Holy Bible Online 
Think you know your New Testament? This hard New Testament Bible quiz will test your knowledge of the Gospels, Acts, Paul's letters, the General Epistles and Revelation with 60 multiple choice trivia questions. There is a correct answer for each question, the exact Bible reference and a one-line explanation so you can verify each answer against Scripture yourself.
Whether you are preparing a Bible study, a Sunday school lesson, a youth group game night, or just testing your own knowledge, these New Testament trivia questions are designed to go beyond the famous stories and reward close reading. Download the PDF for printing of this New Testament Bible quiz with answers to use offline.
Part 1: The Gospels (Questions 1-7)
1. Which place did Simon come from, the man who was forced to carry Jesus' cross?
A) Golgotha
B) Praetorium
C) Cyrene
2. According to Jesus, who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
A) The one who leads the most people
B) Whoever humbles himself like a little child
C) The one who takes care of little children
3. Complete Jesus' words: "The ____________was made for man, not man for the ______. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the ______."
A) Sabbath
B) Temple
C) Law
4. Who was governor of Syria when Caesar Augustus ordered a census of the entire Roman world?
A) Tiberius Caesar
B) Pontius Pilate
C) Quirinius
5. Who said, "This man deserves to have you do this, because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue"?
A) The centurion
B) The centurion's servant
C) The elders of the Jews
6. Which sequence correctly completes Jesus' words? "All things have been committed to me by my ______. No one knows who the ______ is except the ______, and no one knows who the ______ is except the ______ and those to whom the ______ chooses to reveal him."
A) Father, Son, Father, Father, Son, Son
B) Son, Father, Son, Son, Father, Father
C) Father, Father, Son, Son, Father, Father
7. At the wedding in Cana, how many stone water jars did Jesus have the servants fill with water before it became wine?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Seven
Part 2: The Book of Acts (Questions 8-13)
8. Who sold a field he owned and laid the money at the apostles' feet?
A) Barnabas
B) Barabbas
C) Barsabbas
9. Who was Sergius Paulus?
A) A Jewish high priest
B) A Roman soldier
C) The proconsul of Cyprus
Want something different? Why not try:
- Easy Level Bible Quiz Questions
- Medium Level Bible Quiz Questions
- Hard Level Bible Quiz Questions
- New Testament Bible Quiz (Hard) -- you are here.
- Bible Quiz Questions for Teenagers
- Bible Quiz Questions for Adults
- Bible Quiz Game: Is it in the Bible? Questions And Answers
10. What did Elymas the sorcerer try to do?
A) Stop Paul from leaving Cyprus
B) Turn the proconsul away from the faith
C) Convince Barnabas to return to Jerusalem
11. In Iconium, what happened after Paul and Barnabas spoke in the Jewish synagogue?
A) Every Jew in the city believed
B) The synagogue leaders expelled them immediately
C) A great number of Jews and Greeks believed
12. What farming image did Jesus use when He spoke to Paul on the road to Damascus?
A) Kicking against the goads
B) A barren fig tree
C) A vine and its branches
13. How does the book of Acts end?
A) Paul is released by Caesar
B) Paul preaches the kingdom of God boldly and without hindrance
C) Paul awaits execution
Part 3: Romans (Questions 14-18)
14. After explaining justification by faith, what does Paul conclude about boasting?
A) It is excluded, because justification is by faith
B) It is allowed for those who keep the Law
C) It is needed to defend God's righteousness
15. What did Adam's one trespass bring, and what does Christ's one act of righteousness bring in contrast?
A) Death for Israel, but life for the Gentiles
B) Judgment under the Law, but freedom from creation
C) Condemnation for all people, but justification and life for all people
16. According to Romans 6:23, what is the contrast between the "wages" of sin and God's gift?
A) Sin gives death, while the Law gives life
B) Sin earns death, while God gives eternal life in Christ Jesus
C) Sin brings judgment, while good works earn salvation
17. What was Paul's heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites?
A) That they would become zealous for God
B) That they would return to the promised land
C) That they might be saved
18. According to Romans 12:8, how should the person with the gift of showing mercy do it?
A) Cheerfully
B) Generously
C) Diligently
Part 4: 1 Corinthians (Questions 19-22)
19. According to Paul, why did God choose the foolish things of the world?
A) To make the gospel easier for the educated to accept
B) To shame the wise
C) To replace the Law of Moses
20. What sin did Paul say the Corinthian church was tolerating that did not occur even among pagans?
A) Idolatry
B) Greed
C) A man living with his father's wife
21. What principle does Paul give about food and our relationship with God?
A) Food determines spiritual purity
B) Food does not bring us near to God
C) Food offered to idols is always sinful
22. What does Paul say about believers when the last trumpet sounds?
A) We will not all die, but we will all be changed
B) We will die first and then rise
C) We will be left behind until the dead are raised
Part 5: 2 Corinthians (Questions 23-26)
23. Why did Paul decide not to make another painful visit to Corinth?
A) Because Titus had already corrected them
B) Because the church had rejected his authority
C) To spare them further sorrow
24. What treasure does Paul say believers carry in jars of clay?
A) The wisdom of God
B) The knowledge of God's glory in Christ
C) The power of the resurrection
25. What did Paul say he would rather boast about than his own strength?
A) His weaknesses
B) His achievements
C) His visions
26. Which three blessings make up Paul's closing benediction in 2 Corinthians?
A) Faith, hope and love
B) Peace, joy and patience
C) Grace, love and fellowship
Part 6: Galatians to Philemon (Questions 27-38)
