Q 01/05

The Sadducees most likely took their name from which high priest of King Solomon's day?

A) Abiathar

B) Zadok

C) Eleazar

D) Aaron

Answer · why

B) Zadok

Zadok anointed Solomon as king, a scene Handel set to music in the anthem sung at every British coronation since 1727.

Q 02/05

Which apostle set Sadducees against Pharisees by saying he was on trial over resurrection?

A) Philip

B) Stephen

C) Barnabas

D) Paul

Answer · why

D) Paul

Paul knew the two parties disagreed about the dead rising, so he announced that he was a Pharisee and the hearing collapsed into an uproar.

Q 03/05

In Acts 5, who opens the prison doors at night after the Sadducees jail the apostles?

A) A Roman centurion

B) A sympathetic temple guard

C) An angel of the Lord

D) A repentant jailer

Answer · why

C) An angel of the Lord

An angel of the Lord made an awkward rescuer for these jailers: Acts 23 says the Sadducees denied that angels or spirits existed at all.

Q 04/05

In Matthew 16, Jesus warns against which baking ingredient 'of the Pharisees and Sadducees'?

A) Yeast

B) Salt

C) Flour

D) Honey

Answer · why

A) Yeast

Yeast was his image for their teaching, but the disciples first assumed he was scolding them for forgetting to bring bread.

Q 05/05

Which biblical penalty did the Sadducees take literally, while the Pharisees made it a cash payment?

A) Forty lashes

B) An eye for an eye

C) Stoning for blasphemy

D) Exile to a refuge city

Answer · why

B) An eye for an eye

An eye for an eye meant physical payback to the Sadducees; the Talmud objects that such a rule could never be applied to an offender who was already b...