I got given a Bible?

Question

I got given a Bible the other day from a nice lady who knows I'm a non believer.
What passage would be the ulimate passage to read?
Is there a passage that would have a high chance of encouraging me to believe?

Answer 1

Honestly, Read the whole thing. It didn't change my mind yet. But it might change yours.

Answer 2

Unless you're open to it, NO passage will help you believe.



However, if you don't start at the beginning and read the whole way through, I would suggest starting with Matthew in the New Testament and read through to Revelations.



You also might consider reading books by apologetics, to supplement what you're reading in the Bible. I highly recommend Lee Strobel (a former atheist), Josh McDowell (another former atheist), Ralph Muncaster (yet another former atheist), and John Ashton, M.D. These four have not only helped my faith to grow from nearly nothing, they have continued to cement my faith since I became a Christian.



If you have more questions, feel free to email me. More than anything, whether you believe in God or not, ask Him to reveal Himself to you.



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Answer 3

it is difficult to simply pick one verse over the others, the best chance of you coming to believe would be reading the bible with some study aids so that you can read the bible in context. verse by verse you may seemingly find a contradiction but when put in context we see that the bible does not contradict itself as it is the word of god. usually when people start to read the bible most people suggest the gospels usually starting with luke or john. i highly recommend you do teh free study course at www.salvationhistory.com you can do it at your own pace, registering is quick and easy, you don't have to do all courses but the first one i feel would be very beneficial.



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something that alot of people seem to do and usually has a positive impact is to open the bible at a random spot and read where you end up at, i have heard many people relate positive stories doing this.

Answer 4

Sounds like you are wanting to believe. And for as much as you are going to hate this, the best thing you can do is start from the beginning. You need to understand Him totally. And know why it is the way it is with believers. No ONE passage can make you believe. You are going to want to. Good Luck, and God Bless.

Answer 5

If you start reading from the beginning you will soon find yourself bogged down in details that will take a very long time to sort out. I recommend starting with the gospel of John or Matthew in the New Testament. Be patient and really take in what you learn. It was written for you.

Answer 6

It's better that u read all of it... My favorite is Revelations. But I think it's better if u start at Matthew or passages in the New Testament or perhaps Genesis.. Matthew's pretty much all about Jesus Christ and the other New Testament is about stuffs After Christ and Genesis is the start of everything... Revolution I think is pretty much about the end of the world... If u like poems and such, try Psalms... GBU!

Answer 7

When I first started reading the Bible, I thought that the Sermon on the Mount was the most beautiful and true thing that I had ever read. In Matthew, it is Chapter 5 through Chapter 7 (inclusive). Parts of it are hard to understand but it can be appreciated on many different levels.



God bless.

Answer 8

Start with the Gospel of John, and then the rest of the new testaments. After that read the other 3 gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke.

Answer 9

Read the whole book. It is fun reading but not better than the Iliad or the Odyssey. These show consistency of plot and better genealogy and a very interesting creation story. I find the bible a bit too violent for my taste especially the OT. But do have fun

Answer 10

some of my favorite verses are:

Isaiah 53: 5

John 3:16



Of course, if you don't keep yourself always open to the possibility that God exists and can speak to us through this book, then the Bible is just another piece of human text with outrageous stories. I recommend you read the gospels first (matthew, mark, luke, john) first and then the book of Isaiah, or vice versa. as far as a convincing verse, I think it really comes down to your choice whether you believe it or not- no verse can convince someone who does not want to believe, but if you want to believe in God then the entire bible can be the greatest book you'll ever own. to believe in God is to "walk by faith and not by sight," or any other concrete evidence for that matter. I'm glad there are people in the world like the nice lady who gave you the bible, because I think it's a true act of love and caring on her part, regardless of whether you believe in God or not, she loved you enough to give you what she thinks is good for you. best of luck to you.

Answer 11

Look in the table of contents and find the gospel of Mark and read it. It's short and tells the basic story of Jesus. It's a good intro.



If you want an in-depth intro after that, try reading Paul's letter to the Romans.

Answer 12

I'd start in John or Matthew. Even though you aren't a believer, if you'd just take a chance and say a simple prayer asking God to help you understand what you read, He will.

Answer 13

Why not read it?

The bible is a good read! It has everything in it! It has violence, love, sex, drinking, drugging, gambling, the supernatural, loss. It has everything that someone of today could never reproduce! Though they try.....

Most of it is short stories so you wont get board.

Give it a go, even if you do not believe it still will be a good read.

Answer 14

How about the middle verse, at the center of the Bible - Psalms 118:8

" It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man."



It is a spiritual book, with spiritual answers... read it to find the living God - our souls quest and spiritual yearning...



FYI

http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/about.html

Answer 15

Just flip open anywhere. The Lord's Prayer is in Matthew 6 so that might be a good way to start.

Answer 16

If you were given a book written by a famous author, would you ask for only the best passage ?

Answer 17

I don't know but are you so confident in the world that you are so skeptical of the bible?



Perhaps if you were more skeptical of the world you would be more open minded towards the bible.



I love the bible myself.



I hope you find it helpful too dude.

Answer 18

Prayerfully begin with the gospels of Luke and John.

Answer 19

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Answer 20

I would start in John. That is; The Gospel of John. He wrote that to show that Jesus is God, divine. It's an important thing in Christianity.



But ask yourself, if it were possible, would you want to know God? If yes, then keep reading, you are chosen. You can't want to come to God unless He wants you to; he draws you in subtlely.

Answer 21

The bible is the oldest story book out there. It also makes great kindling!

Answer 22

How know thou oh man if today be thou last if you knock at the door harden not your heart but come unto me for I have called at a great price.

Answer 23

ARTHUR: Consult the Book of Armaments!

BROTHER MAYNARD: Armaments, Chapter Two, verses Nine to Twenty-one.

SECOND BROTHER: And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying,

'O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade that with it thou mayest blow thine

enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin, and the people

did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans

and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and large chu--

MAYNARD: Skip a bit, Brother.

SECOND BROTHER: And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the

Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt

be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be

three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting

that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number

three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand

Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall

snuff it.'

Answer 24

I would recommend all of it as many will. God's promise is that all who seek the truth will find it. Those who love and seek his truth receive a gift from God called faith and through faith comes revelation and a personal relationship with God.

Answer 25

Jeremiah 29:11

Its a verse that tells what God really wants for you

Answer 26

I have read the whole thing cover to cover, and as a look it up referrence, and as separate fairy tails.

I found nothing in it to be believable and reading up on the archaeology of the region made it even worse.

Adam, Abraham, Moses, Israel are all fictional beings.

Answer 27

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." (Gen 1:1)

Answer 28

Send it down the passage of the nearest river canal. People who push their religion onto other people are sinners.

Answer 29

Luke 17......





Your sister,

Ginger

Answer 30

If you find a good one let me know. I can't find one.

Answer 31

just read the whole thing

Answer 32

Read the whole book. It has facinating fairy tales.

Answer 33

all of it

Answer 34

I'll give you a number of passages which should get you thinking. Here are a bunch of prophecies in the Old Testament about Jesus Christ, all written between 400 and 2200 years before He was born.



1)The birthplace of Christ written 700 years before He was born.

Micah 5:2 says "But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity."

The prophecy says the Messiah would come out of Bethlehem Ephrathat. There was 2 Bethlehem's in Christs' day Bethlehem Ephrathat and Bethlehem Zebulon. They were both small relatively unknown villages. Yet the prophet Micah distinguishes between them 700 years before Christ was born.

2)The Messiah would be born of a virgin(also written about 700 years before Christ was born).

Isaiah 7:14 says "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel(which means God with us).

3)Two prophecies about John the Baptist as the forerunner of the Messiah(the one who comes before the Messiah to announce the coming of the Messiah):

a)Isaiah 40:3(about 700 years before Christ) says "A voice is calling, Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God".

b)Malachi 3:1(about 400 years before Christ) says "Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming, says the LORD of hosts".

4)Jesus's official declaration that He was the Messiah on the original Palm Sunday(a week before He was crucified).

Zechariah 9:9(500-700 years before Christ was born) says "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey".

5)Judas's betrayal of Jesus:

Psalms 41:9(1000 years before Christ was born) says "Even my close friend, in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me".

6)Christ betrayed for 30 pieces of silver:

Zechariah 11:12(500-700 years before Christ) says "And I said to them, If it is good in your sight, give me my wages; but if not, never mind! So they weighed out thirty shekels of silver as my wages".

