Q 01/05

According to 1 Peter, how many people in all were saved through water in Noah's ark?

A) 8

B) 24

C) 72

D) 216

Answer · why

A) 8

8 people were saved: Noah, his wife, their three sons and the sons' wives. Peter calls them 'a few people, eight in all' and reads the long wait as Go...

Q 02/05

Peter answers scoffers who doubt Christ's return: with the Lord, a day is like how many years?

A) 100

B) 1,000

C) 10,000

D) 100,000

Answer · why

B) 1,000

1,000 years, a line borrowed from Psalm 90, where a thousand years in God's sight are like a day just gone by. Peter's point is that the delay is pati...

Q 03/05

After Jesus fed a crowd with five loaves and two fish, how many basketfuls of scraps were gathered?

A) 12

B) 38

C) 115

D) 350

Answer · why

A) 12

12 basketfuls were gathered, and Jesus later quizzed the disciples on that very number when they fretted about having brought no bread.

Q 04/05

Jesus's second feeding miracle began with seven loaves and a few small fish; about how many people ate?

A) About 400

B) About 4,000

C) About 12,000

D) About 40,000

Answer · why

B) About 4,000

About 4,000 people ate, a crowd that had stayed with Jesus three days and that he refused to send home hungry in case they collapsed on the way.

Q 05/05

When the demons called Legion entered a herd of pigs, about how many animals stampeded and drowned?

A) About 2,000

B) About 6,000

C) About 20,000

D) About 60,000

Answer · why

A) About 2,000

About 2,000 pigs rushed down the steep bank and drowned, and the frightened townspeople pleaded with Jesus to leave their region.