The New Testament -- Is Your Number Up? (Part 9) Quiz / Test | Religion

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1. Acts 2: 41 tells of a large number of new believers added on the day of the Pentecost. How many new believers were added?

Answer: 3,000

The correct answer is 3,000. Verses 40 and 41 state the following about Peter's preaching to the crowd: "With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, 'Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.' Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day."

2. In Matthew 18: 23, Jesus states the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. Complete the missing number from verse 24 of the NIV: "As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ______ talents was brought to him."

Answer: 10,000

Yes, 10,000 is the correct answer. Scripture reports the man owed 10,000 talents and the debt was forgiven. But when it was found out the man was demanding another person pay him 100 denarii, things changed dramatically. Verses 33-34 state: "Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed." In verse 35, Jesus states: "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."

3. Mark 5: 1-18 (NIV) tells of Jesus healing the demon-possessed man Legion. In the process of the healing, it tells of evil spirits leaving the man and entering into a herd of pigs. Approximately how many pigs were in the herd?

Answer: 2,000

Yes, 2,000 is the correct answer. Verses 11-13 state: "A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. The demons begged Jesus, 'Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.' He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned."

4. Acts 4: 4 tells of another good day for church growth, even though Peter and John were both put in jail for their preaching. Complete the missing number from the NIV verse: "But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about _______."

Answer: About 5,000

Yes, according to this scripture, the number of believers had grown to about about 5,000 men. However, the actual number of believers was likely higher as, per the custom of the day, the figure does not include women and children, only men. Verse 21 goes on to state that Peter and John were later released from prison "because all the people were praising God for what had happened."

5. Complete the missing number as found in the 4th chapter, verse 15, in Paul's first letter to the Corinthians (NIV): "Even though you have __________ guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel."

Answer: 10,000

Yes, 10,000 is the correct answer. Paul goes on to tell the Corinthians that they would be wise to imitate him.

6. Complete the missing number from Acts 19: 19 (NIV): "A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to _______ drachmas."

Answer: 50,000

Yes, 50,000 is the correct answer. The scrolls were burned in Ephesus and later Paul travelled on to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. Verse 20 has this to say about the burning of the scrolls: "In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power."

7. Complete the missing number from 1 Corinthians 14: 19 (NIV): "But in the church I would rather speak _______ intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue."

Answer: 5

The correct answer is 5. Paul devotes the 14th chapter of 1 Corinthians to gifts of prophecy and tongues as well as to orderly worship. The previous chapter is known as the "Love Chapter."

8. 2 Peter 3: 8 contains some famous scripture. The same number appears in both of the two blanks in the following passage from the NIV; what is it? "But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a ______ years, and a ______ years are like a day."

Answer: thousand

Yes, a thousand years is the correct answer. Verses 9 and 10 go on to state: "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.

The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare."

9. Complete the same number that appears twice in Revelation 5: 11 (NIV): "Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ________ times ___________. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders."

Answer: ten thousand

The correct answer is ten thousand. Verses 12 and 13 go on to state: "In a loud voice they sang: 'Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise'! Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: 'To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever'!"

10. Give the number that appears twice in Revelation 20: 2-3 (NIV): "He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a ________ years. He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the ______ years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time."

Answer: thousand

The correct answer is 1,000. Verses 4-6 go on to state: "I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God.

They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection.

The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years."

Source: Author Cowrofl

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The New Testament -- Is Your Number Up? (Part 9) Quiz

This is my ninth quiz based on numbers that appear in the New Testament. I hope you have as much fun doing this test as I had in compiling it. (The NIV was used for this quiz.)

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