7)Judas would feel guilty and throw the 30 pieces of silver back at the priests in the temple and the priests would take the money and go out and buy a potters field.

Zechariah 11:13 says "Then the LORD said to me, Throw it to the potter, that magnificent price at which I was valued by them. So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD".

8)When Jesus was being tried in the Jewish and Roman courts, he would not complain:

Isaiah 53:7 says "He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth".

9)The scourging of Jesus for our sins and for our spiritual healing:

Isaiah 53:5 says " But He was pierced through for our transgressions(sins), He was crushed for our iniquities(sins); The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed".

10)He would be brutally disfigured in this crucifiction:

Isaiah 52:14 says "Just as many were astonished at you, My people, So His appearance was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men".

11)He bore our griefs and sorrows on the cross and yet most of the people there didn't understand it. They just thought He was another common criminal:

Isaiah 53:4 says "Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted".

12)He paid for our sins:

Isaiah 53:6 says "All of us like sheep have gone astray(we've all sinned), Each of us has turned to his own way(we've sinned willfully); But the LORD has caused the iniquity(sins) of us all To fall on Him".

13)He died paying the price of the penalty of sin that was due us:

Isaiah 53:8 says "By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living(killed), For the transgression(sins) of my people to whom the stroke was due?

14)He was crucified between 2 thieves and yet He was buried in a rich mans tomb:

Isaiah 53:9 says "His grave was assigned with wicked men(in other words, He was crucified as a common thief and He should have been buried as a common thief but He wasn't), Yet He was with a rich man in His death(He was buried in the tomb of Joseph of Arimethia, a rich Pharasee), Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

15)He was a guilt offering which, in the Old Testament, was an offering(lamb slaughtered) for someones sins:

Isaiah 53:10 says "But the LORD was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand".

16)Through His sacrifice on the cross many will be declared justified and righteous by God:

Isaiah 53:11 says "As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities(sins)".

17)He bore the sins of the world and prayed for the very people who crucified Him:

Isaiah 53:12 says "Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded(prayed) for the transgressors".

At that point in time God looked upon Christ as just another sinner like all the people who were standing at the foot of the cross because He was bearing their sins and those of all the rest of the world and ours too. Yet He prayed for those very people in His last moments when He said "Father forgive them for they know not what they are doing"(Luke 23:34).

18) The soldiers would cast lots for His clothes:

Psalms 22:18(1000 years before Christ was born) says "They divide my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots".

19)Predicted what Christ would say on the cross during that short time on the cross where He was forsaken by God:

Psalms 22:1 says "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me"?

20) Predicted that they would drive nails into His hands and his feet but they didn't break any of His bones:

Psalms 22:16,17 says "A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me".

21)The Messiah would rise from the dead:

Psalms 16:9,10 says "Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,

because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay"(in other words, the normal body decay when one dies).

Let me leave you with one last verse in the Old Testament also written 1000 years before Christ was born:

Psalms 2:7,11,12 says "I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘Thou art MY SON, Today I have BEGOTTEN Thee(as in ONLY BEGOTTEN SON[John3:16]).

Worship the LORD with reverence, And rejoice with trembling.

Do homage to THE SON, lest He become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him(THE SON)!

Answer 35

Who incited David to count the fighting men of Israel?

(a) God did (2 Samuel 24: 1)

(b) Satan did (I Chronicles 2 1:1)



In that count how many fighting men were found in Israel?

(a) Eight hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)

(b) One million, one hundred thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)



How many fighting men were found in Judah?

(a) Five hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)

(b) Four hundred and seventy thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)



God sent his prophet to threaten David with how many years of famine?

(a) Seven (2 Samuel 24:13)

(b) Three (I Chronicles 21:12)



How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem?

(a) Twenty-two (2 Kings 8:26)

(b) Forty-two (2 Chronicles 22:2)



How old was Jehoiachin when he became king of Jerusalem?

(a) Eighteen (2 Kings 24:8)

(b) Eight (2 Chronicles 36:9)



How long did he rule over Jerusalem?

(a) Three months (2 Kings 24:8)

(b) Three months and ten days (2 Chronicles 36:9)



The chief of the mighty men of David lifted up his spear and killed how many men at one time?

(a) Eight hundred (2 Samuel 23:8)

(b) Three hundred (I Chronicles 11: 11)



When did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before defeating the Philistines or after?

