Can I 'Run' this Bible Quiz by You?

Answer: Rebekah

Rebekah is the correct answer. According to Scripture, Abraham sent his senior servant to Nahor in Mesopotamia to find a wife for his son Isaac. (In the NIV, Mesopotamia is called Aram Naharaim.) Genesis 24:12-14 tells of Abraham's servant praying to the LORD that he would be given a specific sign so he would know what maiden would be the right one for Isaac.

Genesis 24:15-17 tells what happened next: "And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. Now the young woman was very beautiful to behold, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up. And the servant ran to meet her..."

The rest, as they say is history.

There is no smoking gun, but it is believed the servant assigned to find a wife for Isaac was Eliezer, mentioned in Genesis 15:2.

Answer: Adonijah

The correct answer is Adonijah, best known for his unsuccessful bid to replace his father David as king..

1 Kings 1:5 states, "Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, 'I will be king'; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him."

This took place after David was elderly and frail. According to 1 Kings 1:1-4, Abishag, a beautiful young maiden, was assigned to sleep with David simply to keep him warm. Scripture states they had no sexual relations. Knowing that his father would soon die, Adonijah made his bid to become king.

However, he would be outsmarted by Bathsheba, the wife of David and mother of Solomon, and by Nathan the prophet. The chapter goes on to tell of Solomon becoming king, ending Adonijah's dream.

Incidentally, Adonijah was the brother of Absalom who had attempted to replace David in a bloody coup attempt. The account of Absalom attempting to become king is found 2 Samuel chapters 15 to 18. 2 Samuel 15:1 also tells of Absalom having 50 men to run ahead of him while he rode in a chariot.

Answer: Elijah

Elijah is the correct answer. Ahab was king of Israel and the arch enemy of Elijah and other prophets of God. Prior to scoring a spectacular victory over 450 prophets of God on Mount Carmel, Elijah had boldly predicted there would be no dew or rain in Israel, as per 1 Kings 17:1.

According to 1 Kings 18:1, three years later Elijah received the word of God, stating, "Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth."

This set the stage for a dramatic conclusion to the 18th chapter of 1 Kings. 1 Kings 18:41-46, in the NKJV, reads: "Then Elijah said to Ahab, 'Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.' So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, 'Go up now, look toward the sea.' So he went up and looked, and said, 'There is nothing.' And seven times he said, 'Go again.' Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, 'There is a cloud, as small as a man's hand, rising out of the sea!' So he said, 'Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.' Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel. Then the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel."

Answer: Those who wait on the LORD.

"Those who wait on the LORD" is the correct answer. To put the verse in context, here's how it reads with Isaiah 40:29-31 in the NKJV:
"He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint."

According to Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah was the son of Amos and the book was written during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Isaiah was known for speaking God's words to rebuke the people for their evil ways and he was extremely unpopular as a result, according to notes in the NKJV Study Bible.

Many Christians believe Isaiah 52:13 to 53:12 contain a number of prophecies pertaining to Jesus Christ.

Answer: Philip

According to Scripture, Philip was told by the Spirit to catch up with a chariot which was carrying a unnamed Ethiopian eunuch who was reading words of Isaiah.

Acts 8:29-30, in the NKJV, states: "Then the Spirit said to Philip, 'Go near and overtake this chariot.' So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, 'Do you understand what you are reading?'"

Scripture goes on to tell of Philip converting the eunuch, making him the first believer in Africa in a resurrected Jesus Christ. After baptizing the eunuch, the chapter ends with details about Philip being taken away by the Spirit of the Lord to Azotus.

Answer: False

The man is commonly referred to as Legion, or as the Gadarenes Demoniac. (According to Mark 5:1, Jesus was in Gadarenes when he encountered the man. The NIV refers to the area as Gerasenes.) Others refer to him 'as the man who was possessed by a legion of demons.'

Verse 6 states when the man saw Jesus from afar, "he ran and worshiped Him." While the man is often referred to as Legion, this is technically incorrect as the demons inside the man claimed to be known as Legion.

Mark 5:7-9, in the NKJV, explains things this way: "And he cried out with a loud voice and said, 'What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God that You do not torment me.' For He said to him, 'Come out of the man, unclean spirit!' Then He asked him, 'What is your name?'
And he answered, saying, 'My name is Legion; for we are many.'"

Scripture goes on to tell of Jesus driving the demons out of the man with the end result they entered a herd of swine. After entering the pigs, Scripture states they went hog wild and "ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and drowned in the sea." According to Verse 13, there were about 2,000 pigs in the herd.

Answer: Zacchaeus

The correct answer is Zacchaeus. Luke 19:1-4 tell of Zacchaeus running to get a better view of Jesus: "Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way."

Zacchaeus oversaw all the tax collectors in Jericho, a community northeast of Jerusalem, near the Jordan River. According to Wikipedia, Jericho is believed to be one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. When Jesus spotted the diminutive tax collector up in a tree, he said, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." No doubt the response took Zacchaeus by complete surprise. After all, it's not every day a 'celebrity' passes through a community and states to a person he has never met before that he wants to spend the night at his house.

Answer: No name is given

No name is given for the man who ran to find a sponge filled with sour wine. (In the NIV, it states it was a sponge filled with wine vinegar.)

Matthew 27:45-50, in the NKJV, gives this account: "Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?' Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, 'This Man is calling for Elijah!' Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink. The rest said, 'Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.' And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit."

Verses 51-53 tell of the mind-boggling events that transpired just after Jesus died on the cross: "Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many."

Verse 54 tells of the centurion who was standing guard at the cross exclaiming, 'Truly this was the Son of God!'"

Answer: Mary Magdalene and Mary

Mary Magdalene and Mary is the correct answer. Scripture doesn't provide any information about Mary Magdalene's accomplice, apart from describing her as the "other Mary". Views about who the other Mary was range from the mother of Jesus to the sister of Lazarus.

Here's how Matthew 28:1-8 explains things in the NKJV: "Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men. But the angel answered and said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.' So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word."

Answer: John

The correct answer is John, or according to Scripture "the disciple Jesus loved."

John 20:2 tells of Mary Magdalene breaking the news to Peter and "the other disciple, whom Jesus loved" that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb and it was empty.

John 20:3-10, in the NKJV, tells of the foot race that followed and what the two disciples saw: "Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb. So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first. And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there, and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed. For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. Then the disciples went away again to their own homes."

Christian tradition holds the disciple Jesus loved was John, one of the original Twelve Disciples and the writer of the Gospel of John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John and Revelation. This is my personal belief as well. However, a number of modern theologians have taken issue with the belief, stating the disciple Jesus loved could have been a number of different people. Other theologians believe there is no connection between John of Patmos, the writer of Revelation and the John who was one of the original Twelve Disciples.

No one knows for certain, of course.