JAMB Christian Religious Knowledge 1991

44 reviewed questions with answers and explanations.

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Question 1

“I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” The question that immediately followed this statement was

  1. “What is this that you have done?”
  2. “Who told you that you are naked?”
  3. “Where are you?”
  4. “Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
Answer and explanation

B: “Who told you that you are naked?”

Genesis 3:11 first asks who told the man that he was naked. The question about eating from the tree follows immediately afterwards.

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Question 2

One of the rules given to Noah after the flood was that he should

  1. cultivate the land
  2. not eat the flesh with its blood
  3. send out the dove
  4. remain in the ark.
Answer and explanation

B: not eat the flesh with its blood

Genesis 9:4 prohibits eating flesh with its life, identified as its blood. The restriction is given in the instructions after the Flood.

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Question 3

“. . . Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you . . .” This statement was made by

  1. God
  2. Abraham
  3. Jacob
  4. Isaac
Answer and explanation

D: Isaac

Genesis 27:29 records Isaac pronouncing this blessing over Jacob. Isaac is the speaker, even though Jacob receives the words.

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Question 5

Pharaoh oppressed the Israelites because

  1. he feared that they might join his enemies to fight him
  2. they continued to give birth to male children
  3. the midwives did not kill the children at birth
  4. he did not know Jacob and Joseph.
Answer and explanation

A: he feared that they might join his enemies to fight him

Exodus 1:10 gives Pharaoh’s fear that the Israelites might join his enemies in war. The next verse describes the forced labour imposed on them.

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Question 6

“... The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be still...” The Lord fought for the people of Israel on the occasion referred to in the statement by

  1. drowning the Egyptian army in the Red Sea
  2. opening a chasm in the earth and swallowing their enemies
  3. raining fire and brimstone on their enemies
  4. raining hail and stones on their enemies.
Answer and explanation

A: drowning the Egyptian army in the Red Sea

Exodus 14 places the reassurance before the crossing and later describes the waters covering Pharaoh’s pursuing army. That is the deliverance referred to.

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Question 7

When Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the Israelites

  1. murmured against God and Moses
  2. decided to go back to Egypt
  3. went up to look for him
  4. asked Aaron to make gods for them
Answer and explanation

D: asked Aaron to make gods for them

Exodus 32:1 says the people gathered around Aaron and asked him to make gods when Moses delayed coming down from the mountain.

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Question 8

Moses could not enter the promised Land because he

  1. was too old to cross the border
  2. was too busy preparing his successor
  3. did not give due regard to God
  4. died in the wilderness
Answer and explanation

C: did not give due regard to God

Numbers 20:12 explains that Moses and Aaron failed to uphold God as holy before Israel. That failure, rather than age, is the stated reason for exclusion.

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Question 9

Moses consecrated Joshua as the new leader of Israel in the presence of

  1. Aaron
  2. Eleazar
  3. Zadok
  4. Mariam.
Answer and explanation

B: Eleazar

Numbers 27:22-23 describes Moses presenting Joshua before Eleazar and the congregation before laying hands on him. Eleazar is the named priest.

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Question 10

“All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you ...” This pledge was made to Joshua by the

  1. Reubenites, the Gadites and part of the tribe Manasseh
  2. twelve tribes of Israel
  3. two spies sent to Jericho
  4. seventy elders
Answer and explanation

A: Reubenites, the Gadites and part of the tribe Manasseh

Joshua addresses the Reubenites, Gadites and half-tribe of Manasseh in verse 12. Their reply promising obedience begins in verse 16.

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Question 11

Rahab the harlot assisted the Israelite spies as they prepared to attack

  1. Ai
  2. Gideon
  3. Jericho
  4. the five kings of the Amorites.
Answer and explanation

C: Jericho

Joshua 2:1 places the spies at Jericho in Rahab’s house. She hides them there before Israel’s attack on that city.

