Count DOWN to ONE: Some Bible Numbers Quiz

Answer: THREE

Bishop Fulton Sheen remarked in his sermon on Good Friday in 1979 that Pilate "tried it all" - including change of venue (Herod), dismissal by technicality (offering Barabbas' release), and denying authority (washing his hands). But he did give death as a verdict, after saying three times that Jesus was innocent: Luke 23:4 ("I find no fault in this man"), 23:14-15 ("have found no fault in this man"), and 23:22 ("I have found no cause of death in him...").

Answer: NINE

From Galatians 5, verses 22 and 23, the fruits are listed as love, joy, peace, longsuffering (or forbearance), gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance (or self-control.

Answer: TWO

Luke 6:16 says, "... and Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor." The Judas who survived past the crucifixion of Jesus has been called Jude, and Judas Thaddaeus, among other names.

Answer: FOUR

Joshua 5:6 says, "For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed." Forty years equals four decades in the desert.

Answer: EIGHT

The gospel of Matthew (5:3-10) taught the Beatitudes to and for the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the merciful, the pure of heart, the peacemakers, and the persecuted. Some say there are nine Beatitudes, and upon researching, I found most resources say "eight" combining the last two "Blesseds" as the persecution Beatitude.

Answer: TEN

Genesis 1, verses 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26, 28, 29 list the phrase ten times. Verse 3 begins the list with "And God said 'Let there be light...' " and ends with the tenth iteration of "And God said, 'Behold, I have given you...' " with the gifts of food.

Answer: ONE

Acts 20:9 tells of Eutychus, "And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead." But there was a happy ending! Paul embraced Eutychus, and the young man lived.

Answer: FIVE

Matthew 25:1-2 says, "Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish." The tale of the ten virgins meeting the bridegroom followed Jesus' predictions of woe and told of end-of-time signs in chapter 24; he told of the need to be ready.

Answer: SIX

Taken in context, the reference is to labor being limited to six days, and that the seventh day as the Sabbath must be kept holy. "Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death." (Exodus 31:15)

Answer: SEVEN

In 2 Kings 5:14, we read of Elisha telling Naaman the cure, and Naaman angrily protesting. Naaman's servants reasoned with him and he heeded the prophet's directions, and was cured. Naaman then praised God.