Hard Bible Quiz Questions

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After the resurrection, the disciples were on the shore of what body of water when Jesus appeared to them?
Job shows his humility (in Job 1:20) by?
At the beginning of the Book of Job, how many children does Job have?
In which book is the story of Gideon recounted?
How did Gideon ask the Lord to show him that he had been chosen to lead the Hebrews?
Who was Abimelech's father?
Nehemiah was cup-bearer to whom?
Which two Old Testament books were originally combined in a single book?
Where did Samson meet Delilah?
What was Simon Peter's surname?
Which of the following people might Isaiah have known during their lives?
In John 5, how does Christ explain why his judgment is just?
About when was the Acts of the Apostles written?
Why did the Pharisees chastise the guards who were impressed by the teachings of Jesus and had therefore failed to arrest him (in John 7)?
Who was the first leader of the Jewish Christians in Jerusalem?
According to 1 Peter, how should we answer someone who asks us about the hope that we have as Christians?
From which book of the Bible do the Jehovah's Witnesses take their name?
Jesus said that the Holy Spirit will come to convict the world concerning all except what?
Where is the Garden of Gethsemene located?
How many people did Peter convert with his first public sermon?
When Peter healed a lame man in Acts 3, what part of the man's anatomy was unsound?
Who wrote the "St. Cecelia Mass"?
What was the name of the man who stopped the Sanhedrin from executing all of the apostles?
According to Stephen, how long did Moses' parents care for him?
Who, in the Book of Acts, gives a long speech to the Sanhedrin, reciting the history of the Hebrews?
Who is the first apostle mentioned in Acts to travel to a foreign land, to spread the good news?
Why did the centurion Cornelius send soldiers to bring Peter to him?
Who was Sergius Paulus?
When the Jews of Antioch (in Pisidia) rose up against Paul and Barnabas, what did they do?
Who was Antioch named after?
Why did the priest of Zeus bring oxen and garlands to the town gate, for sacrifice?
What specific thing were Gentiles forbidden to eat by the early church, in order to be admitted?
Who did the Council of Jerusalem send to Antioch with a letter accepting Gentiles into the Christian church?
Where was Lydia baptized?
Where was Lydia (second journey of Paul) from?
What was the name of the man who housed Paul and Silas during their first trip to Thessalonika?
In his third journey, why did Paul not sail from Greece (Achaeia) to Syria?
When Paul said farewell to the elders of Ephesus, at Miletus, when did they believe they would see him again?
How did Paul manage to avoid conviction during his trial before the Jerusalem Sanhedrin?
Who was the Roman governor of Judea when Paul was sent to Caesarea for trial?
Which of the following is NOT a reason Felix, the Roman governor, left Paul in prison for two years without deciding his case?
On his fourth journey, where did Paul’s ship try to find shelter from the winter storms?
What was the figurehead on the ship that carried Paul from Malta to Italy?
Which book tells us that Jesus will lead the saved “to springs of the water of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes”?
In 1 Kings, when Elijah despairs of Israel, how many Israelites does God promise him will remain faithful?
When Paul wrote in Romans that "if the root is holy, so are the branches", what specifically was he referring to?
According to Romans 12:15, what can we always rejoice in, no matter how hard things get?
Which chapter of Romans gives us rules for living a Christian life?
What is the Jewish Bible properly called?
What is the significance of Jesus being the first to open the womb of his mother?
In Romans 16, who does Paul say "risked their necks for my life"?
After Jesus fed the 5000, what did the people want?
Who were the Perizzites?
The daughters of Lot gave birth to sons who became the patriarchs of what people?
Which of the following did Abimelech NOT give to Abraham, in penance for having taken Sarah from him?
Where did Ishmael grow up, after he was expelled by Abraham?
By what other name is Hebron called in the Bible?
The servant of Abraham, when he met Rebekah, gave her a ring. Where did she wear it?
Who was Keturah?
How did Abraham make his chief servant swear an oath to him?
According to 1 Peter, how do we purify our souls?
Which epistle writer flirted with the doctrine of predestination?
Which book in the New Testament comes directly after the Gospels?
According to 1 Peter, where will judgment begin?
Which poem illustrates that Pride goeth before a great fall?
What happened when the king of Nineveh heard that Jonah was prophesying the destruction of the city?
What translation of the Bible was written by Eugene Peterson?
According to Proverbs 15, whose house will the Lord tear down?
From which book come the famous phrase, Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, rejoice?
Where was Paul when he wrote the First Epistle to the Corinthians?
At the beginning of 1 Corinthians, who does Paul mention by name as joining him in sending greetings?
In 1 Corinthians 4, who does Paul call the scum of the earth?
In 1 Corinthians 5, what does Paul compare boasting to?
Where was Apollos from?
What is the theme of Psalm 13?
Which of his brothers did not want to murder Joseph?
What did the brothers of Joseph receive for selling him into slavery?
Which of the following was a child of Joseph?
How many stone jars of water did Jesus turn into wine, at the wedding at Cana?
Which of the sons of Jacob convinced him to let them return to Egypt, with Benjamin, to buy grain a second time?
What was the total number of Israelites who emigrated to Egypt with Jacob, as stated in Genesis 46?
How did Jacob characterize his sons Simeon and Levi?
Who was with Paul when an earthquake broke them out of prison?
Under Mosaic law (in Exodus), what punishment was given to a thief who could not make restitution?
What other name is used to distinguish between the Bethlehem where Jesus was born and other town(s) named "Bethlehem"?
Who was the tetrarch who ruled over Nazareth when Jesus returned there from Egypt?
How old was Abram when God told him to change his name to Abraham?
According to Exodus, what name did God call Himself for the Hebrews in Egypt, which he had not given to Abraham?
What does Exodus 10 strongly imply that God's primary purpose was, when He brought the ten plagues upon Egypt?
After which plague on Egypt did Pharaoh finally offer to let the Hebrew men go into the wilderness to worship, before the plague actually occurred?
In John 5, where was Jesus when he healed the man by the pool, what structure were they near?
In John 5, who did Christ say would accuse us before the Father?
How many of his "best" chariots did Pharaoh send out after the Hebrews, in Exodus?
What is another name for the "Song of Moses"?
In Exodus 15 (Song of Moses), a characterization of Yahweh is almost identical to the name of what famous race horse?
Complete this quote from John 6: "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh _____."
Where were the Hebrews, in Exodus, when the crisis over water arose?
What was the name of the tribe that the Israelites first fought, after the exodus from Egypt?
Who first devised the idea of a system of judges for the Israelites?
When does Psalm 113 tell us we should praise God?