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70 free Jesus trivia questions with answers — history quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
61 free Jesus trivia questions with answers. These Jesus trivia questions follow his life as the four Gospels record it: the birth in Bethlehem and the Magi's gifts, the boy in the temple, John's baptism in the Jordan, forty days in the wilderness, the calling of the twelve, the miracles at Cana and Bethany, the parables of the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son, the Sermon on the Mount, Zacchaeus in his tree, Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, Gethsemane, the trial before Pilate, the crucifixion, the empty tomb and the appearances that followed. A few questions cover the historical background: the language he spoke, his name's meaning, and what Josephus wrote. It is written for Sunday school and youth groups, church quiz nights, Bible study warm-ups and anyone who wants gospel trivia questions and answers to test what they remember. Easy questions cover the stories every child hears; the hard ones ask which chapter has 153 fish and who bought the potter's field. Every answer is cited to the Bible passage itself (NIV) or a reference work, and each question shows its citation once you have answered.
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Q 01According to the Gospels, in which town was Jesus born?
Bethlehem
Only those two Gospels describe the birth at all; both place it during the reign of Herod the Great, which puts it around 6 to 4 BC.
Q 02The Magi presented the infant Jesus with gold, frankincense and what third gift?
Myrrh
Matthew never says how many Magi there were; the tradition of three comes from the number of gifts.
Q 03After the Magi left, Herod ordered the killing of all boys around Bethlehem up to what age?
Two years
An angel had already warned Joseph in a dream to take the family to Egypt until Herod died.
Q 04In Luke's account, why did Joseph and Mary travel south from Nazareth to the town where Jesus was born?
For a Roman census
Caesar Augustus decreed it while Quirinius was governor of Syria, and Joseph went because he was of the house of David.
Q 05Luke says the newborn Jesus was laid in a manger for what reason?
No guest room was available
The Greek word is katalyma, a guest room or lodging, rather than a commercial inn.
Q 06How old was Jesus when his parents found him among the teachers in the temple, in Luke's only childhood story?
Twelve
They had travelled a day toward home before noticing he was missing, and he asked them why they had not looked in his Father's house.
Q 07According to Luke, roughly how old was Jesus when he began his public ministry?
About thirty
His death is usually dated to AD 30 or 33, giving a ministry of one to three years depending on the Gospel followed.
Q 08The people of Nazareth referred to Jesus by which trade?
The carpenter
The same passage names his brothers as James, Joseph, Judas and Simon, and Jesus remarks that a prophet is without honour in his own town.
Q 09John the Baptist, who baptised Jesus in the Jordan, is described as eating what?
Locusts and wild honey
He wore camel's hair with a leather belt, and at the baptism a voice from heaven said 'You are my Son, whom I love'.
Q 10How long did Jesus fast in the wilderness before being tempted?
Forty days
The three temptations were to turn stones to bread, to leap from the temple's highest point, and to worship the devil for all the kingdoms of the world.
Q 11Which two brothers were casting a net when Jesus called them to become 'fishers of men'?
Peter and Andrew
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were called next, mending nets in their father's boat.
Q 12Which of the apostles is described in the Gospel lists as a tax collector?
Matthew
The list also includes two named Simon and two named James, plus Judas Iscariot last.
Q 13According to John's Gospel, Jesus's first miraculous sign took place at a wedding in which village?
Cana
He had six stone jars used for ceremonial washing filled with water, and the banquet master found it had become wine.
Q 21In the parable of the lost sheep, how many sheep does the shepherd leave behind to search for the one?
Ninety-nine
Luke pairs it with the parables of the lost coin and the Prodigal Son, all told in answer to Pharisees grumbling that Jesus ate with sinners.
Q 22The Sermon on the Mount opens with the Beatitudes. Who, according to Jesus, 'will inherit the earth'?
The meek
The same sermon contains the Lord's Prayer, the golden rule and the parable of the wise man who built his house on rock.
Q 23The prayer that begins 'Our Father in heaven' is found in the Sermon on the Mount in which Gospel?
Matthew
Luke has a shorter version in a different setting; Mark and John do not record it at all.
Q 14In John's feeding of the crowd, the boy carried two small fish and how many barley loaves?
Five
Twelve baskets of leftovers were collected afterward, and it is the only miracle recorded in all four Gospels.
Q 15Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead, had been in the tomb for how many days?
Four
He lived in Bethany with his sisters Mary and Martha, and the story contains the shortest verse in many English Bibles, 'Jesus wept'.
Q 16Of the ten lepers Jesus healed in Luke 17, only one came back to thank him. What was he?
A Samaritan
Jesus told him 'your faith has made you well', a pointed remark since Samaritans and Jews were bitter rivals.
Q 17When Peter was asked about the temple tax, where did Jesus tell him he would find a four-drachma coin?
In a fish's mouth
The same chapter describes the Transfiguration, when Moses and Elijah appeared beside Jesus on a high mountain.
Q 18Which three disciples did Jesus take up the mountain to witness the Transfiguration?
Peter, James and John
His face shone like the sun, and Peter offered to put up three shelters for Jesus, Moses and Elijah.
Q 19In the parable, the man beaten by bandits was travelling from Jerusalem to which city?
Jericho
A priest and a Levite passed by on the other side; the Samaritan poured oil and wine on the wounds and left two denarii with the innkeeper.
Q 20In the parable of the Prodigal Son, what job did the son take after squandering his inheritance?
Feeding pigs
He was so hungry he longed to eat the pigs' pods; on his return his father killed the fattened calf, to the older brother's fury.
Q 24Nicodemus, the Pharisee told he must be born again, later helped bury Jesus by bringing what?
Myrrh and aloes
His night-time conversation is where John 3:16 appears; he helped Joseph of Arimathea with about 75 pounds of the spices.
Q 25Zacchaeus, the short chief tax collector, climbed what kind of tree to see Jesus?
A sycamore-fig
After Jesus invited himself to dinner, Zacchaeus promised half his goods to the poor and fourfold repayment to anyone he had cheated.
Q 26On what animal did Jesus ride into Jerusalem on the day now called Palm Sunday?
A colt
The crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and Luke says Jesus wept over the city as he approached it.
Q 27When Jesus drove the merchants out of the temple, he accused them of turning a house of prayer into what?
A den of robbers
John's Gospel adds the detail that he made a whip out of cords to drive out the sheep and cattle.
Q 28For how many pieces of silver did Judas Iscariot agree to betray Jesus?
Thirty
He later threw the coins back into the temple and hanged himself, and the priests used the money to buy a potter's field.
Q 29In whose house in Bethany did a woman anoint Jesus with expensive perfume shortly before his arrest?
Simon the Leper
Jesus said she had done it to prepare him for burial, and that the story would be told wherever the gospel was preached.
Q 30At the Last Supper, Jesus warned Peter that he would disown him three times before what happened?
The rooster crowed
Peter swore he never would; a few hours later he denied Jesus three times in the high priest's courtyard.