50 Bible Trivia Questions and Answers Based on the Gospels

Test your knowledge of the Gospels with these 50 Bible trivia questions and answers! The Gospels – Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John – tell the story of Yeshua Hamashiach (Jesus Christ), his ministry, death, and resurrection. This trivia focuses specifically on details found in the four books of the Gospel.

The questions cover key figures like the disciples and well-known parables, miracles, and events in Jesus’ life. Do you remember where Yeshua (Jesus) walked on water or how he miraculously fed over 5000 people? Can you name the tax collector who became an apostle or the disciple called Didymus? Who baptized Jesus? Where was he crucified?

These questions will jog your memory about important Gospel accounts that reveal who Jesus is and what he accomplished. The answers provide the verses where you can read these stories yourself. Test your Bible knowledge now and see how well you know the details contained in the Gospels!

Questions:

1. How many Gospels are in the New Testament?
2. Who wrote the Gospel of Matthew?
3. Which Gospel was written by a doctor?
4. Which Gospel contains the Parable of the Good Samaritan?
5. Who baptized Jesus?
6. What were the names of Jesus’ 12 disciples?
7. How many people did Jesus feed with 5 loaves and 2 fish?
8. Who asked Pilate for Jesus’ body after the crucifixion?
9. What sign did Jesus change water into at the wedding of Cana?
10. Who denied knowing Jesus three times after his arrest?
11. How many times was Jesus tempted in the wilderness?
12. Which disciple betrayed Jesus?
13. What was the name of the tax collector who became a disciple?
14. In what language was the inscription written above Jesus on the cross?
15. What did Jesus ride into Jerusalem on during his Triumphal Entry?
16. Who asked Jesus, “What is truth?”
17. Who was present at the transfiguration of Jesus?
18. How many lepers did Jesus heal in Luke 17?
19. Which disciple doubted Jesus’ resurrection until he saw him?
20. Who was the first person Jesus appeared to after his resurrection?
21. What was the hometown of Jesus’ disciple Nathanael?
22. Who washed Jesus’ feet with her tears and hair?
23. What did Jesus write in the sand when the woman caught in adultery was brought to him?
24. How many times did Jesus appear to his disciples after his resurrection?
25. Which disciple was a tax collector?
26. Who was the high priest who questioned Jesus after his arrest?
27. What was Jesus’ profession?
28. How old was Jesus when he began his public ministry?
29. Who asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
30. What was Jesus’ first miracle?
31. Which disciple walked on water with Jesus?
32. Who was the father of John the Baptist?
33. Who was Mary Magdalene?
34. In what sea did Jesus calm the storm?
35. What did Judas accept in exchange for betraying Jesus?
36. Who was the Roman governor who sentenced Jesus to death?
37. What was the name of the garden where Jesus was arrested?
38. Who prepared Jesus’ body for burial?
39. How many days was Lazarus dead before Jesus raised him?
40. How many baskets were left after Jesus fed the 5000?
41. What was Jesus’ occupation before beginning his ministry?
42. Who baptized Jesus?
43. In what river was Jesus baptized?
44. What was the hometown of Peter and Andrew?
45. Who was the disciple called Didymus?
46. Which disciple was a zealot?
47. Who was the mother of James and John?
48. Which disciple took money to betray Jesus?
49. Who asked, “What is that to us? You see to it!” when told of John the Baptist’s death?
50. Whose ear did Peter cut off in the garden of Gethsemane?

Here are the answers with corresponding Bible verses:

1. Four (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)
2. Matthew (Matthew 9:9)
3. Luke (Colossians 4:14)
4. Luke (Luke 10:25-37)
5. John the Baptist (Matthew 3:13-17)
6. Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, Judas Iscariot (Matthew 10:2-4)
7. 5000 (Matthew 14:13-21)
8. Joseph of Arimathea (Mark 15:42-46)
9. Wine (John 2:1-11)
10. Peter (Matthew 26:69-75)
11. Three (Matthew 4:1-11)
12. Judas Iscariot (Mark 14:10-11)
13. Matthew (Matthew 9:9-13)
14. Latin and Greek (John 19:20)
15. A donkey (Matthew 21:1-11)
16. Pontius Pilate (John 18:33-38)
17. Peter, James and John (Matthew 17:1-9)
18. Ten (Luke 17:11-19)
19. Thomas (John 20:24-29)
20. Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:9-11)
21. Cana (John 21:2)
22. Mary (Luke 7:36-50)
23. Nothing, he wrote in the dust (John 8:1-11)
24. Five (Matthew 28:16-20, Mark 16:14-18, Luke 24:36-49, John 20:19-23, Acts 1:3-5)
25. Matthew (Matthew 9:9)
26. Caiaphas (Matthew 26:57-68)
27. Carpenter (Mark 6:2-3)
28. About 30 years old (Luke 3:23)
29. A lawyer (Luke 10:25-37)
30. Turning water into wine (John 2:1-11)
31. Peter (Matthew 14:22-33)
32. Zechariah (Luke 1:5-25, 57-66)
33. A follower of Jesus who was healed from demon possession (Mark 16:9, Luke 8:2)
34. Sea of Galilee (Mark 4:35-41)
35. 30 pieces of silver (Matthew 26:14-16)
36. Pontius Pilate (Mark 15:1-15)
37. Gethsemane (Mark 14:32-42)
38. Joseph of Arimathea (Mark 15:42-47)
39. Four days (John 11:1-44)
40. Twelve (Matthew 14:13-21)
41. Carpenter (Mark 6:2-3)
42. John the Baptist (Matthew 3:13-17)
43. Jordan River (Matthew 3:13-17)
44. Bethsaida (John 1:44)
45. Thomas (John 20:24-29)
46. Simon (Luke 6:15)
47. Salome (Matthew 20:20-24)
48. Judas Iscariot (Matthew 26:14-16)
49. Herod Antipas (Matthew 14:1-12)
50. Malchus (John 18:10-11)