(a) After (2 Samuel 5 and 6)

(b) Before (I Chronicles 13 and 14)



How many pairs of clean animals did God tell Noah to take into the Ark?

(a) Two (Genesis 6:19, 20)

(b) Seven (Genesis 7:2). But despite this last instruction only two pairs went into the ark (Genesis 7:8-9)



When David defeated the King of Zobah, how many horsemen did he capture?

(a) One thousand and seven hundred (2 Samuel 8:4)

(b) Seven thousand (I Chronicles 18:4)



How many stalls for horses did Solomon have?

(a) Forty thousand (I Kings 4:26)

(b) Four thousand (2 chronicles 9:25)



In what year of King Asa's reign did Baasha, King of Israel die?

(a) Twenty-sixth year (I Kings 15:33 - 16:8)

(b) Still alive in the thirty-sixth year (2 Chronicles 16:1)



How many overseers did Solomon appoint for the work of building the temple?

(a) Three thousand six hundred (2 Chronicles 2:2)

(b) Three thousand three hundred (I Kings 5:16)



Solomon built a facility containing how many baths?

(a) Two thousand (1 Kings 7:26)

(b) Over three thousand (2 Chronicles 4:5)



Of the Israelites who were freed from the Babylonian captivity, how many were the children of Pahrath-Moab?

(a) Two thousand eight hundred and twelve (Ezra 2:6)

(b) Two thousand eight hundred and eighteen (Nehemiah 7:11)



How many were the children of Zattu?

(a) Nine hundred and forty-five (Ezra 2:8)

(b) Eight hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:13)



How many were the children of Azgad?

(a) One thousand two hundred and twenty-two (Ezra 2:12)

(b) Two thousand three hundred and twenty-two (Nehemiah 7:17)



How many were the children of Adin?

(a) Four hundred and fifty-four (Ezra 2:15)

(b) Six hundred and fifty-five (Nehemiah 7:20)



How many were the children of Hashum?

(a) Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:19)

(b) Three hundred and twenty-eight (Nehemiah 7:22)



How many were the children of Bethel and Ai?

(a) Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:28)

(b) One hundred and twenty-three (Nehemiah 7:32)



Ezra 2:64 and Nehemiah 7:66 agree that the total number of the whole assembly was 42,360. Yet the numbers do not add up to anything close. The totals obtained from each book is as follows:

(a) 29,818 (Ezra)

(b) 31,089 (Nehemiah)





How many singers accompanied the assembly?

(a) Two hundred (Ezra 2:65)

(b) Two hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:67)



What was the name of King Abijah’s mother?

(a) Michaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (2 Chronicles 13:2)

(b) Maachah, daughter of Absalom (2 Chronicles 11:20) But Absalom had only one daughter whose name was Tamar (2 Samuel 14:27)



Did Joshua and the Israelites capture Jerusalem?

(a) Yes (Joshua 10:23, 40)

(b) No (Joshua 15:63)



Who was the father of Joseph, husband of Mary?

(a) Jacob (Matthew 1:16)

(b) Hell (Luke 3:23)



Jesus descended from which son of David?

(a) Solomon (Matthew 1:6)

(b) Nathan(Luke3:31)



Who was the father of Shealtiel?

(a) Jechoniah (Matthew 1:12)

(b) Neri’ (Luke 3:27)



Which son of Zerubbabel was an ancestor of Jesus Christ?

(a) Abiud (Matthew 1: 13)

(b) Rhesa (Luke 3:27) But the seven sons of Zerubbabel are as follows: i.Meshullam, ii. Hananiah, iii. Hashubah, iv. Ohel, v.Berechiah, vi. Hasadiah, viii. Jushabhesed (I Chronicles 3:19, 20). The names Abiud and Rhesa do not fit in anyway.



Who was the father of Uzziah?

(a) Joram (Matthew 1:8)

(b) Amaziah (2 Chronicles 26:1)



Who as the father of Jechoniah?

(a) Josiah (Matthew 1:11)

(b) Jeholakim (I Chronicles 3:16)



How many generations were there from the Babylonian exile until Christ?

(a) Matthew says fourteen (Matthew 1:17)

(b) But a careful count of the generations reveals only thirteen (see Matthew 1: 12-16)



Who was the father of Shelah?

