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 speaking in languages they had never...

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, a Jewish rite from Deuteronomy for a town disowning an unsolved killing, so the Roman was borrowing his accusers' own ritual.

Q 04/05

Which last words from the cross, a single Greek word in the original, does John record before Jesus 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 tetelestai in Greek, a word also stamped on paid-up bills, and John says Jesus spoke it after taking the drink and then 'gave up h...

Q 05/05

Which Hebrew cry from Psalm 118, meaning 'save, we pray', did the crowds shout as Jesus rode into Jerusalem?

A) Hallelujah

B) Maranatha

C) Shalom

D) Hosanna

Answer · why

D) Hosanna

Hosanna had turned from a plea into a shout of jubilation, and the crowd added 'to the Son of David', a royal title the priests found alarming.