Resurrection & Ascension 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.On what day did Jesus rise from the dead?
- A. The second day
- B. The third day ✓
- C. The seventh day
- D. The first day of the week
Answer: The third day
He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Q2.Who was the first to see the risen Christ?
- A. Peter
- B. Mary Magdalene ✓
- C. John
- D. The other Mary
Answer: Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord.
Q3.How many angels were seen in the tomb by the women?
- A. One
- B. Two ✓
- C. Three
- D. None
Answer: Two
Two men stood by them in shining garments.
Q4.Who did Jesus appear to on the road to Emmaus?
- A. Peter and John
- B. Two disciples
- C. Cleopas and another disciple ✓
- D. Ten apostles
Answer: Cleopas and another disciple
One of them, whose name was Cleopas… while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
Q5.What did Jesus do at the table in Emmaus?
- A. He took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them ✓
- B. He washed their feet
- C. He prophesied
- D. He healed the sick
Answer: He took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them
He took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him.
Q6.What did Jesus show the disciples to prove He was not a spirit?
- A. His hands and his feet
- B. The nail prints
- C. That He could eat
- D. All of the above ✓
Answer: All of the above
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself… handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones… And he took it, and did eat before them.
Q7.For how many days did Jesus appear to the disciples after His resurrection?
- A. Three days
- B. Seven days
- C. Forty days ✓
- D. Fifty days
Answer: Forty days
Being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
Q8.Where did the Ascension take place?
- A. Jerusalem
- B. The Mount of Olives ✓
- C. Bethany
- D. Galilee
Answer: The Mount of Olives
He led them out as far as to Bethany… while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
Q9.What promise did the angels give after Jesus was taken up?
- A. He will return in like manner ✓
- B. He will send the Comforter
- C. He will reign forever
- D. All of the above
Answer: He will return in like manner
This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Q10.What did Jesus command the disciples to do after the Ascension?
- A. Tarry in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father ✓
- B. Go into all the world
- C. Build the temple
- D. Keep the law of Moses
Answer: Tarry in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father
Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.