(a) Cainan (Luke 3:35-36)

(b) Arphaxad (Genesis II: 12)



Was John the Baptist Elijah who was to come?

(a) Yes (Matthew II: 14, 17:10-13)

(b) No(John 1:19-21)



Would Jesus inherit David’s throne?

(a) Yes. So said the angel (Luke 1:32)

(b) No, since he is a descendant of Jehoiakim (see Matthew 1: I 1, I Chronicles 3:16). And Jehoiakim was cursed by God so that none of his descendants can sit upon David’s throne (Jeremiah 36:30)



Jesus rode into Jerusalem on how many animals?

(a) One - a colt (Mark 11:7; cf Luke 19:3 5). “And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments on it; and he sat upon it.”

(b) Two - a colt and an ass (Matthew 21:7). “They brought the ass and the colt and put their garments on them and he sat thereon.”



How did Simon Peter find out that Jesus was the Christ?

(a) By a revelation from heaven (Matthew 16:17)

(b) His brother Andrew told him (John 1:41)



Where did Jesus first meet Simon Peter and Andrew?

(a) By the sea of Galilee (Matthew 4:18-22)

(b) On the banks of river Jordan (John 1:42). After that, Jesus decided to go to Galilee (John 1:43)



When Jesus met Jairus was Jairus’ daughter already dead?

(a) Yes. Matthew 9:18 quotes him as saying, “My daughter has just died.”

(b) No. Mark 5:23 quotes him as saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death.”



Did Jesus allow his disciples to keep a staff on their journey?

(a) Yes(Mark6:8)

(b) No (Matthew 10:9; Luke 9:3)



Did Herod think that Jesus was John the Baptist?

(a) Yes (Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:16)

(b) No (Luke 9:9)



Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus before his baptism?

(a) Yes (Matthew 3:13-14)

(b) No (John 1:32,33)



Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus after his baptism?

(a) Yes (John 1:32, 33)

(b) No (Matthew 11:2)



According to the Gospel of John, what did Jesus say about bearing his own witness?

(a) “If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true” (John 5:3 1)

(b) “Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true” (John 8:14)



When Jesus entered Jerusalem did he cleanse the temple that same day?

(a) Yes (Matthew 21:12)

(b) No. He went into the temple and looked around, but since it was very late he did nothing. Instead, he went to Bethany to spend the night and returned the next morning to cleanse the temple (Mark I 1:1- 17).



The Gospels say that Jesus cursed a fig tree. Did the tree wither at once?

(a) Yes. (Matthew 21:19)

(b) No. It withered overnight (Mark II: 20)



Did Judas kiss Jesus?

(a) Yes (Matthew 26:48-50)

(b) No. Judas could not get close enough to Jesus to kiss him (John 18:3-12)



What did Jesus say about Peter’s denial?

(a) “The **** will not crow till you have denied me three times” (John 13:38).

(b) “Before the **** crows twice you will deny me three times” (Mark 14:30) . When the **** crowed once, the three denials were not yet complete (see Mark 14:72). Therefore prediction (a) failed.



Did Jesus bear his own cross?

(a) Yes (John 19:17)

(b) No (Matthew 27:31-32)



Did Jesus die before the curtain of the temple was torn?

(a) Yes(Matthew27:50-5 1;MarklS:37-38)

(b) No. After the curtain was torn, then Jesus crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last (Luke 23:45-46)



Did Jesus say anything secretly?

(a) No. “I have said nothing secretly” (John 18:20)

(b) Yes. “He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything” (Mark 4:34). The disciples asked him “Why do you speak to them in parables?” He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given” (Matthew 13: 1 0-11)



Where was Jesus at the sixth hour on the day of the crucifixion?

(a) On the cross (Mark 15:23)

(b) In Pilate’s court (John 19:14)



The gospels say that two thieves were crucified along with Jesus. Did both thieves mock Jesus?

(a) Yes (Mark 15:32)

(b) No. One of them mocked Jesus, the other defended Jesus (Luke 23:43)



Did Jesus ascend to Paradise the same day of the crucifixion?

(a) Yes. He said to the thief who defended him, “Today you will be with me in Paradise” (Luke 23:43)

(b) No. He said to Mary Magdelene two days later, “I have not yet ascended to the Father” (John 20:17)



When Paul was on the road to Damascus he saw a light and heard a voice. Did those who were with him hear the voice?

