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Question 1. In what three languages was the title on Jesus’ cross written? Answer: Hebrew, Greek and Latin (John 19:20). Context & Exhortation: Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross: “JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS” (John 19:19). Crucifixions were public, and the place was near the city, so many people passed by and read it (John 19:20). Each language reached a different group. Hebrew was the language of the Jewish people and their scriptures, Greek was the co

Question 1. At the last supper, how did Jesus show which disciple would betray Him? Answer: He said it was the one to whom He would give a sop after dipping it, and He gave the sop to Judas Iscariot (John 13:26). Context & Exhortation: During the supper Jesus was troubled and said, “one of you shall betray me” (John 13:21). The disciples looked at one another, unsure whom He meant. Peter signalled to the disciple leaning on Jesus’ chest to ask who it was (John 13:23–24). Jesu

Question 1. When Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, why did He stay where He was two more days before going to Bethany? Answer: Jesus said the sickness was “not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby” (John 11:4). He told His disciples He was glad for their sakes He was not there, “to the intent ye may believe” (John 11:15). Context & Exhortation: Mary and Martha sent word to Jesus, “Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick” (Joh

Question 1. At the pool of Bethesda, how long had the man Jesus healed been sick? Answer: Thirty and eight years, that is, 38 years (John 5:5). Context & Exhortation: John describes a pool in Jerusalem by the sheep market, called Bethesda, with five porches. A great number of sick, blind, lame and withered people lay there waiting for the water to move (John 5:2–3). Among them lay a man who had been ill for 38 years, longer than many of the people around him had been alive. J

Question 1. When priests and Levites asked John the Baptist who he was, how did he describe himself? Answer: “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord” (John 1:23). Context & Exhortation: John the Baptist drew such crowds that the leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to question him. They asked whether he was the Christ, Elias (Elijah) or “that prophet”, and he said no to each one (John 1:19–21). Instead of giving his own name

Question 1. What did Jesus promise the church in Smyrna if they stayed faithful even to death? Answer: A crown of life (Revelation 2:10). Context & Exhortation: Smyrna was a wealthy port city loyal to Rome, and Christians there faced poverty and persecution. Jesus told them, “Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer” (2:10). He warned that the devil would cast some of them into prison, “and ye shall have tribulation ten days” (2:10). Jesus did not promise Smyrna an

Question 1. After describing the heavens and earth being dissolved, Peter asks what kind of people we ought to be. How does he answer? Answer: People “in all holy conversation and godliness” (2 Peter 3:11). Context & Exhortation: Peter had just described the heavens passing away and the earth being burned up (3:10). In the King James wording, “conversation” means our whole way of life, not only our speech. Peter draws a practical conclusion from a big truth. What we believe

Question 1. In Ephesians 6, which piece of the armour of God is a weapon rather than protection, and what does Paul say it is? Answer: The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God (Ephesians 6:17). Context & Exhortation: Paul wrote Ephesians while he was a prisoner, likely chained to Roman soldiers, so he knew their armour well. He tells believers to “take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day” (6:13). Every other piece Paul n

Question 1. Jesus warned that hearts can be weighed down so that His day comes unexpectedly. Name the three things He listed. Answer: Surfeiting (overindulgence), drunkenness, and the cares of this life (Luke 21:34). Context & Exhortation: Jesus spoke these words near the end of His teaching on the last days in Luke 21. He said that day would come “as a snare” on all who live on the face of the earth (21:35). A snare is a hidden trap that catches an animal by surprise. Notice

Question 1. In the parable of the ten virgins, what did the wise take with them that the foolish did not? Answer: Oil in their vessels, along with their lamps (Matthew 25:3–4). Context & Exhortation: In Jewish weddings of Jesus’ day, the bridegroom went to fetch his bride, and the wedding party waited to meet him, often late at night, with lamps. All ten virgins had lamps, and all ten “slumbered and slept” while the bridegroom tarried (25:5). At midnight the cry came, “Behol

