Biblical Mathematics -- #2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: 3

The correct answer is three. According to the book of Genesis, Jacob had only one daughter. Her name was Dinah, as reported in Genesis 30:21. In addition to Dinah, Jacob was the father of twelve sons. According to John 11:1, Lazarus had two sisters, Mary and Martha. So, when you take one and add two more, your get three.

According to Scripture, Dinah was defiled by Shechem and her brothers Simeon and Levi went on a ruthless killing spree out of vengeance. Meanwhile, John 11 tells of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, even though he had been dead for four days and the body was emitting a foul odor.

Answer: 15

The correct answer is fifteen.

According to Scripture, Joshua and the Israelites marched around Jericho once on each of six consecutive days and then seven times on the seventh day, and the walls came tumbling down, so making thirteen times in total. According to Joshua 6, the Israelites scored a convincing military victory over the people of Jericho after the walls of the city collapsed.

Meanwhile, Luke is credited with writing two books in the New Testament -- the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts. Luke was a physician and his two books are addressed to Theophilus.

Answer: 2

The correct answer is two. According to Genesis 41:3, the Pharaoh saw seven "ugly and gaunt" cows in his dream. Previously, he had seen seven "fine looking and fat cows" in his dream. Meanwhile, John is traditionally credited with writing five books in the New Testament.

The books are the Gospel of John, First John, Second John, Third John and Revelation. Some theologians, however, dispute the belief the writer of Revelation was the same John who was one of the original Twelve Disciples of Jesus.

Answer: 15

The correct answer is fifteen. According to Scripture, David took five stones and put them in his pouch before entering battle against the Philistine gaint Goliath. It would turn out that David needed only one stone to accomplish the seemingly impossible victory.

Meanwhile, Scripture tells of Jesus raising three people from the dead. They are Jairus' daughter, the widow's son at Nain and Lazarus.

Multiply five by three and you get the answer -- fifteen.

The account of Jesus raising Jairus' daughter from the dead can be found in Mark 5:43 and Luke 8:40-56, while the raising of the widow's son from the dead at Nain is found in Luke 7:11-17. Meanwhile, the account of Jesus raising Lazarus from dead is found in John 11:17-44.

Answer: 21

The correct answer is twenty-one. According to Scripture, those saved on the ark were Noah and his wife as well as his three sons and their wives. The sons' names were Shem, Ham and Japheth. The account of Noah and his wife and his three sons and their wives entering the ark to escape the floodwaters can be found in Genesis 7:13. In other words, eight people were saved on the ark.

Meanwhile, Paul is credited with writing thirteen books in the New Testament. The books are:
1.) Romans
2.) 1 Corinthians
3.) 2 Corinthians
4.) Galatians
5.) Ephesians
6.) Philippians
7.) Colossians
8.) 1 Thessalonians
9.) 2 Thessalonians
10.) 1 Timothy
11.) 2 Timothy
12.) Titus
13.) Philemon

Some theologians suspect Paul wrote Hebrews, but there is no smoking gun to confirm such a view.

Answer: 6

Israel consisted of twelve tribes. Meanwhile, Luke 12:6 in the NKJV, quotes Jesus as saying five sparrows were sold for two copper coins.

The twelve tribes of Israel, with the exception of the Levites, were allotted land in Canaan, Scripture states.

To put Luke 12:6 in context, here's how Luke 12:4-7 quotes Jesus in the NKJV:

"'And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!
"'Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows'."

Answer: 4

According to Scripture, Isaac and Rebekah had two children, twin boys who were called Esau and Jacob. Peter is credited with writing two books in the New Testament, and they're titled First Peter and Second Peter. Multiply two times two and you get the answer four.

According to Scripture, Isaac favored Esau while Rebekah favored Jacob.

Answer: 11

The correct answer is eleven, the total you get when you add two and nine together. According to Genesis 4:19, Lamech had two wives, Adah and Zillah. This is the first incidence of polygamy in the Bible. According to Luke 17:11-19, Jesus cleansed ten lepers, but only one returned to give thanks. Scripture states the one leper who did return to thank Jesus was a Samaritan, a group of people the Jews despised in Biblical times.

Answer: 9

The answer is nine. Jacob served Laban a total of fourteen years to win the hand of Rachel and the Samaritan woman was married five times before she met Jesus at the well, according to John 4:18. It's in the same chapter, Jesus makes the great declaration in John 4:14 "...but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."

According to Scripture, Jacob agreed to work for Laban for seven years to win Rachel's hand, but Laban deceived him and gave him his daughter Leah instead. So, Jacob agreed to work another seven years -- for a total of fourteen years -- to earn the right to marry Rachel.

Answer: 929

Methuselah was nine hundred and sixty-nine years old at the time of his death, as per Genesis 5:27. Methuselah was the oldest man in the Bible. According to Matthew 4:2, Jesus fasted in the wilderness for forty days and forty nights and then was tempted by Satan. So take nine hundred and sixty-nine and subtract forty and you get the answer, nine hundred and twenty-nine.