Agabus Bible Quiz — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.From where did Agabus come down with other prophets?
- A. From Jerusalem unto Antioch ✓
- B. From Damascus
- C. From Galilee
- D. From Joppa
Answer: From Jerusalem unto Antioch
And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus. (Acts 11:27-28)
Q2.What was Agabus' first recorded prophecy?
- A. A great dearth throughout all the world ✓
- B. A great earthquake
- C. A great war
- D. A great pestilence
Answer: A great dearth throughout all the world
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world. (Acts 11:28)
Q3.In whose reign did the famine come to pass?
- A. Claudius Caesar ✓
- B. Tiberius
- C. Nero
- D. Augustus
Answer: Claudius Caesar
...which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. (Acts 11:28)
Q4.What did the disciples determine to do because of the prophecy?
- A. Every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea ✓
- B. Flee to Egypt
- C. Build storehouses
- D. Pray and fast
Answer: Every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea. (Acts 11:29)
Q5.By whose hands was the relief sent?
- A. Barnabas and Saul ✓
- B. Peter and John
- C. Silas and Timothy
- D. Stephen and Philip
Answer: Barnabas and Saul
Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. (Acts 11:30)
Q6.Where did Agabus appear again, prophesying about Paul?
- A. In Caesarea ✓
- B. In Antioch
- C. In Ephesus
- D. In Rome
Answer: In Caesarea
And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. (Acts 21:10) — at Caesarea, in the house of Philip the evangelist.
Q7.What did Agabus do with Paul's girdle?
- A. Took it and bound his own hands and feet ✓
- B. Tore it in pieces
- C. Cast it into the sea
- D. Wore it as a sign
Answer: Took it and bound his own hands and feet
And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet. (Acts 21:11)
Q8.What did Agabus say the Holy Ghost had revealed?
- A. So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles ✓
- B. Paul shall die at sea
- C. Paul shall escape
- D. Paul shall be glorified
Answer: So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles
Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. (Acts 21:11)
Q9.How did Paul respond to the prophecy?
- A. I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus ✓
- B. He returned home
- C. He hid himself
- D. He sent another
Answer: I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus
Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. (Acts 21:13)
Q10.What did the brethren say when Paul would not be persuaded?
- A. The will of the Lord be done ✓
- B. Farewell forever
- C. Return to us soon
- D. May the Lord prosper thee
Answer: The will of the Lord be done
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. (Acts 21:14)