The Bare Facts on Clothing in the Bible Quiz

Answer: Fig leaves.

After eating from the tree of knowledge, the eyes of Adam and Eve were opened and they realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves, according to Scripture. Obviously, this is the first incident in which clothing is mentioned in the Bible.

Answer: Richly ornamental robe.

"Richly ornamental robe" is the correct answer. However, there is no further information in Scripture about the piece of clothing. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice adapted the story from Genesis for the production "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". According to Wikipedia, the production is one of the most profitable titles in music theatre.

Answer: Cloak

The item Joseph left behind was a cloak. In other words, it was a loose, outer garment similar to a cape. It's interesting to note on two different occasions, clothing indirectly played a role in Joseph getting into trouble. First there was the richly ornamental robe, as mentioned in Question 2. And in this case, there was the cloak, which Potiphar's wife used to convince her husband that Joseph was guilty of attempted rape and should be locked up in prison.

Answer: True

True. David did indeed sneak up behind Saul while he was relieving himself in a cave, as per 1 Samuel 24:4. In Verse 11, David shows Saul the corner of his robe to prove he could have killed Saul as the king was bound and determined to kill David. The verse states: "See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. Now understand and recognize that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life."

Answer: Royal robes

Royal robes is the correct answer. No details are given, however, about the robes. It's in this chapter that Esther requested the king to invite Haman to a banquet, which ended in Haman being led to a gallows he built that towered 75 feet high. Haman had planned to hang Mordecai, Esther's cousin, on the gallows. What a turn around.

Answer: Robes, trousers, turbans and other clothes.

The three were put into a fiery furnace in which the king ordered to be made seven times hotter than usual. Scripture records the men were wearing robes, trousers, turbans and other clothes when they were put into the furnace and they were not harmed -- in fact their clothes apparently were not singed.

This even though Daniel 3: 22 states the furnace was so hot the flames killed the soldiers who took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to the inferno. Verse 25 goes on to state the king saw four men walking around in the fire unharmed.

The fourth men, he said, "looks like a son of the gods."

Answer: Clothes made of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist.

John the Baptist was definitely different. In addition to eating locusts and wild honey, he wore clothes made of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist. He baptized scores of people at the Jordan River and told them he was preparing the way for Messiah. And he didn't mince words when addressing the Pharisees and Sadducees, the church leaders of the day.

He called them a "brood of vipers" and warned them of coming condemnation against them.

Answer: Dressed in purple and fine linen.

The rich man is not named, but Jesus said he lived in luxury and dressed in purple and fine linen. Scripture tells of Lazarus and the rich man dying, with Lazarus ending up by the side of Abraham and the rich man in a place of torment. When the rich man requested that Lazarus come and dip the tip of his finger in water and cool his tongue, Abraham told him this was not possible because there was a "great chasm" and no one could cross over it.

Incidentally, purple in Biblical times was associated with kingship and according to information on Wikipedia, considerable work had to go into the process of producing purple cloth. (Please free to try your hand at the quiz I have posted on FunTrivia about the color purple in the Bible.)

Answer: In a purple robe with a crown of thorns on his head.

As stated in the answer in the previous question, purple was associated with kingship in the Bible. In this case, however, the soldiers were playing a humiliating joke on Jesus as they dressed him in a purple robe after he had been severely tortured. The twisted crown of thorns on his head was seen as the only 'crown' Jesus was worthy of wearing because the soldiers were telling the world he was an impostor and not the king of anything.

Answer: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Revelation is definitely not an easy book to understand and I don't profess to be an expert on the situation. So with that disclaimer out of the way, I'll let Scripture do the work for me. Here's how verses 11 to 16 read in the NIV Bible: "I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war.

His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.

He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. 'He will rule them with an iron scepter.' He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS."