Bible Trivia Quiz | Calls to Watch and Pray | Digging Deeper

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 the list. Next to drunkenness sit the “cares of this life” (21:34). Ordinary worries about money, health and family can weigh a heart down just as much as obvious sin.

In the parable of the sower, the seed among thorns is “choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life” (Luke 8:14). 

The psalmist wrote, “Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee” (Psalm 55:22).

Think about what is weighing on your heart right now. Take those worries to God in prayer, so they do not dull your heart and leave you unprepared.

Question 2. In Luke 21, Jesus told His followers to watch and pray always. What two results was this prayer meant to bring?

Answer: To be counted worthy to escape all these things, and to stand before the Son of man (Luke 21:36).

Context & Exhortation: Jesus had described signs in the sun, moon and stars, and “men’s hearts failing them for fear” (21:25–26). Then He told His followers to watch and pray always.

Prayer is how we stay spiritually awake. It is not meant to be an emergency measure for hard days. It is daily preparation that keeps us ready to stand before the Lord.

Jesus also gave His followers a reason for hope rather than fear: “when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh” (21:28).

Let us make prayer a daily habit, not just something we turn to in a crisis. We must set aside a regular time regularly to watch and pray.

Question 3. In Mark 13, Jesus named four times of night when the master of the house might return. What are they?

Answer: At evening, at midnight, at the cockcrowing, or in the morning (Mark 13:35).

Context & Exhortation: Jesus pictured a man who went on a far journey and “gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch” (13:34). The porter was the doorkeeper, who had to be ready to open when the master returned.

The Romans divided the night into four watches, and Jesus named all four. The master could come at any of them. Each servant had a job to do, and one had to stay at the door.

Jesus warned, “Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping” (13:36). He ended with words for everyone: “What I say unto you I say unto all, Watch” (13:37).

Waiting for the Lord includes doing the work He has given you. Let us be ready at every hour, not just the hours we think are likely. And while we wait, let us be faithful in our assigned work.

Question 4. In Gethsemane, Jesus found His disciples asleep. For how long did He say they could not watch with Him, and why did He tell them to pray?

Answer: One hour. They were to watch and pray so they would not enter into temptation, because “the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matthew 26:40–41).

Context & Exhortation: On the night before His crucifixion, Jesus took Peter, James and John further into the garden of Gethsemane. He said to them, “tarry ye here, and watch with me” (26:38). Then He went a little further and prayed.

The disciples loved Jesus, but they were exhausted, and they fell asleep three times. Good intentions were not enough to keep them awake in the hour of testing.

Earlier that night, Peter had said, “Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee” (26:35). But before morning, he denied the Lord three times (26:69–75).

If we are honest, we have all had moments when our spirit is willing but our flesh is weak. So let us pray before the test comes, not after, and ask God for strength in the areas where we know we are weak.

Question 5. In Revelation 16, Jesus says, “Behold, I come as a thief.” Whom does He call blessed?

Answer: The one who watches and keeps his garments, so that he does not walk naked and have his shame seen (Revelation 16:15).

Context & Exhortation: This warning comes in the middle of the seven vials of God’s wrath (16:1), just before the gathering at Armageddon (16:16). 

Jesus interrupts the scenes of judgment with a personal word to His people.

Clothing in Scripture often pictures how we live. To keep your garments is to keep living right while you wait, so that you are not caught spiritually unprepared and ashamed.

Jesus told the church in Laodicea to buy “white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear” (3:18). They thought they were rich, but they were spiritually poor.

We should all check our spiritual clothing. Stay clothed in what is right, through faith and obedience, so we are not caught unprepared when He comes.

Question 6. Peter told believers to be sober and vigilant. What reason did he give?

Answer: Their adversary the devil walks about “as a roaring lion,” seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8).

Context & Exhortation: Peter wrote this letter to believers who were suffering for their faith. Just before this warning, he gave them a promise: “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” (5:7).

Lions often hunt the weak, the tired or the one that has wandered from the group. Peter uses this picture to show how the enemy works. Staying alert and staying close to God’s people is protection.

Peter says, “Whom resist stedfast in the faith” (5:9). James gives the same instruction: “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7).

Family, the enemy is real, but he can be resisted. 

As we go through this day, let us think about where we are most vulnerable, whether tiredness, isolation or carelessness, and guard that area with prayer and fellowship.

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