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Forgive them, Father... Trivia Quiz

My name is John... the disciple that Jesus loved. And I'm the last one left. We were twelve at the beginning, and then Judas Iscariot... Well, after our Lord ascended, the rest of us carried on. We built His Church... but at such a cost!

A multiple-choice quiz by reedy. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
reedy

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

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350,205

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. The first of us to fall was the hardest for me to accept. My own brother was killed by Herod Agrippa. We were the 'sons of thunder'; our father Zebedee raised us well. Do you remember my brother? Hint

James (the Greater)

Simon the Zealot

Judas Thaddaeus

Bartholomew

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Question 2 of 10

2. Conflicting reports came from the Phrygian city of Hierapolis - some said that my fellow apostle had been whipped, imprisoned, and then crucified - others said that he had been tied to a pillar and stoned. Either way, he gave his life for our Lord and saviour. Who was it? Hint

Bartholomew

Thomas

Phillip

James (the Lesser)

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Question 3 of 10

3. It was during Passover in Jerusalem when this apostle was thrown from the roof of the temple. The fall only broke his legs, and he continued preaching! As they began stoning him, he prayed, "Lord, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." At last, his agony ended when a man struck him in the head and killed him. Who died this martyr's death? Hint

James (the Lesser)

Judas Thaddaeus

Thomas

Bartholomew

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Question 4 of 10

4. I remember when our Lord was about to be crucified, Peter denied knowing Him out of fear, but I learned that when he refused to deny Jesus again publicly, the Roman executioners crucified him in the same way as the Christ. Is that how it's really thought to have happened?

Yes

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Question 5 of 10

5. Only six years after his brother's death, my fellow apostle Andrew also went to be with our Lord when he was martyred in the town of Patras, in Achaia. In what kind of tree does tradition say they crucified him? Hint

Jacaranda

Cypress

Olive

Chestnut

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Question 6 of 10

6. Sometime between 60 and 70 A.D., Matthew went into Africa after writing his Gospel. After King Hytacus took the throne, Matthew was arrested, nailed to the ground with spears, then beheaded. Where did this occur? Hint

Carthage

Egypt

Ethiopia

Mauritania

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Question 7 of 10

7. Reports came from India that this apostle had been destroying images of the sun god when he was seized, tortured with hot metal rods, and thrown into a fiery furnace. When the fire didn't burn him they threw spears at him until they killed him. Who was it? Hint

Phillip

Thomas

Bartholomew

Simon the Zealot

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Question 8 of 10

8. Originally known by the name of Nathanael, this apostle's fate was unclear. I heard alternately that he had been beheaded and also that he had been flayed alive before being beheaded. By what name was he known towards the end of his life? Hint

Phillip

Simon the Zealot

Judas Thaddaeus

Bartholomew

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Question 9 of 10

9. Reports from Mesopotamia came to me telling of this apostle, who had been beaten to death with sticks by pagan priests. At least he did not betray his Lord as did the other that carried his name. Hint

Simon the Zealot

Judas Thaddaeus

Phillip

Thomas

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Question 10 of 10

10. I could not verify whether or not this apostle was crucified with Judas Thaddaeus, or whether he was killed in Jerusalem where he was acting as Bishop of the Church with much zeal. I may never know. Who was it? Hint

Simon the Zealot

Bartholomew

Phillip

Thomas

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1. The first of us to fall was the hardest for me to accept. My own brother was killed by Herod Agrippa. We were the 'sons of thunder'; our father Zebedee raised us well. Do you remember my brother?

Answer: James (the Greater)

The martyrdom of James (the Greater) was the next recorded in the Bible after that of Stephen, the first Christian martyr.

Acts 12:1,2 - "It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword."

Biblical scholars place the martyrdom of James, son of Zebedee, as circa 44-45 A.D.

Answer: Phillip

Dating of Phillip's martyrdom is inexact, just as the details of his death are not certain. Scholarly estimates put it between 51 and 54 A.D. Phillip's ministry took him primarily to Samaria, Turkey and Syria before his death.

Answer: James (the Lesser)

James, son of Alphaeus, had been appointed as the leader of the Christian Church in Jerusalem. That was a job rife with danger, being right in the city where Jesus had been killed.

Answer: No

According to Eusebius (a Roman historian whose writings recorded many of the apostles' deaths), Peter did not feel worthy to be killed in the same manner as his Master, and he insisted on being crucified upside down instead. Nero was the ruler of Rome at the time, which is estimated to have been circa 64 A.D.

Answer: Olive

Hippolytus of Rome, a 3rd century theologian, wrote of Andrew's death at the order of the local Roman governor, Aegaeas, when Andrew faced him and demanded that he cease persecuting Christians. Andrew was not nailed to the olive tree, but was tied to it. It took him over three days to die. The estimated year of Andrew's martyrdom is 70 A.D.

Answer: Ethiopia

Matthew's death is estimated at 70 A.D., occurring at Nad-Davar. Reportedly, Matthew was arrested while preaching in his church, where they killed him on the spot. Before Hytacus became King, the ruler of Ethiopia had been King Aeglippus, who had been much more supportive of Christianity.

Answer: Thomas

Thomas' death happened at Calamene, where he was then buried. His death is estimated as circa 70 A.D. Along the way to his mission to India he preached to the Parthians, Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Bactrians, and Margians.

Answer: Bartholomew

While the manner of his death has differing reports, all agree that Nathanael/Bartholomew was martyred, circa 70 A.D. It was said that he was killed by the order of Astyages, the brother of King Polymius of Armenia, whom Bartholomew had reportedly converted to Christianity.

Answer: Judas Thaddaeus

The death of Judas Thaddaeus is estimated as being approximately 72 A.D. At one time, while Jesus still lived, the Bible records, "Judas said to him (not Iscariot), Lord, how is it that you will show yourself to us, and not unto the world?" (John 14:22). Scripture reports that he eventually saw that question answered when he witnessed Jesus' ascension into heaven.

Answer: Simon the Zealot

The conflicting reports put the time of Simon's death in question, from as early as 65 A.D. (for both Judas Thaddaeus and Simon the Zealot together), to approximately 74 A.D. Simon became the leader of the Church at Jerusalem after James the Lesser.

Source: Author reedy

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