Question 1. In Revelation 20, how long is Satan bound, and where is he thrown? Answer: A thousand years, into the bottomless pit (Revelation 20:2–3). Context & Exhortation: In John’s vision, an angel came down from heaven “having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand” (20:1). Satan was sealed in “that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled” (20:3). Christians have held different views over the centuries on how

Question 1. According to 1 Thessalonians 4, what three sounds will go with the Lord when He comes down from heaven? Answer: A shout, the voice of the archangel, and the trump of God (1 Thessalonians 4:16). Context & Exhortation: The church in Thessalonica was young, and some of its members had died. The believers were worried about what would happen to them. Paul wrote to comfort them, “that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope” (4:13). In the ancient world, a tru

Question 1. Peter said scoffers would come in the last days. What question would they use to mock? Answer: “Where is the promise of his coming?” (2 Peter 3:3–4). Context & Exhortation: Peter wrote his second letter near the end of his life. He warned that scoffers would argue that “all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation” (3:4). Peter answered that they willingly forget the flood, when God judged the world before (3:5–6). Peter explains that the d

Question 1. Paul said people in the last days would keep up an outward show of something while denying its power. What was it? Answer: Godliness. “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof” (2 Timothy 3:5). Context & Exhortation: Paul wrote this in his second letter to Timothy, likely the last letter he wrote, from prison in Rome. He warned that “in the last days perilous times shall come” (3:1). Then he gave a long list of what people would be like, includin

Question 1. As the disciples admired the temple buildings, what did Jesus predict would happen to them? Answer: Not one stone would be left on another; every one would be thrown down (Matthew 24:1–2). Context & Exhortation: Jesus had just left the temple after warning the religious leaders, “your house is left unto you desolate” (23:38). As the disciples pointed out the buildings, He told them the whole complex would be torn down. Later, as He sat on the mount of Olives, the

Question 1. How many generations does Matthew count from Abraham to Christ? Answer: Forty-two: three groups of fourteen generations (Matthew 1:17). Context & Exhortation: Matthew divides the list at David and at the exile to Babylon. He arranges the names to make his point, not to list every ancestor. The structure shows God guiding history toward the Messiah through both high and low points. Matthew opens by calling Jesus “the son of David, the son of Abraham” (1:1). The li

Question 1. Which faithful martyr was killed in Pergamos, “where Satan dwelleth”? Answer: Antipas, called “my faithful martyr” (Revelation 2:13). Context & Exhortation: Jesus commends Pergamos for holding fast His name even in the days when Antipas was slain among them. Antipas appears only once in Scripture, yet Jesus calls him by name. What does that tell us? No faithful witness is forgotten by Christ. Jesus told the church, “I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even

Question 1. According to James, how long did it not rain after Elijah prayed? Answer: Three years and six months (James 5:17). Context & Exhortation: James calls Elijah “a man subject to like passions as we are.” He prayed, and it did not rain. He prayed again, and the heavens gave rain (5:18). James chooses an ordinary man to make the point: “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much” (5:16). James urges, “pray one for another, that ye may be healed” (5:1

Question 1. What does Hebrews call the hope set before believers? Answer: “An anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast” (Hebrews 6:19). Context & Exhortation: Hebrews says God confirmed His promise with an oath, “two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie” (6:17–18). This hope reaches “within the veil,” where Jesus has entered as our forerunner (6:19–20). An anchor does not stop the storm. It holds the ship steady through it. Similarly, our hope is fast

Question 1. Which servant of the church at Cenchrea did Paul commend at the end of Romans? Answer: Phebe (Phoebe), “a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea” (Romans 16:1–2). Context & Exhortation: Paul asks the Romans to receive her and help her in whatever she needs, for she had been “a succourer of many, and of myself also.” A succourer is a helper, protector, or someone who runs to provide urgent relief and support to people in distress. Romans 16 is a long list of n