Hardest Biblical Geography - Mapping Out the Events, #5 Trivia Quiz | Religion

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1. In the book of Revelation, the apostle John tells of the fate of seven different churches -- Ephesus, Laodicea, Smyrna, Philadelphia, Sardis, Thyatria and Pergamum. In what modern country were these churches located?

Answer: Turkey

The correct answer is Turkey. A number of these cities are now ruins.

2. In Revelation 1:9, John says he wrote the book of Revelation while in exile on the island of Patmos. In what sea is this rocky, isolated island found?

Answer: Aegean Sea

The correct answer is the Aegean Sea. The wind-swept island is part of Greece, in the Dodecanese chain.

3. Revelation 2:1-7 tells of a church in a city which has many accomplishments, but yet is guilty of forsaking its first love. What is the city in question?

Answer: Ephesus

The correct answer is Ephesus. Revelation 2: 2-5 states: "I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place." Ephesus was situated on the western coast of present-day Turkey.

4. Revelation 3:1-6 tells of a church in a city that has a reputation for being alive, but is actually dead. Which city is being referred to?

Answer: Sardis

The correct answer is Sardis. Verses 1 to 6 state: "I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent.

But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you." Sardis was in the western part of what is present-day Turkey.

5. Revelation 2:18-29 tells of a church in a particular city with an evil prophetess. What's the name of the city?

Answer: Thyatira

The correct answer is Thyatira. Revelation 2:19-22 states: "I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways." Thyatira is now known as Akhisar and is in the western part of present-day Turkey.

6. Acts 10:9-16 tells of Peter having a vision of heaven being opened up and a large sheet being let down with all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. In what community did he have this vision?

Answer: Joppa

The correct answer is Joppa, a community on the Mediterranean Sea in modern day Israel. It is now known as Jaffa and is part of Tel Aviv. While Peter had his vision, a voice stated "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat." In Acts 10:8, it gives Peter's location as Joppa.

7. Matthew 27:32 tells of a man called Simon being forced to carry the crucifixion cross for part of the journey for Jesus. Where was he from? (Similar passages can be found in Mark 15:21 and Luke 23:26.)

Answer: Cyrene

The correct answer is Cyrene, a city in what is now Libya, in northern Africa.

8. In the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John, it is told that a rich man named Joseph asked Pilate for permission to bury Jesus' body after the crucifixion. According to Mark 15:42-45, from what community did Joseph come?

Answer: Arimathea

Arimathea, a community in Judea, is the correct answer. Mark 15: 43-46 states: "Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.

When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock.

Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb." Arimathea was a community in Judea whose exact location is unknown.

9. According to study notes in the NIV Study Bible as well as the NKJV Study Bible, where do scholars believe John the Baptist was imprisoned?

Answer: Machaerus

Although there is no specific mention in the Bible, theologians believe John the Baptist was imprisoned in Machaerus. The information about John the Baptist being imprisoned in Machaerus is contained in the reports of Josephus, a first century Jewish historian. According to Wikipedia, Machaerus was a fortress and is now located in Jordan, about 15 miles southeast of the mouth of the Jordan River.

10. John 3:1-21 tells of a meeting at night between Jesus and Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. Where did the meeting take place?

Answer: No specific place is mentioned

The correct answer is that no specific place is given. However, many theologians believe the meeting took place not far from Jerusalem. It was during this meeting that Jesus made the famous statement in John 3:16 -- "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Source: Author Cowrofl

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Biblical Geography - Mapping Out the Events, #5 Quiz

I love doing FunTrivia quizzes on the Bible and geography. So I put the two subjects together and came up with a geography quiz based on events in the New Testament. This is my fifth installment. (The NIV was used for this quiz.)

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