27. Where did Paul go after his conversion, instead of going to Jerusalem to consult the apostles?
A) Antioch
B) Arabia
C) Tarsus
28. Which of these is NOT listed among the fruit of the Spirit?
A) Humility
B) Faithfulness
C) Patience
29. Before the creation of the world, what did God choose believers to be?
A) Apostles
B) Teachers of the nations
C) Holy and blameless in His sight
30. Paul describes Christ as the image of whom?
A) The eternal Spirit
B) The invisible God
C) The Father of Israel
31. Which list does Paul tell believers to "put to death"?
A) Sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed
B) Anger, jealousy, fear and doubt
C) Pride, ambition, wisdom and knowledge
32. What did Paul say Satan had blocked him from doing?
A) Visiting Jerusalem
B) Returning to the Thessalonians
C) Writing to the church
33. What does Paul urge believers to do "more and more" in the way they live?
A) Work miracles
B) Separate from unbelievers
C) Please God
34. What will the Lord Jesus use to overthrow the lawless one?
A) The breath of His mouth
B) The sword of the angels
C) The fire of judgment
35. What did Paul tell Timothy to command certain people not to devote themselves to?
A) Roman customs and traditions
B) Prophecies concerning Israel
C) Myths and endless genealogies
36. According to 2 Timothy 3:16, what is true of all Scripture?
A) It is God-breathed
B) It was written only for Israel
C) It contains every prophecy about Christ
37. Paul writes, "To the pure, all things are pure." What does he say about those who are corrupted and do not believe?
A) For them, everything is lawful
B) For them, nothing is pure
C) For them, everything is forgiven
38. What relationship does Paul ask Philemon to recognize with Onesimus?
A) An apostle who had been wrongly accused
B) A servant who had returned
C) A brother who is especially dear
Part 7: Hebrews to Jude (Questions 39-53)
39. Moses was faithful in God's house as a servant. How is Christ faithful?
A) As a Son over God's house
B) As a servant in God's house
C) As a prophet like Moses
40. According to Hebrews, what could the blood of bulls and goats never do?
A) Make people ceremonially clean
B) Take away sins
C) Purify the tabernacle and its furnishings
41. What does Hebrews say the "great cloud of witnesses" should motivate us to do?
A) Seek miraculous gifts
B) Separate from the world
C) Run with perseverance the race marked out for us
42. Which kind of "wisdom" does James call earthly, unspiritual and demonic?
A) Wisdom that harbors bitter envy and selfish ambition
B) Wisdom that comes from study
C) Wisdom that makes peace
43. What does James say about Elijah?
A) He was a prophet without sin
B) He was a human being, just like us
C) He was the greatest prophet of Israel
44. Peter compares believers to what kind of stones being built into a spiritual house?
A) Precious stones
B) Hewn stones
C) Living stones
45. Peter compares the devil to which animal?
A) A roaring lion looking for someone to devour
B) A serpent seeking someone to deceive
C) A wolf attacking the flock
46. Which righteous man living in Sodom does Peter say was distressed by lawless behavior and rescued by the Lord?
A) Noah
B) Lot
C) Abraham
47. Why does Peter say the Lord is patient?
A) Because judgment is postponed until Israel repents
B) Because the apostles have not finished preaching
C) Because He wants everyone to come to repentance
48. Which title does John use for Jesus in 1 John 2:1 for when anyone sins?
A) Advocate
B) Mediator
C) High Priest
49. According to John, what is the mark of someone who truly knows Christ?
A) They perform miracles
B) They keep His commands
C) They understand prophecy
50. According to 1 John 4:7-8, what is the source of love?
A) Obedience
B) Knowledge
C) God
51. What does John say is both a command and something his readers "heard from the beginning"?
A) To love one another
B) To believe in miracles
C) To obey the Holy Spirit
52. Which man does John say loves to be first among the believers?
A) Demetrius
B) Gaius
C) Diotrephes
53. Which three Old Testament figures does Jude use when warning about rebellion?
A) Esau, Pharaoh and Achan
B) Cain, Balaam and Korah
C) Saul, Absalom and Jezebel
Part 8: Revelation (Questions 54-60)
54. In his opening vision, what was John told to do with what he had seen, what is now, and what will take place later?
A) Write it all down
B) Keep the past secret but write the future
C) Tell the churches only what is happening now
55. When John ate the little scroll, what happened?
A) It was sweet in both his mouth and his stomach
B) It was sweet in his mouth but made his stomach sour
C) It was bitter in his mouth but sweet in his stomach
56. What song could only the 144,000 learn?
A) The song of Moses
B) The song of the Lamb
C) A new song
57. Which bowl judgment caused people to gnaw their tongues in agony?
A) The fifth bowl
B) The fourth bowl
C) The sixth bowl
58. What flows from the throne of God and of the Lamb in the New Jerusalem?
A) A river of fire
B) A river of the water of life
C) A river of wine
59. What unusual detail is given about the tree of life?
A) It bears one kind of fruit every twelve years
B) Its leaves are for Israel alone
C) It bears twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month
60. What does John say must not be added to or taken away from?
A) The words of the prophecy of this book
B) The commandments of Moses
C) The testimony of the apostles
Quick answer key
1 C | 2 B | 3 A | 4 C | 5 C | 6 A | 7 B | 8 A | 9 C | 10 B | 11 C | 12 A | 13 B | 14 A | 15 C | 16 B | 17 C | 18 A | 19 B | 20 C | 21 B | 22 A | 23 C | 24 B | 25 A | 26 C | 27 B | 28 A | 29 C | 30 B | 31 A | 32 B | 33 C | 34 A | 35 C | 36 A | 37 B | 38 C | 39 A | 40 B | 41 C | 42 A | 43 B | 44 C | 45 A | 46 B | 47 C | 48 A | 49 B | 50 C | 51 A | 52 C | 53 B | 54 A | 55 B | 56 C | 57 A | 58 B | 59 C | 60 A
Looking for more games and activities, check out our Free Bible Games to Play Online