Extraordinary Men

According to Luke 6:13, how many apostles does Jesus have?

• 7

• 12

• 15

• 16

Answer explanation

Luke 6:13 When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles:

Who is not included in the list of the 12 Disciples?

• John the Baptist

• Simon Peter

• Judas Iscariot

• Nathanael Bartholomew

Answer explanation

Luke 6:14-16

14 Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, 15 and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, 16 and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Before following Jesus, he is a disciple of John the Baptist.

• Simon

• Luke

• Matthew

• Andrew

Answer explanation

John 1:35-37,40

35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus.

In the time of Herod Agrippa, he was the first disciple who died and who was killed by a sword.

• Simon the Zealot

• Nathanael Bartholomew

• Judas Thaddeus

• James, son of Zebedee

Answer explanation

Acts 12:1-2

1 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword,

Who are the two brothers helping Simon and Andrew pulling up the fishnet?

• Philip and Nathanael

• Peter and Andrew

• James and John

• Matthew and Thomas

Answer explanation

Luke 5:4-10

4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”

5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” 9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.

Why do we call Thomas, the "Doubting Thomas"? What part of Jesus' body does he want to see?

• Hands

• Feet

• Head

• Knees

Answer explanation

John 20:25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

His famous line is "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"

• Philip

• Nathanael

• James the Less

• Thomas

Answer explanation

John 1:46 Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

He knew the scriptures before Jesus came. He is intelligent in his practical approach. He was the one who called Nathanael.

• Thomas

• Simon

• Philip

• Andrew

Answer explanation

John 1:45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

What is the job of Matthew before he followed Jesus?

• Tax Collector

• Soldier

• Scribe

• Pharisee

Answer explanation

Tax Collectors are Jews who worked for the Romans, which made them "traitors". Since they were not actually paid an actual wage by the Romans, they were expected to take extra money and keep some for themselves. Many tax collectors were dishonest and abused this system by taking far too much.

Matthew 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

Judas is his other name, but not the one who betrayed Jesus.

• Judas

• Thaddeus

• Matthias

• Nathaneal

Answer explanation

John14:22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”