonyms include hug, hold; embrace. Actually, some commentaries argue that she was already clinging to Him, so that He actually said or meant, "Stop touching Me."
From Quiz: Mary, Mary