(a) Yes(Acts9:7)

(b) No(Acts22:9)



When Paul saw the light he fell to the ground. Did his traveling companions also fall to the ground?

(a) Yes (Acts 26:14)

(b) No (Acts 9:7)



Did the voice spell out on the spot what Paul’s duties were to be?

(a) Yes (Acts 26:16-18)

(b) No. The voice commanded Paul to go into the city of Damascus and there he will be told what he must do. (Acts9:7;22: 10)



When the Israelites dwelt in Shittin they committed adultery with the daughters of Moab. God struck them with a plague. How many people died in that plague?

(a) Twenty-four thousand (Numbers 25:1 and 9)

(b) Twenty-three thousand (I Corinthians 10:8)



How many members of the house of Jacob came to Egypt?

(a) Seventy souls (Genesis 4&27)

(b) Seventy-five souls (Acts 7:14)



What did Judas do with the blood money he received for betraying Jesus?

(a) He bought a field (Acts 1: 18)

(b) He threw all of it into the temple and went away. The priests could not put the blood money into the temple treasury, so they used it to buy a field to bury strangers (Matthew 27:5)



How did Judas die?

(a) After he threw the money into the temple he went away and hanged himself (Matthew 27:5)

(b) After he bought the field with the price of his evil deed he fell headlong and burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out (Acts 1:18)



Why is the field called “Field of Blood”?

(a) Because the priests bought it with the blood money (Matthew 27:8)

(b) Because of the bloody death of Judas therein (Acts 1:19)



Who is a ransom for whom?

(a) “The Son of Man came...to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). “Christ Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for all... “(I Timothy 2:5-6)

(b) “The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright” (Proverbs 21:18)



Is the law of Moses useful?

(a) Yes. “All scripture is... profitable...” (2 Timothy 3:16)

(b) No. “. . . A former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness... “(Hebrews 7:18)



What was the exact wording on the cross?

(a) “This is Jesus the King of the Jews” (Matthew 27:37)

(b) “The King of the Jews” (Mark 15:26)

(c) “This is the King of the Jews” (Luke 23:38)

(d) “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews” (John 19:19)



Did Herod want to kill John the Baptist?

(a) Yes (Matthew 14:5)

(b) No. It was Herodias, the wife of Herod who wanted to kill him. But Herod knew that he was a righteous man and kept him safe (Mark 6:20)



Who was the tenth disciple of Jesus in the list of twelve?

(a) Thaddaeus (Matthew 10: 1-4; Mark 3:13 -19)

(b) Judas son of James is the corresponding name in Luke’s gospel (Luke 6:12-16)



Jesus saw a man sitat the tax collector’s office and called him to be his disciple. What was his name?

(a) Matthew (Matthew 9:9)

(b) Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27)



Was Jesus crucified on the daytime before the Passover meal or the daytime after?

(a) After (Mark 14:12-17)

(b) Before. Before the feast of the Passover (John 1) Judas went out at night (John 13:30). The other disciples thought he was going out to buy supplies to prepare for the Passover meal (John 13:29). When Jesus was arrested, the Jews did not enter Pilate’s judgment hail because they wanted to stay clean to eat the Passover (John 18:28). When the judgment was pronounced against Jesus, it was about the sixth hour on the day of Preparation for the Passover (John 19:14)



Did Jesus pray to The Father to prevent the crucifixion?

(a) Yes. (Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42)

(b) No. (John 12:27)



In the gospels which say that Jesus prayed to avoid the cross, how many times did ‘he move away from his disciples to pray?

(a) Three (Matthew 26:36-46 and Mark 14:32-42)

(b) One. No opening is left for another two times. (Luke 22:39-46)



Matthew and Mark agree that Jesus went away and prayed three times. What were the words of the second prayer?

(a) Mark does not give the words but he says that the words were the same as the first prayer (Mark 14:3 9)

(b) Matthew gives us the words, and we can see that they are not the same as in the first (Matthew 26:42)



What did the centurion say when Jesus dies?

(a) “Certainly this man was innocent” (Luke 23:47)

(b) “Truly this man was the Son of God” (Mark 15:39)



When Jesus said “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken Me ? ” in what language did he speak?

