Caiaphas 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.What office did Caiaphas hold?
- A. King
- B. High priest ✓
- C. Roman governor
- D. Scribe
Answer: High priest
Matthew 26:3 (KJV) — 'The palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.'
Q2.Whose son-in-law was Caiaphas?
- A. Annas ✓
- B. Gamaliel
- C. Zacharias
- D. Nicodemus
Answer: Annas
John 18:13 (KJV) — 'Annas... was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.'
Q3.What did Caiaphas prophesy about Jesus in John 11?
- A. He would rise again
- B. It was expedient that one man should die for the people ✓
- C. He would judge Israel
- D. He would build the temple
Answer: It was expedient that one man should die for the people
John 11:50 (KJV) — 'It is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people.'
Q4.What did Caiaphas charge Jesus to declare under oath?
- A. His name
- B. Whether He was the Christ, the Son of God ✓
- C. His age
- D. His birthplace
Answer: Whether He was the Christ, the Son of God
Matthew 26:63 (KJV) — 'I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.'
Q5.What did Caiaphas do when Jesus affirmed He was the Son of God?
- A. Bowed
- B. Rent his clothes ✓
- C. Wept
- D. Blessed Him
Answer: Rent his clothes
Matthew 26:65 (KJV) — 'Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy.'
Q6.What sentence did the council give Jesus under Caiaphas?
- A. Banishment
- B. He is guilty of death ✓
- C. Scourging only
- D. Imprisonment
Answer: He is guilty of death
Matthew 26:66 (KJV) — 'They answered and said, He is guilty of death.'
Q7.Where did they bring Jesus from Caiaphas in the morning?
- A. Herod's palace
- B. The hall of judgment (to Pilate) ✓
- C. The temple
- D. The synagogue
Answer: The hall of judgment (to Pilate)
John 18:28 (KJV) — 'Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment.'
Q8.In Luke 3, in whose high priesthood did the word of God come to John the Baptist?
- A. Annas and Caiaphas ✓
- B. Zacharias and Annas
- C. Caiaphas only
- D. Eliashib
Answer: Annas and Caiaphas
Luke 3:2 (KJV) — 'Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John.'
Q9.Caiaphas was present at Peter and John's trial in which book?
- A. Romans
- B. Acts ✓
- C. Hebrews
- D. Revelation
Answer: Acts
Acts 4:6 (KJV) — 'And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas... were gathered together at Jerusalem.'
Q10.Caiaphas' prophecy in John 11 referred to whose death?
- A. John the Baptist's
- B. Jesus' for the nation ✓
- C. Lazarus'
- D. Stephen's
Answer: Jesus' for the nation
John 11:51 (KJV) — 'He prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation.'