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From A Different Perspective - Who Am I? Quiz


Often we are familiar with Biblical accounts from one perspective, but in this quiz you will be asked to look at things in a different way from what you may be accustomed. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by logcrawler. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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logcrawler
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Jul 23 22
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Question 1 of 10
1. My dad was a Pharisee, and I sort of got mixed up in what was thought of as just another cult or sect. I was originally from a town in southeastern Israel called Kerioth. I was considered to be a thief by others in my group, including probably even by our leader but he never said very much about it. Some people have said that my actions showed a love for my country while others have said that I was despicable in my final days. I wound up committing suicide as a result of my actions that betrayed our leader to the authorities.

Who was I?
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Question 2 of 10
2. My wife had previously been married to a close relative of mine, but he had died in a foreign country. Our son later became the grandfather and great-grandfather of kings! My mother-in-law was an extremely wise woman, helping to arrange our marriage as far as she was able to do so. There was a pillar in the temple that my grandson built for the Lord. The pillar even had my name on it! Who was I? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. I was once referred to as "Satan", and this came from one of my closest associates! Imagine how I must have felt, especially since he called me that in front of some of our mutual friends!

I seemed to not be able to do anything right; I was headstrong, impetuous, spoke without thinking carefully enough, etc. I later got a few things right though, and I even wrote some works that later become a part of the New Testament.

Who was I?
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. How embarrassing! There I was, naked, and alone on the roof of my house, bathing. A man spotted me, and decided that he wanted to have a relationship with me! He arranged for my husband to be killed in battle, then he married me. In this manner I lost my husband, which broke my heart. My first son, the result of the union of my second marriage, died very shortly after he was born, and my new husband and I both felt that it was due to our previous indiscretion. I was even more distraught than before. Later though, my next son became king of our nation, so I believe that God is forgiving if we only will ask for His forgiveness.

Who was I?
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Question 5 of 10
5. I had a GREAT idea! Since I apparently couldn't have children, I suggested to my husband that he simply have a relationship with my maid! Now, wasn't THAT so clever of me? Yeah, everything was cool until she had her son; then I got jealous of her position in the family, so I banished them both from home.

(Maybe I shouldn't have made either mistake, but they both seemed like such good ideas at the time...)

Who was I?
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Question 6 of 10
6. I received not one, but TWO letters from a preacher of the Gospel! He mentored me in my new endeavors as a minister, encouraging me and advising me on how to deal with a variety of potentially harmful situations that I might encounter. My mom and grandmama were adherents to the gospel or good news of Jesus Christ, and they had taught me very well at home, so that when I got a bit older, I was ready to begin my own fledgling ministry as a protege of the aforementioned evangelist.

Who was I?
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. I was quite a hairy man! I once raised a widow's son from the dead, although I wasn't the only prophet to have done such a thing in the Bible. I also grew quite fearful one time, and went and hid from a wicked ruler, because I was scared of her power.
I never actually died a physical death, and was only one of two people recorded in Biblical scriptures to not experience death!

Who was I?
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Question 8 of 10
8. I was sent to preach a sermon that consisted of only eight words. Of course, there was an unnecessary delay in getting this message to the people concerned because I despised them so much. I had decided that they were not worth the effort of me going all the way to preach repentance to them, but God had other ideas. I grew angry at Him, because after I went to see them He did exactly as I had anticipated and forgave this whole bunch of hooligans. All 400,000+ of them!

Who was I?
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Question 9 of 10
9. My oldest son was a remarkable person. He was quite obedient to me, his mother, even when it went against his better judgment. At the end of his relatively short life, I had to watch with bitter sorrow as he died a most cruel and unusual death. There was a great deal of societal shame involved in the manner in which he died, and ever since he was born I had nurtured thoughts concerning him, especially as events unfolded later.

I kept my peace at various times, because I believe that somehow I just knew that he would come to a bad end, even though he had done nothing wrong. My heart broke as he died, and he asked a friend to care for me.

Who was I?
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. My career wasn't much, as far as careers go. I was viewed as a traitor, a greedy person and as a thief by many of my fellow countrymen. This may have been due to the fact that much of it was true! I worked in my own country, but I labored for a foreign government and because of this, I was considered to have the best interest of that nation at heart instead of my own, resulting in my own people despising me.

Who was I?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. My dad was a Pharisee, and I sort of got mixed up in what was thought of as just another cult or sect. I was originally from a town in southeastern Israel called Kerioth. I was considered to be a thief by others in my group, including probably even by our leader but he never said very much about it. Some people have said that my actions showed a love for my country while others have said that I was despicable in my final days. I wound up committing suicide as a result of my actions that betrayed our leader to the authorities. Who was I?