(a) Hebrew: the words are “Eloi, Eloi …..“(Matthew 27:46)

(b) Aramaic: the words are “Eloi, Eloi ….. “(Mark 15:34)



According to the gospels, what were the last words of Jesus before he died?

(a) “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!” (Luke 23:46)

(b) "It is finished" (John 19:30).



When Jesus entered Capernaum he healed the slave of a centurion. Did the centurion come personally to request Jesus for this?

(a) Yes (Matthew 8:5)

(b) No. He sent some elders of the Jews and his friends (Luke 7:3,6)



(a) Adam was told that if and when he eats the forbidden fruit he would die the same day (Genesis 2:17)

(b) Adam ate the fruit and went on to live to a ripe old age of 930 years (Genesis 5:5)



(a) God decided that the life-span of humans will be limited to 120 years (Genesis 6:3)

(b) Many people born after that lived longer than 120. Arpachshad lived 438 years. His son Shelah lived 433 years. His son Eber lived 464 years, etc. (Genesis 11:12-16)



Apart from Jesus did anyone else ascend to heaven?

(a) No (John 3:13)

(b) Yes. “And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven” (2 Kings 2:11)



Who was high priest when David went into the house of God and ate the consecrated bread?

(a) Abiathar (Mark 2:26)

(b) Ahimelech, the father of Abiathar (I Samuel 1:1; 22:20)



Was Jesus’ body wrapped in spices before burial in accordance with Jewish burial customs?

(a) Yes and his female disciples witnessed his burial (John 19:39-40)

(b) No. Jesus was simply wrapped in a linen shroud. Then the women bought and prepared spices “so that they may go and anoint him [Jesus)” (Mark 16: 1)



When did the women buy the spices?

(a) After “the Sabbath was past” (Mark 16:1)

(b) Before the Sabbath. The women “prepared spices and ointments.” Then, “on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment” (Luke 23:55 to 24:1)



At what time of day did the women visit the tomb?

(a) “Toward the dawn” (Matthew 28: 1)

(b) “When the sun had risen” (Mark 16:2)



What was the purpose for which the women went to the tomb?

(a) To anoint Jesus’ body with spices (Mark 16: 1; Luke 23:55 to 24: 1)

(b) To see the tomb. Nothing about spices here (Matthew 28: 1)

(c) For no specified reason. In this gospel the wrapping with spices had been done before the Sabbath (John 20: 1)



A large stone was placed at the entrance of the tomb. Where was the stone when the women arrived?

(a) They saw that the stone was “Rolled back” (Mark 16:4) They found the stone “rolled away from the tomb” (Luke 24:2) They saw that “the stone had been taken away from the tomb” (John 20:1)

(b) As the women approached, an angel descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and conversed with the women. Matthew made the women witness the spectacular rolling away of the stone (Matthew 28:1-6)

Did anyone tell the women what happened to Jesus’ body?



(a) Yes. “A young man in a white robe” (Mark 16:5). “Two men ... in dazzling apparel” later described as angels (Luke 24:4 and 24:23). An angel - the one who rolled back the stone (Matthew 16:2). In each case the women were told that Jesus had risen from the dead (Matthew 28:7; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:5 footnote)

(b) No. Mary met no one and returned saying, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him” (John 20:2)



When did Mary Magdelene first meet the resurrected Jesus? And how did she react?

(a) Mary and the other women met Jesus on their way back from their first and only visit to the tomb. They took hold of his feet and worshipped him (Matthew 28:9)

(b) On her second visit to the tomb Mary met Jesus just outside the tomb. When she saw Jesus she did not recognize him. She mistook him for the gardener. She still thinks that Jesus’ body is laid to rest somewhere and she demands to know where. But when Jesus said her name she at once recognized him and called him “Teacher.” Jesus said to her, “Do not hold me...” (John 20:11 to 17)



What was Jesus’ instruction for his disciples?

(a) “Tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me” (Matthew 2 8: 10)

(b) “Go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God” (John 20:17)



When did the disciples return to Galilee?

(a) Immediately, because when they saw Jesus in Galilee “some doubted” (Matthew 28:17). This period of uncertainty should not persist

(b) After at least 40 days. That evening the disciples were still in Jerusalem (Luke 24:3 3). Jesus appeared to them there and told them, stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high” (Luke 24:49). He was appearing to them “during forty days” (Acts 1:3), and “charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise ... “(Acts 1:4)



To whom did the Midianites sell Joseph?

