Biblical Mathematics -- #1 Trivia Quiz

Answer: 3

The correct answer is three. Exodus 20:1-17 states God gave Moses ten commandments on Mount Sinai while Mark 16:9 states Jesus drove seven demons out of Mary Magdalene. So when you subtract seven from ten, the answer is three.

Incidentally, here are the ten commandments, as they appear in the NKJV:
"And God spoke all these words, saying:
'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
'You shall have no other gods before Me.
'You shall not make for yourself a carved image -- any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
'Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
'You shall not murder.
'You shall not commit adultery.
'You shall not steal.
'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."

Answer: 9

The correct answer is nine. Adam and Eve, according to Scripture, had three children who were named -- Cain, Abel and Seth. (Yes, Genesis 5:4 states Adam and Eve had other sons and daughters, but no details are given as to how many children they had and their names. Note, the question is based on the number of NAMED children.)

Meanwhile, according to Matthew 26, Peter denied knowing Jesus three times. So, in other words, the question could read, what do you get when you multiply three times three? As a result, nine is the correct answer.

Answer: 75

The correct answer is seventy-five. There are one hundred and fifty Psalms in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament and according to Scripture Jesus calmed storms on two different occasions on the Sea of Galilee. So when you divide one hundred and fifty by two, the answer is seventy-five.

In regards to calming storms on the Sea of Galilee, details of the first miracle can be found in Matthew 8, Mark 4 and Luke 8. Details of the second miracle can be found in Matthew 14 and Mark 6. In the first incident, Christ was sleeping in a boat rowed by the disciples when He calmed the storm. In the second incident, the disciples encountered Christ walking on the water of the Sea of Galilee during a storm. In both cases He rebuked the waves and all was placid, Scripture states.

Answer: 42

The correct answer is forty-two. According to Genesis 35:22-26, Jacob had twelve sons while Judas Iscariot was given thirty pieces of silver to betray Jesus, as per Matthew 26:15. Add twelve and thirty, and you get forty-two.

According to Genesis 35:22-26 in the NKJV, here are the names of Jacob's sons: "Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun; the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin; the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant, were Dan and Naphtali; and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram."

According to Scripture, Judas Iscariot was filled with tremendous remorse after he betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver and ended up hanging himself, as per Matthew 26:14 to Matthew 27:3.

Answer: 108

The correct answer is one hundred and eight. You come to that number when you multiply four (the number of Jacob's wives and concubines) by the number of books in the New Testament, twenty-seven.

Jacob's wives were Leah and Rachel and his concubines were Bilhah and Zilpah.
There are twenty-seven books in the New Testament. In the order they appear, they are:
1.) Matthew
2.) Mark
3.) Luke
4.) John
5.) Acts
6.) Romans
7.) 1 Corinthians
8.) 2 Corinthians
9.) Galatians
10.) Ephesians
11.) Philippians
12.) Colossians
13.) 1 Thessalonians
14.) 2 Thessalonians
15.) 1 Timothy
16.) 2 Timothy
17.) Titus
18.) Philemon
19.) Hebrews
20.) James
21.) 1 Peter
22.) 2 Peter
23.) 1 John
24.) 2 John
25.) 3 John
26.) Jude
27.) Revelation

Answer: 47

The correct answer is forty-seven. According to details in the 37th chapter of Genesis, Joseph was seventeen years old when he was sold into slavery by his brothers. Despite his cruel fate, Joseph would ascend to become the second most powerful man in Egypt, according to Scripture. Meanwhile, Luke 3:23 states Jesus was thirty years old when He started His ministry.

The following verses in Luke tell of the genealogy of Jesus.

Answer: 250

Solomon had seven hundred wives, princesses and three hundred concubines for a total of one thousand, according to 1 Kings 11:3. (The verse goes on to state the women turned his heart away from God.) In the New Testament, there are four Gospels -- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John -- and when you divide one thousand by four you get the answer two hundred and fifty.

The Gospels describe the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and are found at the beginning of the New Testament.

Answer: 78

The correct answer is 78. According to Exodus 7:7, Moses was eighty years old when he first appeared before the Pharaoh to seek permission to lead the Isrealites out of Egypt. According to John 6:9, a little boy provided two fish (along with five loaves of bread) to Jesus to feed a multitude. Subtract two from eighty, and you get seventy-eight.

According to John 6:10, five thousand men were fed with the pittance of food. However, most theologians conclude the number fed was much higher, possibly as many as fifteen thousand, and the number does not include women and children. As per the custom of the day, women and children were not included in census figures and the like.

Answer: 6

Abraham had two sons -- Isaac by Sarah and Ishmael by Hagar. According to 2 Corinthians 11:25, the apostle Paul was shipwrecked three different times. So, multiply two by three and the answer is six.

However, Paul endured much more suffering than surviving three shipwrecks. The apostle to the Gentiles, in 2 Corinthians 11:24-25, states five times he was whipped, receiving forty lashes minus one, three times he was beaten with rods, and once he was stoned. On top of all this, Paul states he was in constant danger while often hungry, cold, weak and unable to sleep.

Answer: 15

The correct answer is fifteen. The Pentateuch refers to the first five books of the Old Testament -- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Meanwhile, Scripture states Jesus rose from the dead after three days. Multiply five by three and the answer is fifteen.

Conservative scholars believe the first five books were written by Moses but a number of modern theologians see things differently. Details about Jesus rising from the dead three days after His crucifixion can be found in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.