Q 01/05

Which animal does 2 Peter 2:16 say spoke with a human voice to restrain a prophet's madness?

A) A donkey

B) A raven

C) A serpent

D) A camel

Answer · why

A) A donkey

A donkey, normally without speech, rebuked its own rider, and the King James Version puts it more bluntly: the dumb ass forbade the madness of the pro...

Q 02/05

According to 2 Peter 3:8, one day with the Lord is like what length of time, a fact readers must not overlook?

A) Seven years

B) Forty years

C) A thousand years

D) Ten thousand years

Answer · why

C) A thousand years

A thousand years are like a day to the Lord, the verse adds in reverse, and the next verse draws the point: the delay is patience, not slowness.

Q 03/05

To what does 2 Peter 3:10 compare the coming of the day of the Lord, an image also found in 1 Thessalonians?

A) A bridegroom

B) A thief

C) A lion

D) A storm

Answer · why

B) A thief

A thief gives no warning, and the verse goes on to say the heavens will vanish with a roar and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

Q 04/05

Which two cities does 2 Peter 2:6 say God reduced to ashes as an example of what awaits the ungodly?

A) Tyre and Sidon

B) Nineveh and Babylon

C) Jericho and Ai

D) Sodom and Gomorrah

Answer · why

D) Sodom and Gomorrah

Sodom and Gomorrah are the last of three ancient judgments the chapter lists in a row, each one set beside the point that God still knows how to rescu...

Q 05/05

In the saying quoted at 2 Peter 2:22, which animal goes back to its own vomit?

A) A jackal

B) A vulture

C) A dog

D) A fox

Answer · why

C) A dog

A dog going back to what it threw up is the letter's picture of people who learned the right way and then turned their backs on it.