Q 01/05

The word 'apostle' comes from a Greek term originally meaning what?

A) Messenger

B) Fisherman

C) Student

D) Witness

Answer · why

A) Messenger

Messenger: the Greek apostolos is literally 'one sent forth', from a verb meaning to send away. 'Disciple', by contrast, comes from the Latin for a pu...

Q 02/05

Matthew's Gospel ends with Jesus sending the apostles to do what?

A) Heal the sick

B) Teach all nations

C) Feed the poor

D) Rebuild the Temple

Answer · why

B) Teach all nations

Teach all nations, or in newer Bibles 'make disciples of all nations': the Great Commission is set on a mountain in Galilee with only eleven apostles ...

Q 03/05

According to Mark 6, how did Jesus first send the Twelve out to the towns of Galilee?

A) All together

B) In three groups of four

C) In pairs

D) One by one

Answer · why

C) In pairs

In pairs: Mark says he sent them out 'two by two' and made them travel light, with a staff and sandals but no bread, no bag, no money and no spare tun...

Q 04/05

What were the Twelve told to do if a town rejected them?

A) Curse the town gates

B) Fast for three days

C) Leave a staff at the gate

D) Shake the dust off their feet

Answer · why

D) Shake the dust off their feet

Shake the dust off their feet, as a testimony against the place. The one time the New Testament shows it being done, Paul and Barnabas do it on being ...

Q 05/05

The Orthodox Church calls the apostle Andrew Protokletos, meaning what?

A) First called

B) First martyr

C) First bishop

D) First witness

Answer · why

A) First called

First called: in John's Gospel Andrew is one of the first two men to follow Jesus, and he at once fetches his brother Simon with the words 'We have fo...