Fasting Bible Quiz

Answer key for Fasting Bible Quiz

1. Q1: How long did Jesus fast in the wilderness? Answer: Forty days and forty nights. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. Reference: Matthew 4:2 (KJV).
2. Q2: What did Jesus say about fasting when the bridegroom is taken away? Answer: They will fast. And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. Reference: Matthew 9:15 (KJV).
3. Q3: What did Jesus warn against when fasting? Answer: Appearing unto men to fast, with a sad countenance and disfigured face. Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Reference: Matthew 6:16 (KJV).
4. Q4: What did Jesus say to do when fasting? Answer: Anoint thine head, and wash thy face. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret. Reference: Matthew 6:17 (KJV).
5. Q5: Why did the Ninevites fast? Answer: Because of Jonah's preaching of judgment. So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. Reference: Jonah 3:5 (KJV).
6. Q6: What did Esther ask Mordecai and the Jews to do before she went to the king? Answer: Fast for me, and neither eat nor drink, three days, night or day. Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink, three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise. Reference: Esther 4:16 (KJV).
7. Q7: What kind of fast does God choose in Isaiah 58? Answer: To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free. Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Reference: Isaiah 58:6 (KJV).
8. Q8: What did Joel call the people to? Answer: A solemn assembly, a fast, and a day of blowing the trumpet. Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly. Reference: Joel 2:15 (KJV).
9. Q9: How often did the Pharisee in Luke 18:12 say he fasted? Answer: Twice in the week. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. Reference: Luke 18:12 (KJV).
10. Q10: What did the church at Antioch do before sending Paul and Barnabas? Answer: They fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. Reference: Acts 13:3 (KJV).