Q 01/05

Which famous verse follows 'Lord, come and see' as Christ nears the tomb of Lazarus?

A) Jesus wept

B) Rejoice evermore

C) Pray without ceasing

D) Remember Lot's wife

Answer · why

A) Jesus wept

Jesus wept is John 11:35, and soon after Jesus has the stone taken away and calls Lazarus out of the tomb alive.

Q 02/05

Which line opens the verse Tim Tebow wore on his eye black in January 2009?

A) In the beginning was the Word

B) For God so loved the world

C) I am the way

D) Ye must be born again

Answer · why

B) For God so loved the world

For God so loved the world opens John 3:16, and after Tebow's eye black some 90 million people searched Google for the verse.

Q 03/05

Which word completes 'The Lord is my ___; I shall not want', the opening line of Psalm 23?

A) refuge

B) fortress

C) shepherd

D) strength

Answer · why

C) shepherd

Shepherd suits the psalm's traditional author, David, who was out keeping his father's sheep when the prophet came to anoint him.

Q 04/05

What does 1 Timothy 6:10 actually call 'the root of all evil'?

A) the want of money

B) the lust of the eyes

C) the pride of life

D) the love of money

Answer · why

D) the love of money

The love of money is the root in the King James text, not money itself, and it warns that some who coveted it 'pierced themselves through with many so...

Q 05/05

Which saying first appeared in Butler's 1663 mock-epic Hudibras rather than the Bible?

A) A soft answer turneth away wrath

B) Spare the rod, spoil the child

C) Wine is a mocker

D) Go to the ant, thou sluggard

Answer · why

B) Spare the rod, spoil the child

Spare the rod, spoil the child is Butler's coinage; the Bible's nearest line says only 'He that spareth his rod hateth his son'.