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119 free Jesus trivia questions with answers — history quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
61 free Jesus trivia questions with answers. These Jesus trivia questions follow his life as the four Gospels record it: the birth in Bethlehem and the Magi's gifts, the boy in the temple, John's baptism in the Jordan, forty days in the wilderness, the calling of the twelve, the miracles at Cana and Bethany, the parables of the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son, the Sermon on the Mount, Zacchaeus in his tree, Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, Gethsemane, the trial before Pilate, the crucifixion, the empty tomb and the appearances that followed. A few questions cover the historical background: the language he spoke, his name's meaning, and what Josephus wrote. It is written for Sunday school and youth groups, church quiz nights, Bible study warm-ups and anyone who wants gospel trivia questions and answers to test what they remember. Easy questions cover the stories every child hears; the hard ones ask which chapter has 153 fish and who bought the potter's field. Every answer is cited to the Bible passage itself (NIV) or a reference work, and each question shows its citation once you have answered.
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Q 01According to the Gospels, in which town was Jesus born?
Bethlehem
Bethlehem, though Jesus grew up in Nazareth, which is why he became known as Jesus of Nazareth.
Q 02The Magi presented the infant Jesus with gold, frankincense and what third gift?
Myrrh
Myrrh; Matthew never says how many Magi came, and the traditional three was likely influenced by the number of gifts.
Q 03To escape Herod's plan to kill the child, where did Joseph take Mary and Jesus, according to Matthew?
Egypt
Egypt; once they had gone, Herod ordered the killing of all the male children in the area aged two and under.
Q 04In Luke's account, why did Joseph and Mary travel south from Nazareth to the town where Jesus was born?
For a Roman census
For a Roman census ordered by the emperor Augustus, and Joseph had to register there because he was of the house and family of David.
Q 05Luke says the newborn Jesus was laid in a manger for what reason?
No guest room was available
No guest room was available, and an angel then told the shepherds that a baby lying in a manger would be their sign.
Q 06In Luke, the young Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem after his family went there for which festival?
Passover
Passover; Jesus was twelve, and his parents had already travelled a day toward home before noticing he was missing.
Q 07Before beginning his ministry, Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist in which river?
The Jordan
The Jordan; in Matthew, John at first protested that Jesus should be the one baptising him.
Q 08The people of Nazareth referred to Jesus by which trade?
The carpenter
The carpenter; they took offence at him, and Mark says he could do no mighty work there except heal a few sick people.
Q 09John the Baptist, who baptised Jesus, is described in the Gospels as eating what?
Locusts and wild honey
Locusts and wild honey; he was later beheaded by Herod Antipas after condemning Herod's marriage to Herodias.
Q 10After fasting forty days in the wilderness, what did the devil first tempt Jesus to do?
Turn stones into bread
Turn stones into bread; Jesus refused, answering that man shall not live by bread alone.
Q 11Which two brothers were casting a net when Jesus called them to become 'fishers of men'?
Peter and Andrew
Peter and Andrew; in John's Gospel, Andrew had first followed John the Baptist, then brought his brother to Jesus.
Q 12In the Gospels' story of Jesus calming a storm, what was he doing in the boat when the storm struck?
Sleeping
Sleeping; the terrified disciples woke him, and he calmed the wind and waves, then asked why they had so little faith.
Q 13According to John's Gospel, Jesus's first miraculous sign took place at a wedding in which village?
Cana
Cana; the steward, not knowing where the wine came from, praised the groom for saving the good wine until last.
Q 21In Luke's parable of the lost sheep, how does the shepherd bring the sheep home once he finds it?
On his shoulders
On his shoulders; back home he calls his friends to celebrate, just as heaven rejoices more over one sinner who repents.
Q 22In the Beatitudes that open the Sermon on the Mount, who does Jesus say 'will inherit the earth'?
The meek
The meek; when Jesus finished the sermon, the crowds were astonished that he taught with authority, unlike their scribes.
Q 23Jesus said it is easier for a camel to pass through what than for a rich man to enter God's kingdom?
The eye of a needle
Q 14In John's miracle of the five thousand, who had the five barley loaves and two small fish?
A boy
A boy; one disciple asked what so little could do among so many, yet twelve baskets of leftovers were gathered afterward.
Q 15Which two-word verse, often called the Bible's shortest, describes Jesus's reaction to the death of his friend Lazarus?
Jesus wept
Jesus wept; some onlookers saw how much he had loved Lazarus, while others asked why he hadn't kept his friend from dying.
Q 16In Luke, which kind of man was the only one of ten healed lepers who came back to thank Jesus?
A Samaritan
A Samaritan; Jesus asked where the other nine were, since only this foreigner had come back to give glory to God.
Q 17When Peter was asked about the temple tax, where did Jesus tell him he would find a four-drachma coin?
In a fish's mouth
In a fish's mouth; Jesus argued that a king's own children are exempt from tax, but paid anyway so as not to cause offence.
Q 18Which three disciples did Jesus take up the mountain to witness the Transfiguration?
Peter, James and John
Peter, James and John; coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them to tell no one what they had seen until he had risen from the dead.
Q 19In Jesus's parable answering 'Who is my neighbour?', a man beaten by bandits was travelling from Jerusalem to which city?
Jericho
Jericho; after a priest and a Levite passed him by, Jesus asked who proved a neighbour and told his questioner to go and do likewise.
Q 20In the parable of the Prodigal Son, what job did the son take after squandering his inheritance?
Feeding pigs
Feeding pigs; so hungry he envied the pigs' food, he headed home to beg work as a hired servant, but his father ran out to embrace him.
The eye of a needle; Jesus said it after a rich man, told to sell everything and give to the poor, went away sad.
Q 24When the Pharisee Nicodemus visited Jesus by night, what did Jesus say a person must be to see God's kingdom?
Born again
Born again; Nicodemus took it literally, asking how a grown man could enter his mother's womb a second time.
Q 25Zacchaeus, the short chief tax collector, climbed what kind of tree to see Jesus?
A sycamore-fig
A sycamore-fig; after Jesus chose to stay with him, the despised tax collector pledged half of his goods to the poor.
Q 26On what animal did Jesus ride into Jerusalem on the day now called Palm Sunday?
A colt
A colt; the disciples laid cloaks on it, and Matthew and John say the ride fulfilled an old prophecy about a donkey.
Q 27When Jesus drove the merchants out of the temple, he accused them of turning a house of prayer into what?
A den of robbers
A den of robbers; hearing of it, the chief priests and scribes began looking for a way to destroy him.
Q 28For how many pieces of silver did Judas Iscariot agree to betray Jesus?
Thirty
Thirty; remorseful, Judas threw the silver into the temple, and because it was blood money the priests used it to buy a potter's field.
Q 29In Mark's Gospel, in whose Bethany house did a woman bring costly perfume to Jesus shortly before his arrest?
Simon the Leper
Simon the Leper; when some grumbled that the perfume could have been sold for the poor, Jesus said she had prepared his body for burial.
Q 30At the Last Supper, Jesus warned Peter that he would disown him three times before what happened?
The rooster crowed
The rooster crowed; Peter had insisted he would die rather than deny Jesus, but after the third denial he heard it crow and broke down in tears.