Q 01/05

What was Saint Peter's birth name?

A) Andrew bar Zebedee

B) Simon bar Jonah

C) Levi bar Alphaeus

D) Judas bar Simon

Answer · why

B) Simon bar Jonah

Simon bar Jonah means Simon, son of Jonah, and it is how Jesus addresses him in Matthew. 'Peter' began as a nickname from Jesus and ended up replacing...

Q 02/05

John's Gospel names which town on the Sea of Galilee as the home town of Peter?

A) Nazareth

B) Capernaum

C) Bethsaida

D) Magdala

Answer · why

C) Bethsaida

Bethsaida was also home to the apostle Philip, says John. It got no thanks for producing them: Jesus later cursed the town for shrugging off his mirac...

Q 03/05

What was Peter's trade before he followed Jesus?

A) Tentmaking

B) Tax collecting

C) Carpentry

D) Fishing

Answer · why

D) Fishing

Fishing on the Sea of Galilee was his living until Jesus called him with a pun on the job: 'I will make you fishers of men.' He left his nets on the s...

Q 04/05

The name Cephas, which Jesus gave to Peter, comes from an Aramaic word meaning what?

A) Fisher of men

B) Rock or stone

C) Good shepherd

D) Faithful servant

Answer · why

B) Rock or stone

Rock or stone: kepha in Aramaic, turned into Greek as Petros, which gives us Peter. The pun drives the famous line 'you are Peter, and on this rock I ...

Q 05/05

Soon after praising Peter's confession of faith, Jesus rebuked him by calling him what?

A) Hypocrite

B) Coward

C) Satan

D) Doubter

Answer · why

C) Satan

Satan: 'Get behind me, Satan!' Peter had just been blessed for calling Jesus the Christ, then took him aside to insist he must never suffer and die, a...