Bible Quiz - The Gospel According to Mark PDF

!"#$%&'(") The Gospel According to Mark 1. Who is considered as “the voice of one crying in the wilderness” saying “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight?” John the Baptist (Mark 1:3-4) 2. Where did John the Baptist baptize? Jordan River (Mark 1:5...

!"#$%&'(") The Gospel According to Mark 1. Who is considered as “the voice of one crying in the wilderness” saying “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight?” John the Baptist (Mark 1:3-4) 2. Where did John the Baptist baptize? Jordan River (Mark 1:5) 3. What was John the Baptist’s clothing? John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist (Mark 1:6) 4. John the Baptist preached a baptism of repentance and as he baptized, he said, “There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. I indeed baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with _______________________.” The Holy Spirit (Mark 1:7-8) 5. Who baptized Jesus? John the Baptist (Mark 1:9) 6. Where was Jesus baptized? Jordan (Mark 1:9) 7. In what form what the Holy Spirit seen to be descending upon Jesus during his baptism? Dove (Mark 1:10) 8. What was heard from heaven during Jesus’ baptism? “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Mark 1:11) 9. Who were the first two disciples Jesus called, according to Mark 1? Simon and Andrew (Mark 1:16) 10. Where were Simon and Andrew when Jesus asked them to follow Him? They were at the Sea of Galilee, casting a net into the sea (Mark 1:16) 11. Who was the father of James and John? Zebedee (Mark 1:19) 12. Whose mother-in-law did Jesus heal from fever? Simon’s (Peter) (Mark 1:30-31) 13. In what city did Jesus heal a paralytic man who was brought to him by four men through the roof? Capernaum (Mark 2:1-5) 14. In whose house was Jesus when he was accused of eating with “tax collectors and sinners,” to which Jesus responded, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance”? Levi the son of Alphaeus (Mark 2:14-17) 15. Who “went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?” David (Mark 2:25-26) 16. What name did Jesus give to Simon? Peter (Mark 3:16) 17. What name did Jesus give to James and John, the sons of Zebedee? Boanerges (Mark 3:17) 18. What does the name “Boanerges” mean? “Sons of Thunder” (Mark 3:17) 19. Who were the twelve Jesus called to be with him as disciples? Simon Peter, James, John, Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Canaanite and Judas Iscariot (Mark 3:16-19) 20. Who is known as the ruler of demons? Beelzebub (Mark 3:22) 21. In the parable of the sower, what does the seed represent, according to Jesus’ explanation? The word (Mark 4:14) 22. A woman who had a flow of blood was healed when she touched Jesus’ garment. How long had she been suffering from this disease? 12 years (Mark 5:25) 23. What was the name of the synagogue ruler whose daughter Jesus raised from the dead? Jairus (Mark 5:22, 35-41) 24. What does “Talitha, cumi” mean? “Little girl, I say to you, arise!” (Mark 5:41) 25. How old was Jairus’ daughter? She was 12 years old (Mark 5:42) 26. Who is mentioned as the “brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Jesus (Mark 6:3) 27. Who was beheaded by Herod in order to keep a promise? John (Mark 6:16) 28. Who was Herod’s brother, whose wife Herod married? Philip (Mark 6:17) 29. Who danced on Herod’s birthday and as a reward was promised to be given anything? Herodias’s daughter (Mark 6:22) 30. What did Herodias’ daughter ask Herod as a reward? The head of John the Baptist on a platter (Mark 6:24) 31. How many loaves of bread and fish does the gospel narrative indicate Jesus used to feed the five thousand? Five loaves and two fish (Mark 6:38) 32. How many baskets were filled with leftover fragments and fish after all ate in the story of the feeding of the five thousand? 12 (Mark 6:43) 33. To what town did Jesus send his disciples immediately after the feeding of the five thousand? Bethsaida (Mark 6:45) 34. Which prophet was Jesus quoting when he said to the Pharisees and scribes, “This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men”? Isaiah (Mark 7:6-7) 35. Who said to Jesus, “Lord, even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs”? The Syro-Phoenician/Gentile woman who came to Jesus when he was in the region of Tyre and Sidon, asking to heal her daughter (Mark 7:24-30) 36. What does “Ephphatha” mean? “Be opened” (Mark 7:34) 37. After Jesus miraculously fed the four thousand with seven loaves and few small fish, how many baskets of leftover fragments were collected?  Seven large baskets (Mark 8:8, 20) 38. Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?” According to the disciples, who did the men think Jesus was? John the Baptist, Elijah, one of the prophets (Mark 8:28) 39. When Jesus asked the disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” who answered and what was the answer? Peter; “You are the Christ” (Mark 8:29) 40. Which disciples did Jesus take with him when he went up the mountain upon which he transfigured? Peter, John and James (Mark 9:2) 41. Who were the two people who appeared talking with Jesus on the mountain during his transfiguration? Elijah and Moses (Mark 8:4) 42. What voice came out of the cloud during Jesus’ transfiguration? “This is my beloved Son. Hear Him!” (Mark 9:7) 43. Which of the two brothers among the disciples came to Jesus asking him to grant them to sit on his two sides when he comes in glory? James and John (Mark 10:35-37) 44. What was the name of the blind man Jesus healed as Jesus went out of Jericho? Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46) 45. Which mount was Jesus approaching when he sent two of his disciples into the village to bring a colt? Mount of Olives (Mark 11:1) 46. To what tree did Jesus say, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again” because it did not have any fruit in it? A fig tree (Mark 11:12-14) 47. From where did Jesus overturn the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves? From the temple in Jerusalem (Mark 11:15) 48. When the Pharisees and the Herodians questioned Jesus regarding paying taxes, he asked them to bring him a denarius. Whose image and inscription was there on the denarius that they brought to Jesus? Caesar’s (Mark 12:16) 49. Which group among the Jews believed that there is no resurrection?  Sadducees (Mark 12:18) 50. How did Jesus answer the scribe who asked him, “Which is the first commandment of all?” Jesus answered, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Mark 12:29-31) 51. Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my __________ will by no means pass away.” Words (Mark 13:31) 52. In what village was Jesus when a woman came with an alabaster flask of costly oil and poured it on his head? In Bethany (Mark 14:3) 53. In whose house was Jesus when a woman came with an alabaster flask of costly oil and poured it on his head? In the house of Simon the leper (Mark 14:3) 54. Who approached the chief priests and offered to betray Jesus? Judas Iscariot (Mark 14:10) 55. To which mount did Jesus and the disciples go after they had the Passover meal in the upper room? Mount of Olives (Mark 14:26) 56. Which three disciples did Jesus take with him in Gethsemane? Peter, James and John (Mark 14:33) 57. By what signal did Judas betray Jesus to the chief priests, scribes and elders? With a kiss (Mark 14:44) 58. Which disciple denied Jesus three times before the rooster crowed, just as Jesus had prophesied? Peter (Mark 14:72) 59. Who was the prisoner Pilate released instead of Jesus, at the request of the crowd? Barabbas (Mark 15:15) 60. What crime had Barabbas committed? Murder (Mark 15:7) 61. Who did the soldiers compel to carry Jesus’ cross? Simon a Cyrenian (Mark 15:21) 62. Who were the two sons of Simon the Cyrenian, who was compelled to bear Jesus’ cross? Alexander and Rufus (Mark 15:21) 63. What does Golgotha mean? Place of a Skull (Mark 15:22) 64. What did the soldiers give Jesus to drink after bringing him to Golgotha? Wine mingled with myrhh (Mark 15:23) 65. What did the soldiers do to decide who should get Jesus’ garments? They cast lots (Mark 15:24) 66. At what hour was Jesus crucified? Third hour (Mark 15:25) 67. What inscription of accusation was put above Jesus on the cross? “The King of the Jews” (Mark 15:26) 68. At what hour did darkness come over the whole land? At sixth hour (it was dark until the ninth hour) (Mark 15:33) 69. At what hour Jesus breathe his last breath? Ninth hour (Mark 15:34, 37) 70. What does “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani” mean? “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34) 71. Who went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus? Joseph of Arimathea (Mark 15:43) 72. Which women came to the tomb early in the morning on the first day of the week to anoint Jesus’ body with spices? Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome (Mark 16:1) 73. When the women came to the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe. He told them to go tell the disciples that Jesus is going before them. Where did he say Jesus was going and will meet them in that place? Galilee (Mark 16:7) 74. To whom did the risen Jesus first appear on the first day of the week? Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:9) 75. How many demons had Jesus cast out from Mary Magdalene? Seven (Mark 16:9)