The Life of Jesus Trivia Quiz

Answer: Lazarus

Mary and Martha had gotten word to Jesus that Lazarus was ill and needed Him. Four days later, Jesus arrived in Bethany to find Lazarus had died. He ordered men to remove the stone from the grave and then called out to Lazarus to walk out. Lazarus came out of the grave with his grave clothes on. Jesus had the grave clothes taken away and Lazarus went home with his sisters. The full story of the resurrection of Lazarus can be found in John 11:1-44.

Answer: Three

Jesus took Peter, James and John to the garden of Gethsemane with him while he prayed. When Jesus went to check on His friends, He found them sleeping. Jesus woke them and went back to pray. He found them sleeping a second time when he came to check on them again.

After he came back from praying, He found them asleep a third time. Jesus didn't go back to pray, instead He woke the disciples and told them that Judas was coming. Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane can be found in Luke 22.

Answer: Nazareth

Jesus lived in Nazareth with Mary and Joseph until he was grown and could go out on his own. There were less than two hundred people living in the town at the time Jesus lived there.

Answer: Wine

Jesus was attending a wedding in Cana with His mother and friends when His mother reported to him that the wedding wine had run out. Jesus had men fill barrels with water and He changed the water in the barrels into wine. The first miracle of Jesus can be found in John 2.

Answer: Sea of Galilee

Jesus was in the back of a boat in the Sea of Galilee when he was awoken by his disciples worried about a great storm. Jesus said to the storm, "Peace be still" and the sea calmed.

Answer: Bethlehem

Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem where Joseph grew up as a child. When they realized there was no room for them to stay in the city's inn, Joseph took Mary to the stable behind the inn. Mary gave birth to Jesus while the animals watched. The story of Jesus' birth can be found in Luke 2.

Answer: Dove

God sent a dove from heaven after Jesus was baptized in Luke 3:21 and God's voice was heard saying, "Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased."

Answer: Judas

Judas had betrayed Jesus and was not in Bethany when in front of the other disciples Jesus ascended into Heaven. Different chapters of the Bible have different things to say about the ascension. The book of Acts says he was taken up forty days after he was resurrected while Timothy describes Jesus' ascension as being taken up into glory.

Answer: Twelve

Jesus went with Mary and Joseph to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. On their way home, they realized Jesus was not with them so they went back to Jerusalem. They found Jesus in the temple speaking to the elders. His first printed words were "How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?" when he was explaining to Mary what he was doing in the temple.

Answer: Golgotha

The only gospel not to mention the word Golgotha is Luke. Matthew, Mark, and John refer to the site of Jesus' crucifixion as Golgotha. Luke only calls it the place of the skull.