Answer: Judas Iscariot

My name was Judas, and I was from the town of Kerioth, so my "name" became known as Judas Iscariot or Ish-Kerioth, which more or less indicates "from Kerioth". My most infamous action (and most highly questioned as far as personal motivations are concerned) involves what many people view as my betrayal of the Christ: Jesus of Nazareth. Even though he chose me to be one of his disciples, most people believe that I deliberately aided in having him arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, as told in Matthew 26, Mark 14, and Luke 22. My reputation is absolutely shot, and anyone who ever gets referred to as a "Judas" knows EXACTLY what is meant by that insult!
2. My wife had previously been married to a close relative of mine, but he had died in a foreign country. Our son later became the grandfather and great-grandfather of kings! My mother-in-law was an extremely wise woman, helping to arrange our marriage as far as she was able to do so. There was a pillar in the temple that my grandson built for the Lord. The pillar even had my name on it! Who was I?

Answer: Boaz

My name was Boaz and I'm the man who married the widow, Ruth. Our son, Obed, was the father of Jesse, who in turn was the father of David and the grandfather of Solomon. In Solomon's temple there stood two posts. One of them bore the name "Jachin", meaning, "He will establish"; while the other bore my name, "Boaz", meaning "In Him is strength".

In 1st Kings 7:21, the King James Version says of King Solomon; "And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz."
3. I was once referred to as "Satan", and this came from one of my closest associates! Imagine how I must have felt, especially since he called me that in front of some of our mutual friends! I seemed to not be able to do anything right; I was headstrong, impetuous, spoke without thinking carefully enough, etc. I later got a few things right though, and I even wrote some works that later become a part of the New Testament. Who was I?

Answer: Simon Peter

I was known alternately as Peter, Simon Peter, Simon Bar-jonah (meaning son of Jonah), and Cephas (pronounced "Kee-phas"). I was the brother of the very first man that Jesus chose to be one of his disciples, Andrew. When he brought me to meet Jesus then I too, became a disciple of His.

In the 16th chapter of Matthew, verses 16-17, (KJV) a verbal exchange between Peter and Jesus is recorded in which Jesus asked the disciples who they thought He was and Peter's response reads this way:

"And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven."

Just a few verses later, however, we see that Jesus explained to them the manner of his death, and how he was destined to suffer and give his life, and ultimately be resurrected. Peter is found to respond negatively to that statement, and in verses 22-23 we see:

"Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men."
4. How embarrassing! There I was, naked, and alone on the roof of my house, bathing. A man spotted me, and decided that he wanted to have a relationship with me! He arranged for my husband to be killed in battle, then he married me. In this manner I lost my husband, which broke my heart. My first son, the result of the union of my second marriage, died very shortly after he was born, and my new husband and I both felt that it was due to our previous indiscretion. I was even more distraught than before. Later though, my next son became king of our nation, so I believe that God is forgiving if we only will ask for His forgiveness. Who was I?

Answer: Bathsheba

My name was Bathsheba, and at first (in 2 Samuel 11) I was the wife of Uriah, who was a commander in king David's army. Imagine my surprise and dismay when the king insisted on pursuing me and then currying my favor after he more or less caused the death of my husband! Afterwards, however, we were married and our first little boy died shortly after his birth. Talk about serious traumas!

Our second-born son, Solomon, survived and became the third king of Israel after his father David died.
5. I had a GREAT idea! Since I apparently couldn't have children, I suggested to my husband that he simply have a relationship with my maid! Now, wasn't THAT so clever of me? Yeah, everything was cool until she had her son; then I got jealous of her position in the family, so I banished them both from home. (Maybe I shouldn't have made either mistake, but they both seemed like such good ideas at the time...) Who was I?

Answer: Sarah

Sarah was the first wife of Abraham. Her handmaid, Hagar, became the mother of Ishmael (Genesis 16), while Sarah became the mother of Isaac later (Genesis 21). After Sarah's death, Abraham married a woman named Keturah, and she was the mother of several more of Abraham's children.
6. I received not one, but TWO letters from a preacher of the Gospel! He mentored me in my new endeavors as a minister, encouraging me and advising me on how to deal with a variety of potentially harmful situations that I might encounter. My mom and grandmama were adherents to the gospel or good news of Jesus Christ, and they had taught me very well at home, so that when I got a bit older, I was ready to begin my own fledgling ministry as a protege of the aforementioned evangelist. Who was I?

Answer: Timothy

Timothy was a young man who had been brought up in faith by his mother, Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois. The apostle Paul had written two letters of encouragement as he mentored the young preacher, Timothy, in his ministry. These two books are now known as the New Testament books of 1st and 2nd Timothy.
7. I was quite a hairy man! I once raised a widow's son from the dead, although I wasn't the only prophet to have done such a thing in the Bible. I also grew quite fearful one time, and went and hid from a wicked ruler, because I was scared of her power. I never actually died a physical death, and was only one of two people recorded in Biblical scriptures to not experience death! Who was I?

Answer: Elijah

Elijah was a hairy man, as evidenced in 2 Kings 2:8 - "And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite."

