Q 01/05

What 'separated and came to rest on each' of the believers at Pentecost, the event that ends the Easter season?

A) White doves

B) Tongues of fire

C) Drops of oil

D) Rays of golden light

Answer · why

B) Tongues of fire

Tongues of fire came after 'a sound like the blowing of a violent wind' filled the house, and the believers 'began to speak in other tongues' that vis...

Q 02/05

How did Judas identify Jesus to the armed crowd in the garden, a signal he had arranged in advance?

A) By pointing his staff

B) By calling his name

C) With a kiss

D) By handing him a coin

Answer · why

C) With a kiss

With a kiss and the words 'Greetings, Rabbi!' Judas marked his man, and Luke has Jesus ask whether he would betray the Son of Man with that greeting.

Q 03/05

What did Pilate do in front of the crowd to declare himself innocent of Jesus's death, in Matthew alone?

A) Bowed to the crowd

B) Washed his hands

C) Broke his staff

D) Turned his back

Answer · why

B) Washed his hands

He washed his hands, the origin of the phrase 'to wash your hands of' something; the gesture echoes a rite in Deuteronomy, where a town's elders wash ...

Q 04/05

What does John record as Jesus's final words from the cross, spoken just before he bowed his head?

A) I am thirsty

B) It is finished

C) Woman, here is your son

D) Why have you forsaken me

Answer · why

B) It is finished

'It is finished' is one word in John's Greek, tetelestai, said after he took the drink; Luke's Jesus instead dies with a prayer and Mark's with a loud...

Q 05/05

Which Hebrew cry from Psalm 118 did the crowds shout as Jesus rode into Jerusalem?

A) Hallelujah

B) Maranatha

C) Shalom

D) Hosanna

Answer · why

D) Hosanna

Hosanna meant 'save, we pray' in the psalm but had become a shout of praise; when children took up 'Hosanna to the Son of David' in the temple, the ch...