Bible Trivia Questions
* New Testament *

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What are the first two words of every Beatitude recorded in Matthew?
Answer:Blessed are (Matt 5)

What did Mary use to wipe the feet of Jesus after anointing them with perfume?
Answer:Her hair (John 12:3)

During Peter's three denials of Christ, one of the men who asked Peter if he knew Jesus was a relative of a person Peter had previously met.  What person?
Answer:Malchus (John 18:26)

What future disciple of Jesus said: "We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets spoke, Jesus."?
Answer:Philip (John 1:45)

Who took the body of Jesus to be entombed?
Answer:Joseph of Arimathea (Matt 27:57-58)

Who ordered that James, brother of John, be killed with a sword?
Answer:Herod (Acts 12:2)

What was the subject of the forged letter which the Thessalonian church received and which pretended to be written by Paul?
Answer:The second coming of Jesus (II Thess 2:1-2)

Who prevented his jailer from killing himself?
Answer:Paul (Acts 16:28)

What did Paul urge Euodias and Syntyche to do in the letter to the Philippians?
Answer:Stop arguing (Philip 4:2)

Who in the New Testament said the following quotation: "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice."?
Answer:Jesus (John 5:28)

What did Herod do as a result of Peter being freed from his jail by an angel?
Answer:He executed the guards. (Acts 12:19)

What was the occupation of the man who asked Paul and Silas: "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"?
Answer:Jailer (Acts 16:30)

Who asked Jesus to perform his first recorded miracle?
Answer:His mother, Mary (John 2:1-11)

To whom did Jesus say the following: "Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father."?
Answer:Mary Magdalene (John 20:16:18)

Who did Jesus say would remind the disciples of everything He said after He had gone?
Answer:The Holy Ghost (John 14:26)

Who saw a vision of a sheet lowered to earth by its four corners?
Answer:Peter (Acts 10:10-12)

Who was cured of 7 demons by Jesus?
Answer:Mary Magdalene (Matt 16:9)

What was the English meaning of the Greek word "gospel"?
Answer:Good news

Who answered the question, "But who say ye that I am?" by saying, "Thou art the Christ."?
Answer:Peter (or Simon)(Mark 8:29)

What was the occupation of Cornelius?
Answer:Centurion (Acts 10:1)

Of what two spiritual gifts does Paul compare the value in I Corinthians 14?
Answer:Prophecy and speaking in tongues (I Cor 14)

Who was the first Gentile convert to Christianity accepted without circumcision?
Answer:Cornelius (Acts 10:1-48)

What physical injury was done to Jesus when they saw that He was already dead on the cross?
Answer:His side was pierced. (John 19:34)

Which book records the parable of the Good Samaritan?
Answer:Luke (Luke 10:25-35)

What were the first words Jesus said to the eleven disciples when they saw Him for the first time after He had risen?
Answer:"Peace be unto you." (John 20:19)

Who was the agent of God's healing of Paul's blindness?
Answer:Ananias (Acts 9:17-18)

What were the last words of Jesus on the cross recorded in Matthew and Mark?
Answer:"My God, My God why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matt 27:46; Mark 15:34)

To whom was John referring when he wrote: "He himself was not that light; he came only as a witness to that light."?
Answer:John the Baptist (John 1)

What did God say at the baptism of Jesus?
Answer:"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (Matt 3:17)

Who at first refused to let Jesus wash his feet?
Answer:Peter (John 13:8)