Elijah might be thought of in a sense as a kind of "sudden" prophet. From the time he first appeared on the scene in 1 Kings 17, confronting the wicked king of Israel, Ahab, until the time of his removal in a whirlwind from the face of the earth, Elijah had a way of suddenly appearing, and then just as quickly vanishing from sight.

All through his years of prophecy, he was imbued with powers that were bestowed upon him, not by some 'magical' act nor by any volition of his own will, but by seemingly supernatural forces at work. Notice this particular account involving Elijah's prophecy of a three-year drought, which was later followed finally by a most welcome appearance of rain, as written in 1 Kings 18 (King James Version).

"And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel."

(In my humble opinion, any man who can outrun a horse-drawn chariot simply MUST have a special blessing from God bestowed upon him!)
8. I was sent to preach a sermon that consisted of only eight words. Of course, there was an unnecessary delay in getting this message to the people concerned because I despised them so much. I had decided that they were not worth the effort of me going all the way to preach repentance to them, but God had other ideas. I grew angry at Him, because after I went to see them He did exactly as I had anticipated and forgave this whole bunch of hooligans. All 400,000+ of them! Who was I?

Answer: Jonah

Jonah was a prophet who was sent to preach a message of repentance to the inhabitants of Nineveh. Jonah, of course, disobeyed because he just didn't want God to forgive them. After all, they were barbaric in their actions and were truly enemies of Jonah's people, the Israelites. Understandably, at least from a completely human point of view, Jonah did not want to see God's mercy extended to these people who had enjoyed impaling people on stakes and torturing men, women and children alike.

God had other ideas, though, such as demonstrating His mercy to all peoples, so He gave Jonah a choice; either suffer suffocation and a miserable death in the belly of a sea creature OR go preach a message of repentance to the Ninevites. Long story short - Jonah went and preached a very short but extremely effectual message.

"Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown."

That was all it took. All the people as one body repented of their deeds and God spared the city, for a time, until they resumed their evil ways about 70 or so years later. He then allowed complete destruction of the whole place because they had returned to their former sins.

(See the books of Micah, Jonah and Nahum for the COMPLETE story.)
9. My oldest son was a remarkable person. He was quite obedient to me, his mother, even when it went against his better judgment. At the end of his relatively short life, I had to watch with bitter sorrow as he died a most cruel and unusual death. There was a great deal of societal shame involved in the manner in which he died, and ever since he was born I had nurtured thoughts concerning him, especially as events unfolded later. I kept my peace at various times, because I believe that somehow I just knew that he would come to a bad end, even though he had done nothing wrong. My heart broke as he died, and he asked a friend to care for me. Who was I?

Answer: Mary

Mary was the mother of Jesus. While many Christians believe that she and Joseph had other children, (Matthew 13:55-56 and John 7:3-10), they also believe that Jesus was the eldest and His father was the God of heaven. An angel had announced his pending birth to his mother, and that is about the point that her life-long reflections concerning him began.

Mary was the reason that Jesus's first miracle was performed when it was. That miracle involved Him turning water into wine at the wedding festival in Cana (John 2), and even though Jesus did not feel that this was the proper time for Him to begin his ministry, he was nonetheless obedient to His mother's wishes.

The texts in Matthew and John read as follows, in the King James Version:

Matthew 13:55-56 "Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?"

John 7:3-10 "His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
For neither did his brethren believe in him.
Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come. When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret."
10. My career wasn't much, as far as careers go. I was viewed as a traitor, a greedy person and as a thief by many of my fellow countrymen. This may have been due to the fact that much of it was true! I worked in my own country, but I labored for a foreign government and because of this, I was considered to have the best interest of that nation at heart instead of my own, resulting in my own people despising me. Who was I?

Answer: Matthew

Matthew was a despised Jewish tax collector who worked for the Roman occupation armies of Palestine, during the time of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. It wasn't just the fact that Matthew collected taxes from his fellow-citizens, the Israelites, and turned them over to Roman authorities: that was bad enough, but as a tax collector, he was entitled to a little 'graft' from time to time. Rome fully anticipated the effect of allowing some money to trickle into the pockets of those who collected it. In fact, it was such a common practice that they had developed rather casual attitudes about such avarice. Essentially it was okay or even advisable to allow men to abuse the system (within limits), because it ensured with almost certainty that more and more Israelites would be taxed and thus the tax collector's loyalty to the Roman occupation would become even more pronounced.

Consider for a moment; if Rome had punished all who operated in a financially greedy way, there would have existed a resentment on the part of the collectors. If, on the other hand, they were allowed a controlled amount of thievery, they would be willing to collect even more!

Matthew later left his job as a tax collector for Rome and went on to write one of the gospels, a "good news" account of the life of Jesus. Some speculate that the book of Mark was written prior to Matthew, and therefore it may have likely been used in part for the composition of the book of Matthew.

The book of Matthew, however, goes into so much more detail on many of the points made in the text, that it is a relatively veritable "fountain of knowledge" in its own right.
Source: Author logcrawler

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