6 New Testament Numbers You Missed | Bible Trivia Quiz | Digging Deeper | Week 8 Day 4

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 list supports both titles. Jesus came through real families with real failures. 

And today we can learn from that that God also works His promises through ordinary history.

Question 2. About how many disciples were gathered together when Peter proposed replacing Judas?

Answer: About 120 (Acts 1:15).

Context & Exhortation: Luke notes “the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty.” They had been continuing “with one accord in prayer and supplication” with the women and Jesus’ brothers (1:14).

The church that would soon reach thousands began as a room of about 120 people praying. 

That’s encouragement for us that God often starts large works small. 

Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples to speak (1:15). The man who had denied Jesus was now leading. Days later, about three thousand were added in one day (2:41). 

Faithful prayer in a small room prepared for a great harvest.

Question 3. What was the value of the magic books burned in Ephesus?

Answer: Fifty thousand pieces of silver (Acts 19:19).

Context & Exhortation: God was doing “special miracles by the hands of Paul” in Ephesus (Acts 19:11). 

When seven men tried to use Jesus’ name to cast out an evil spirit without knowing Him, the spirit attacked them, and fear fell on the whole city (Acts 19:13–17).

Many new believers came forward and openly confessed what they had been doing (Acts 19:18). Some of them had practised magic, which is what the Bible calls “curious arts.” These were books of spells and charms. They brought the books together and burned them in front of everyone. 

The books were worth fifty thousand pieces of silver, a huge sum (Acts 19:19).

Family, they did not sell the books or hide them away. They destroyed them, whatever it cost. Real repentance means letting go completely of what pulls us away from God.

Luke ends the story with this: “So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed” (Acts 19:20).

Question 4. How many soldiers escorted Paul out of Jerusalem by night to Caesarea?

Answer: Two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen (Acts 23:23).

Context & Exhortation: Paul’s nephew had uncovered a plot to kill him, and the chief captain moved Paul at the third hour of the night.

Jesus had already told Paul he would testify in Rome (23:11). God used a Roman army to keep that promise.

The chief captain, Claudius Lysias, sent a letter to Governor Felix explaining the case (23:26–30). Paul arrived safely in Caesarea (23:33). God protected him through ordinary Roman procedure. 

Thank God today for His promises often travel along everyday roads with us.

Question 5. How many men vowed not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul?

Answer: More than forty (Acts 23:12–13).

Context & Exhortation: They bound themselves under a curse. The plot was revealed by Paul’s sister’s son, who told the chief captain (23:16–22).

Forty men made a vow, and one young man foiled it. God’s protection often comes through ordinary people.

They planned to ask for Paul to be brought down again so they could ambush him on the way (23:15). The plot was big, but God’s plan was bigger. 

Family, no scheme can cancel what God has promised.

Question 6. How long did Paul live in his own rented house in Rome?

Answer: Two whole years (Acts 28:30).

Context & Exhortation: He was under guard, yet he received all who came to him, “preaching the kingdom of God... with all confidence, no man forbidding him” (28:30–31). The book of Acts ends right there.

Paul’s chains did not stop the message. Acts ends with the gospel still going out, as if inviting us to continue the story.

Paul explained the gospel to the Jewish leaders in Rome “from morning till evening” (28:23). Some believed and some did not (28:24).

Paul said the salvation of God was sent to the Gentiles, “and that they will hear it” (28:28). The message keeps moving outward. 

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