Biblical Dreams Trivia Quiz

Answer: His wife

Matthew 27:19 KJV says: "When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."

Pilate's wife (Abrokia) sent a message to her husband as he was holding court over Jesus, asking him to have nothing to do with condemning Jesus because of her dream. God must have shown her fearful things that could befall her and her family, as well as Israel. But why? Christians believe Jesus' death was ordained. Perhaps both Pilate and his wife were simply meant to be a testament of Jesus as King of the Jews, and an innocent man, dying for the sins of mankind. Judas Iscariot believed Jesus to be King even as he betrayed Him with that identifying kiss. Pilate washed his hands in full view of the crowd below, telling them Jesus was a "Just" man, and that he was innocent of his blood.

Answer: Abimelech

Genesis 20:3-7 (KJV) reads as follows: "But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine."

Abraham and Sarah devised this ruse of telling people they were brother and sister when passing through lands they weren't familiar with. While they were husband and wife, they were indeed also half brother and sister. They had the same father but different mothers. So they only told half-lies, which meant they also told half-truths. King Abimelech of Gerar found Sarah worthy of being taken as a wife or concubine even though she was now 90 years old. However, God told the king in a dream that Sarah was a married woman and that he must send her back to her husband. Abimelech made a plea to God because he didn't know about the ruse. He truthfully said to God he had not touched Sarah. God informed him that he was well aware of that and added that he kept Abimelech from touching Sarah. After reproving both Abraham and Sarah, she was set free and the king provided for them with livestock and silver. Abraham prayed to God to restore the wombs of Abimelech's household. God heard Abraham's prayer; the wombs of the king's household were opened.

Author's note: It's worth mentioning that God had promised Abraham and Sarah a child in the same year as she was taken by Abimelech. Perhaps that's why he suffered the king to touch her not upon threat of death.

Answer: False

Genesis 28:12 KJV reads: "And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it."

Have you sung the song "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder"? Jacob had the dream of a ladder that went from earth to heaven and he saw angels descending and ascending it. In the dream God promised Jacob and his descendants the land upon which he slept and His protection thereof. Verse 15 says, "And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of."

Jacob awoke, and taking the stone he used as a pillow, set it as a pillar, and anointed it; and the place that was called Luz, Jacob renamed Bethel, meaning "The House of God".

Answer: Jacob

Genesis 31:24 (KJV) reads: "And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad."

Jacob fell in love with his cousin Rachel and asked her father (his uncle) what was the price for marrying her. He was told by his uncle Laban that it was seven years labor from him. Jacob fulfilled the servitude, but Laban gave him Leah, the older daughter, saying it was customary to marry off the older before the younger daughter. Again Jacob labored seven years to marry Rachel. Jacob labored with Laban for twenty years. In that time Laban made ten deals with him, even concerning livestock he might have. God finally sent Jacob on his way with all that Laban had owed him. As they fled Rachel took her father's images or idols. Laban went after Jacob but, while he slept, God forbade him to speak either good or bad to Jacob. God wanted Jacob back in the land He promised him so he told Laban not to speak kindly to Jacob so that he might be lured back, or harshly as Jacob had done his servitude and now He was sending him home.

As for the images, no doubt these were silver or gold family heirlooms with engravings probably of Laban, and expensive. Perhaps they were the family's savings. Rachel obviously knew their value. Maybe she took them as recompense for all the years her father kept Jacob and her apart, and the hardship Jacob endured. Jacob told Laban to slay whomever he found with the images. Rachel devised a way of keeping the images and her life. Jacob had no idea his beloved Rachel had stolen the images. (Genesis 31:34-35, KJV)

Answer: False

Matthew 2:12 (KJV) says: "And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way."

Herod was anxious for his reign as king. All this news about a newborn king was making him very insecure. When he heard the Wise Men say they were searching for the babe, he asked them to return to him with word if they found him. Herod's only desire was to protect his throne at any and all costs, even the death of a child. However, God wanted the news about the birth of His son to spread throughout the lands. He visited the Three Wise Men (Magi) in a dream and told them to depart another way. As treacherous as King Herod was he no doubt would have put them to death to seal their lips. They heeded their dream and returned to their lands with news of the newborn king's birth, Jesus Christ.

Answer: Prophesy

Jeremiah 23:32 (KJV) says: "Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD."

This verse urges readers to beware false prophets, people who for their own aggrandizement say they are called of God, yet they show no evidence of God in their daily walk or talk or deeds. Their every action is misleading to God's people. Jeremiah continually admonished the Israelites to not believe in these "false prophets", saying that God truly spoke through him, and God was sick and tired of His people being lied to and misled by people who only sought to make a name for themselves as they turned His children away from Him and His laws and His goodness. Jeremiah states that when God calls someone, He fully equips them to do that which will be beneficial to His flock. He will not send His messengers ill-equipped to minister to His children as these "false prophets" were doing.

Answer: Gibeon

1 Kings 3:5 (KJV) says: "In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, ask what I shall give thee."

Verse 4 gives us the background: "And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar."

How wise a king was Solomon, even as he was naive as to how he was to rule such a great people as the Israelites. God came to the young (early 20s) man in a dream and inquired what Solomon wished to be given. Solomon sought of God how to be a wise king, how to rule God's children so that they would be a joy in His sight. He asked nothing for himself other than understanding of how to best serve God's people. How pleased was God to commune with a young man of such heart. God not only gave Solomon the desires of his heart, He also gave him that which he did not seek (verse 13), and promised Solomon longevity if he walked as his father David did.

Answer: Magicians

Genesis 41:8 (KJV) says: "And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh."

Pharaoh was so upset by his dream that he asked those who were versed in the stars, math, the decoding of hieroglyphics and such to tell him the meaning of his dream. However, none of them could. Later events showed that it was to be revealed by God, in His time, and by His means.

Answer: A Midianite's

Judges 7:13 (KJV) tells us: "And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along."

Gold sent Gideon down to the camp of the enemy to eavesdrop and hear from the lips of his enemy that the ensuing battle was the Israelites and that the Midianites would be routed. Hearing the dream, Gideon not only believed, he knew how to win the battle.

God had already told Gideon that the battle with the Midianites would be won by the Israelites; however, we see time and again in the Bible that frailty causes people to show weakness even with God on their side. The Midianites were a vast people. God wanted the Israelites to win the battle with His leadership, to strengthen them; he did not want them to win with a huge army and be boastful of power in numbers. God chose 300 men to battle the vast number of Midianites. They went into battle with a lantern in one hand and a horn in the other. Reading the chapter, you'll discover that God chose the 300 weakest men to go into battle. This was done to further show the Israelites who was protecting them day and night. With even the weakest among them, as long as they trusted God, they would be a strong and mighty nation.

Answer: The Chief Butler

Genesis 40:9-11 (KJV) reads: "And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand."

Read the interpretation of the dream in verses 12-13.

Yep! This is the same Joseph whose brothers sold him into slavery because they were so jealous of this dreamer. Gone were his brothers, his doting father Jacob, and the precious coat of many colors Jacob gave him. Joseph was now a slave in Egypt. However, he had an amazing gift for interpreting dreams. He did so for the chief butler and baker and eventually earned an audience with the Pharaoh himself to interpret his dreams. As a result Joseph was exalted in the Pharaoh's house, and would once again come face to face with the brothers who had sold him into slavery.

Author's note: This is a great Bible story. It's the ultimate good from evil, help from hurt story. It helps me to look deeper than the surface to see the good in any bad situation.