Q 01/05

Hebrews 13:2 says some who showed hospitality to strangers unknowingly entertained which guests?

A) Prophets

B) Kings

C) Angels

D) Apostles

Answer · why

C) Angels

Angels are the unexpected guests, and the next verse turns to another kind of care: remembering those in prison as if chained beside them.

Q 02/05

Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as assurance of what is hoped for and certainty of what else?

A) What we do not see

B) What we cannot earn

C) What we once had

D) What we most fear

Answer · why

A) What we do not see

What we do not see is the second half of the definition, and the chapter then applies it to one Old Testament figure after another with the refrain 'b...

Q 03/05

Hebrews 4:12 says the word of God is active and sharper than which weapon, piercing soul and spirit?

A) A bronze-tipped spear

B) A warrior's arrow

C) A hunter's dagger

D) A double-edged sword

Answer · why

D) A double-edged sword

A double-edged sword is the comparison, and the next verse presses the point: nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight.

Q 04/05

Hebrews 6:19 pictures hope as which piece of a ship's gear, firm and secure for the soul?

A) A steering oar

B) An anchor

C) A mainsail

D) A mooring rope

Answer · why

B) An anchor

An anchor is the image, and Hebrews says this hope reaches into the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone ahead.

Q 05/05

Hebrews 12:1 says believers are surrounded by the faithful of earlier ages, pictured as a great what?

A) Cloud of witnesses

B) Choir of the redeemed

C) Wall of shields

D) Army of elders

Answer · why

A) Cloud of witnesses

Cloud of witnesses is the phrase, pointing back to the heroes of chapter 11, and readers are told to throw off whatever hinders them.