Good Friday 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.Who carried Jesus' cross part of the way?
- A. Joseph of Arimathaea
- B. Simon of Cyrene ✓
- C. Peter
- D. Nicodemus
Answer: Simon of Cyrene
Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21 (KJV).
Q2.Where was Jesus crucified?
- A. Bethany
- B. Golgotha (Calvary) ✓
- C. Gethsemane
- D. Bethlehem
Answer: Golgotha (Calvary)
John 19:17 (KJV).
Q3.What was the inscription on the cross?
- A. 'King of the Jews'
- B. 'JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS' ✓
- C. 'Behold the man'
- D. 'Son of God'
Answer: 'JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS'
John 19:19 (KJV).
Q4.What did the soldiers cast lots for?
- A. His sandals
- B. His vesture / coat ✓
- C. His staff
- D. His crown
Answer: His vesture / coat
John 19:23-24 (KJV).
Q5.What did Jesus cry on the cross from Psalm 22?
- A. 'It is finished'
- B. 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?' ✓
- C. 'Into thy hands I commend my spirit'
- D. 'I thirst'
Answer: 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?'
Matthew 27:46 (KJV).
Q6.What did Jesus say of his crucifiers?
- A. 'They shall pay'
- B. 'Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do' ✓
- C. 'Let them be judged'
- D. 'Avenge me'
Answer: 'Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do'
Luke 23:34 (KJV).
Q7.What were Jesus' final words in John?
- A. 'It is finished' ✓
- B. 'Into thy hands'
- C. 'I thirst'
- D. 'Behold thy mother'
Answer: 'It is finished'
John 19:30 (KJV).
Q8.What happened to the veil of the temple?
- A. It caught fire
- B. It was rent in twain from top to bottom ✓
- C. It was rolled up
- D. It was unchanged
Answer: It was rent in twain from top to bottom
Matthew 27:51 (KJV).
Q9.Who pierced Jesus' side?
- A. A priest
- B. A Roman soldier with a spear ✓
- C. Pilate
- D. A disciple
Answer: A Roman soldier with a spear
John 19:34 (KJV).
Q10.Who asked Pilate for Jesus' body?
- A. Nicodemus
- B. Joseph of Arimathaea ✓
- C. John
- D. Peter
Answer: Joseph of Arimathaea
John 19:38 (KJV).