(a) “To the Ishmaelites” (Genesis 37:28)

(b) “To Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh” (Genesis 37:36)



Who brought Joseph to Egypt?

(a) The Ishmaelites bought Joseph and then “took Joseph to Egypt” (Genesis 37:28)

(b) “The Midianites had sold him in Egypt” (Genesis 37:36)

(c) Joseph said to his brothers “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt” (Genesis 45:4)



Does God change his mind?

(a) Yes. “The word of the Lord came to Samuel: “I repent that I have made Saul King...” (I Samuel 15:10 to 11)

(b) No. God “will not lie or repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent” (I Samuel 15:29)

(c) Yes. “And the Lord repented that he had made Saul King over Israel” (I Samuel 15:35). Notice that the above three quotes are all from the same chapter of the same book! In addition, the Bible shows that God repented on several other occasions:

i. “The Lord was sorry that he made man” (Genesis 6:6)

“I am sorry that I have made them” (Genesis 6:7)

ii. “And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people” (Exodus 32:14).

iii. (Lots of other such references).







The Bible says that for each miracle Moses and Aaron demonstrated the magicians did the same by their secret arts. Then comes the following feat:

(a) Moses and Aaron converted all the available water into blood (Exodus 7:20-21)

(b) The magicians did the same (Exodus 7:22). This is impossible, since there would have been no water left to convert into blood.



Who killed Goliath?

(a) David (I Samuel 17:23, 50)

(b) Elhanan (2 Samuel 21:19)



Who killed Saul?

(a) “Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.... Thus Saul died... (I Samuel 31:4-6)

(b) An Amalekite slew him (2 Samuel 1:1- 16)





Does every man sin?

(a) Yes. “There is no man who does not sin” (I Kings 8:46; see also 2 Chronicles 6:36; Proverbs 20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; and I John 1:810)

(b) No. True Christians cannot possibly sin, because they are the children of God. “Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God.. (I John 5:1). “We should be called children of God; and so we are” (I John 3: 1). “He who loves is born of God” (I John 4:7). “No one born of God commits sin; for God’s nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God” (I John 3:9). But, then again, Yes! “If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (I John 1:8)



Who will bear whose burden?

(a) “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2)

(b) “Each man will have to bear his own load” (Galatians 6:5)



How many disciples did Jesus appear to after his resurrection?

(a) Twelve (I Corinthians 15:5)

(b) Eleven (Matthew 27:3-5 and Acts 1:9-26, see also Matthew 28:16; Mark 16:14 footnote; Luke 24:9; Luke 24:3 3)



Where was Jesus three days after his baptism?

(a) After his baptism, “the spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days ... (Mark 1:12-13)

(b) Next day after the baptism, Jesus selected two disciples. Second day: Jesus went to Galilee - two more disciples. Third day: Jesus was at a wedding feast in Cana in Galilee (see John 1:35; 1:43; 2:1-11)



Was baby Jesus’ life threatened in Jerusalem?

(a) Yes, so Joseph fled with him to Egypt and stayed there until Herod died (Matthew 2:13 23)

(b) No. The family fled nowhere. They calmly presented the child at the Jerusalem temple according to the Jewish customs and returned to Galilee (Luke 2:21-40)



When Jesus walked on water how did the disciples respond?



(a) They worshipped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God” (Matthew 14:33)

(b) “They were utterly astounded, for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened” (Mark 6:51-52)



Gospel of Barnabas

If Barnabas is disciple of Jesus pbuh, why not you incorporate his gospel in next version of bible?

Why not you incorporate gospel of Barnabas in bible? We Muslims believe that gospel of Barnabas is free from interpolation and mischief. O Christians, is there no place of pure gospel in your bible???



Mark and Luke are not found in the biblical list of 12 disciples.

The earliest Gospel is that of Mark’s which was written about 60-75 AD. Mark was the son of Barnabas’s sister. Matthew was a tax collector, a minor official who did not travel around with Jesus. Luke’s Gospel was written much later, and in fact, drawn from the same sources as Mark’s and Matthew’s. Luke was Paul’s physician, and like Paul, never met Jesus. By the way, did you know that the names Marks and Luke were not included in the 12 appointed disciples of Jesus as mentioned in Matthew 10:2-4?



Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.