# Mark Bible quiz

Ten questions on the book of Mark, each answered with the verse that settles it, quoted from the Lumin Translation. Play it at https://www.lumin.faith/bible-quiz/mark.

## 1. Mark’s Gospel opens with whom baptizing in the wilderness?

- Peter
- **John** (answer)
- Jesus

> John came baptizing in the wilderness, and he proclaimed a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ([Mark 1:4](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/1#4))

## 2. Which two brothers did Jesus first call by the Sea of Galilee?

- **Simon and Andrew** (answer)
- James and Matthew
- Philip and Thomas

> Walking along beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Simon’s brother Andrew throwing out a net in the sea, since they were fishermen. Jesus told them, “Come after me, and I will make you into fishers of people.” ([Mark 1:16-17](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/1#16-17))

## 3. How did four men bring a paralyzed friend to Jesus?

- **They lowered him through the roof** (answer)
- They met Jesus on the road
- They pushed through the crowd

> Some people came, bringing to him a paralyzed man carried by four of them. When they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him. After digging through it, they lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on. ([Mark 2:3-4](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/2#3-4))

## 4. What did Jesus say to the wind and the sea?

- “Stop, in God’s name!”
- **“Quiet! Be still!”** (answer)
- “Go back!”

> He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down, and there was a great calm. ([Mark 4:39](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/4#39))

## 5. What name did the unclean spirits give for themselves?

- Abaddon
- Beelzebul
- **Legion** (answer)

> Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” ([Mark 5:9](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/5#9))

## 6. What does “Talitha koum” mean?

- **“Little girl, I say to you, get up”** (answer)
- “Peace be with you”
- “Be opened”

> Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up.” ([Mark 5:41](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/5#41))

## 7. Who cried out, “I believe; help my unbelief!”?

- Peter
- Thomas
- **A boy’s father** (answer)

> Immediately the boy’s father cried out, “I believe; help my unbelief!” ([Mark 9:24](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/9#24))

## 8. What was the name of the blind beggar near Jericho?

- Lazarus
- **Bartimaeus** (answer)
- Zacchaeus

> Next they came to Jericho. As he was going out of Jericho together with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Timaeus’s son Bartimaeus, a blind man who begged, was sitting beside the road. ([Mark 10:46](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/10#46))

## 9. What did the poor widow put in the temple box?

- Ten silver coins
- **Two small coins** (answer)
- A gold coin

> A poor widow came and put in two lepta, which make a quadrans. ([Mark 12:42](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/12#42))

## 10. Who was made to carry Jesus’ cross?

- Nicodemus
- Joseph of Arimathea
- **Simon of Cyrene** (answer)

> They forced a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross. ([Mark 15:21](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/15#21))