All Alone in the Old and New Testaments Quiz

Answer: Moses

Moses, it appears, was near the end of his rope when he poured his hear out to God, saying he was "not able to bear all these people alone". In the next verse in the NKJV, Moses goes on to tell God, "If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now -- if I have found favor in Your sight -- and do not let me see my wretchedness!"

Scripture goes on to tell of God instructing Moses to select seventy men to serve as elders to provide assistance in leading the Israelites.

Answer: Elijah

Elijah was a prophet of God who was a major adversary of King Ahab and his wicked wife Jezebel. According to Scripture, Ahab and Jezebel were committed to having Israel worship false gods and they took action to kill all prophets of God. Try as they may, however, they could never remove Elijah from the scene.

1 Kings 18 tells of Elijah having a dramatic showdown with four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. In Verse 22, Elijah proclaimed he alone was left as a prophet of God and he was vastly outnumbered by the prophets of Baal. Nevertheless, Elijah set up a competition in which he would call upon God to ignite a sacrificial offering on Mount Carmel while his four hundred and fifty adversaries would call on Baal. Elijah, of course, was the clear winner.

According to 1 Kings 18:40, after the showdown on Mount Carmel, the defeated prophets of Baal were taken to Brook Kishon and executed.

Answer: Job

Job is the correct answer. Job 1:18-19 tells of an unnamed messenger informing Job his seven sons and three daughters were killed when a windstorm demolished the house they were in. The messenger concluded by stating, "I alone have escaped to tell you!"

Actually, this was the fourth messenger to visit Job with devastating news. The first messenger informed Job a raiding party killed his servants and stole all his donkeys. Then a second messenger told Job, "the fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants," as per Job 1:16 in the NKJV. Then a third messenger told him a raiding party killed his servants and stole all his camels. In every case, the messengers told Job, "I alone have escaped to tell you."

Answer: Jephthah

Jephthah, a judge of Israel, made an oath with God and his unnamed daughter ended up paying with her life. The bizarre story is told in Judges 11:29-40. According to the passage in the NKJV, Jephthah was leading the Israelites in a heated battle against the Amonites when he pledged to God he would sacrifice the first thing that came out the doors of his house, "if You will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hands."

When God delivered the Amonites into Jephthah's hands, he returned home and was horrified when his only child, a daughter, was the first one out of his house to greet him.

Surprisingly, Jephthah's daughter took the news that she would become a sacrificial offering to God in stride. In Judges 11:37, his daughter is quoted as telling him: "Let this thing be done for me: let me alone for two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains and bewail my virginity, my friends and I."

Two months later, she returned to Jephthah and he carried out his vow to God.

Answer: Psalms

The verse is from Psalm 4:8. The Psalm was written by David, a noted king of Israel. To put the verse in context, here's how Psalm 4:7-8 reads in the NKJV: "You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the season that their grain and wine increased. I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety."

Out of one hundred and fifty Psalms that appear in the Old Testament, David is credited with writing more than seventy of them.

Answer: Satan

Jesus made the statement to Satan while he was trying to tempt Him during a forty day fast in the desert. The devil had previously told Jesus, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." That's when Christ responded, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"

Despite three different attempts to tempt Christ, the devil was unsuccessful.

Answer: A woman who anointed Jesus with expensive oil

Jesus made the statement after a woman anointed Him with expensive oil in Bethany at the house of Simon the Leper. Mark 14:3-9 in the NKJV states a woman anointed Jesus with "very costly oil of spikenard" and some were critical of the woman, saying the fragrant oil could have been sold and the proceeds given to the poor.

In response to the criticism, Jesus is quoted as saying: "Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me. For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; but Me you do not have always.

She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial."

Answer: Martha

Martha, the sister of Lazarus and Mary, made the statement to Jesus. While Martha and Mary were sisters, Scripture indicates they had completely different personalities. While Martha was industrious, Mary was insightful.

Their differences are abundantly apparent in Luke 10:38-42. The passage tells of Martha being busy preparing things for a gathering in their house while Mary sat at Jesus' feet listening to Him speak.

When Martha complained to Jesus that Mary should be helping her, He responded by saying in the NKJV: "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her."

Answer: Gamaliel

Gamaliel was the high priest, and his decision to let the followers of Jesus alone would have a dramatic impact on the spread of the Gospel message. No longer were the members of the early church regarded as criminals and severely persecuted. With a break in opposition, early church workers apparently seized the opportunity to win as many converts as possible.

In backing up his point of view, Gamaliel made reference to false prophets called Theudas and Judas of Galilee. After the two false prophets died, their followers were scattered and their movements died.

In Acts 5:38-39 in the NKJV, Gamaliel proclaimed: "... keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it -- lest you even be found to fight against God."

Scripture goes on to tell of the council agreeing with him.

Answer: Elijah

The missing name from Matthew 27:49 is Elijah, a prophet of God from the Old Testament. In other words, when Jesus was dying in agony on the cross, His opponents were mocking Him. Their logic was, if Jesus claimed to be the Son of God, why doesn't Elijah come to save Him? A similar statement pertaining to Elijah saving Jesus appears in Mark 15:36.

The opponents of Christ, however, failed to realize that Jesus came to the earth in the form of a human to save mankind, and that His death on the cross would be the ultimate sin offering.