Oh No! It's a Bible Quiz About 'Yes'

Answer: Sarah

The correct answer is Sarah. It's a bit of a long story, but the 20th chapter of Genesis tells of Abraham and Sarah moving to Gerar and pretending to be brother and sister. Notes in the NKJV Study Bible suggest if they had not staged such a ruse, Abraham could've been killed by a power-hungry leader who wanted to add Sarah to his harem.

Well, Abilmelech, king of Gerar, proceeded to add Sarah to his harem, but did not kill Abraham thinking he was her brother. Afterwards, God appeared to Abilmelech in a dream with the end result Sarah was set free, untouched by the king.

Incidentally, the word 'yes' appears more than 200 times in the English Bible.

Answer: yesterday

Yes, the correct answer is yesterday, or for the purpose of this quiz 'yes'terday. The unchanging nature of Jesus Christ is also mentioned at the start of Hebrews -- Chapter 1, Verse 12.

Incidentally, the word yesterday appears nine times in the NKJV Bible -- seven times in the Old Testament and twice in the New Testament.

Answer: No

No, there is no place in Scripture called 'Yes'. But yes, there is a place called 'No'

However, there is a place called Yeshebi, or 'Yes'shebi for the purpose of this quiz. The Web site Christiananswers.net, has this to say about the name Yeshebi: "Yeshebi -- the Hebrew word rendered 'inhabitants' in Joshua 17:7 (KJV), but probably rather the name of the village Yeshepheh, probably Yassuf, 8 miles south of Shechem."

Incidentally, the place called 'No' appears in Jeremiah 46:25-26, in the NKJV. The passage states: "The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of No, and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their gods and their kings -- Pharaoh and those who trust in him. And I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of his servants. Afterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old,' says the LORD."

According to Christiananswers.net, No was the name of Thebes, the ancient capital of what is called the Middle Empire, in Upper or Southern Egypt. The same Web site states No means the home of Amon.

"The multitude of No (Jeremiah 46:25) is more correctly rendered, as in the Revised Version, 'Amon of No'" Christiananswers.net reports.

The NIV Bible, however, uses the term "Amon god of Thebes" rather than Amon of No.

Answer: Rahab

Rahab is the correct answer. Scripture states the king of Jericho received word Rahab was harboring Israelite spies. However, when the king sent emissaries to her house, they didn't find any evidence of the spies.

Joshua 2:4-6, tells of Rahab responding to the king's representatives: "'Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, they left. I don't know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.' (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.) So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut."

Answer: David

The correct answer is David. It's a bit of a bizarre story, but according to the 24th chapter of 1 Samuel, Saul, while in an all-out effort to kill David, went into a cave to relieve himself, not knowing David had taken refuge not far from where he was attending to his needs. Scripture reports David sneaked up behind Saul and secretly cut off a corner of Saul's robe.

Later, David would produce the corner of the robe to Saul, proving he had no motive to kill the king, this even though Saul was bound and determined to kill David.

Answer: Solomon

Solomon is traditionally credited with writing the book but some theologians dispute this belief. In my opinion, however, the evidence is pretty convincing Solomon was the author.

As per notes in the NKJV Study Bible, the author says he was the son of King David of Jerusalem (1:1 12, 16) and he says he had more wisdom than all who before him (1:16.) Then there's the statement from Ecclesiastes 2:7, as featured in the question. There is more evidence Solomon is the writer, but we'll save that for discussion in another quiz.

Answer: Paul

Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, is the correct answer. He is credited with writing no less than 13 books in the New Testament with 1 Corinthians being one of them.

The book was addressed to believers in the early church at Corinth.

The book was written by Paul and is addressed to believers in Corinth. Ancient Corinth was part of Greece and a modern-day city bears the name Corinth. Fittingly, 1 Corinthians is followed by 2 Corinthians.

Paul had received reports from Chloe's household about division in the church (1 Corinthians 1:11) and he apparently responded by writing the book.

Answer: 2 Corinthians

The passage is from 2 Corinthians 1:20. Similar to 1 Corinthians, the book was written by Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles.

To put the verse in context, here's how 2 Corinthians 1:18-22 reads in the NKJV: "But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us -- by me, Silvanus, and Timothy -- was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes. For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee."

Answer: James

The verse comes from James 5:12.

Notes in the NKJV Study Bible have this to say about the verse: "James i not forbidding a believer from taking an oath in court or invoking God to witness to some significant statement (see 1 Thessalonians 2:5). Instead he is prohibiting the ancient practice of appealing to a variety of different objects to confirm the veracity of one's statement. This practice was extremely close to idolatry, for it implied such objects contained spirits."

The notes go to state the warning in Verse 12 is a reminder to be extremely careful about the words we say. "We should not use God's name in a reckless manner; and we should be careful to speak the truth," the notes states.

Although the book is named after James, no one knows for sure who he was. Some believe the book was written by the half-brother of Jesus while others insist the brother of John was the author. Other possibilities are James, the son of Alphaeus and James the father of the apostle called Judas.

Notes in the NKJV Study Bible also state James was a common name in the days of the early church. The beginning sentence in the book says "James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ." With that claim, James could have been practically any Christian with such a name.

Answer: Martha

The statement was made by Martha, the sister of Lazarus and Mary.

Yes, she's the one who became irritable when Mary was listening to Jesus while she was busy preparing food for the guests.

Luke 10:38-42, in the NKJV, reports things this way: "Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, 'Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.' And Jesus answered and said to her, 'Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.'"

It's interesting to note, however, after their brother Lazarus died, Martha was the one who went out to greet Jesus while Mary stayed in the house. One would think it would be other way around. John 11:20, in the NKJV, states: "Now Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house."

Then in John 11:27, Martha makes the declaration Jesus is the "Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world."

A similar declaration is made in the Gospel of John by Nathanael (1:49). Meanwhile, Peter made a similar statement in Matthew 16:16.