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Question 12

“Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet.” This riddle was explained first to Samson’s

  1. parent-in-law
  2. wife
  3. parents
  4. friends.
Answer and explanation

B: wife

Judges 14:17 says Samson eventually told his wife the explanation, and she then passed it to her people. She received it before the others.

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Question 13

For offending God, the Israelites were delivered into the power of Midian for

  1. seven years
  2. nine years
  3. twelve years
  4. fifteen years.
Answer and explanation

A: seven years

Judges 6:1 states that Israel was given into Midian’s hand for seven years after doing evil. The duration is explicit.

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Question 14

Gideon was able to defeat the Midianites with a reduced number of soldiers because he

  1. was a good fighter
  2. was a prudent warrior
  3. had better weapons
  4. had faith in God
Answer and explanation

D: had faith in God

Judges 7 reduces the army so Israel cannot claim to have saved itself. Hebrews 11 includes Gideon among those whose victories are associated with faith.

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Question 16

Who was unfaithful to her husband as Israel was to God?

  1. Gomer
  2. Rahab
  3. Jezebel
  4. Lo-ruhamah.
Answer and explanation

A: Gomer

Hosea 1 links the prophet’s marriage with Israel’s unfaithfulness and names the woman he marries as Gomer. Lo Ruhamah is their daughter.

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Question 17

“... To your tents O Israel!” This was a signal for

  1. war
  2. plebiscite
  3. rebellion
  4. truce.
Answer and explanation

C: rebellion

First Kings 12 describes the cry to return to tents followed by Israel’s rejection of David’s dynasty. It is a signal of rebellion.

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Question 18

“As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain those years except by my words.” Who was the Israelites king during the period of the drought?

  1. Omri
  2. Ahab
  3. Jeroboam I
  4. Jeroboam II.
Answer and explanation

B: Ahab

First Kings 17:1 identifies Ahab as the king Elijah addresses when announcing the drought.

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Question 19

When Elisha received the message about Benhadad’s ill health, the prophet wept because

  1. Benhadad was his friend
  2. Benhadad would not recover from the sickness
  3. Hazael would not succeed him
  4. Hazael would be cruel to Israel.
Answer and explanation

D: Hazael would be cruel to Israel.

Second Kings 8:12 explains Elisha’s tears through the harm Hazael will inflict on Israel. His sorrow concerns that future cruelty.

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Question 20

“... Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear, open thy eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God ...”This was the prayer of

  1. Josiah
  2. Isaiah
  3. Rabshakeh
  4. Hezekiah.
Answer and explanation

D: Hezekiah.

Second Kings 19 introduces Hezekiah’s prayer and then records his appeal for God to hear Sennacherib’s words. Hezekiah is the speaker.

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Question 21

“...Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such evil that the ears of every one who hears of it will tingle ...” The above was said because of the sins of

  1. Josiah
  2. Manasseh
  3. Amon
  4. Zedekiah.
Answer and explanation

B: Manasseh

Second Kings 21:11 names Manasseh’s abominations before verse 12 announces the disaster. The warning is linked to his conduct.

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Question 23

God revealed to Solomon that the kingdom would be divided after him because he

  1. had many wives
  2. over-taxed and enslaved the people
  3. was too extravagant
  4. worshipped other gods.
Answer and explanation

D: worshipped other gods.

First Kings 11:9-11 connects the kingdom’s division with Solomon turning to other gods and breaking the covenant. The worship, rather than marriage alone, is the stated offence.

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Question 24

“In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and His train filled the temple.” Which prophet is associated with this vision?

  1. Amos
  2. Hosea
  3. Isaiah
  4. Jeremiah.
Answer and explanation

C: Isaiah

Isaiah 6:1 places this vision in the year King Uzziah died. It is the vision associated with Isaiah’s call.

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Question 26

Which of the following is NOT a condition for being a disciple of Jesus?

  1. Having a good knowledge of the scriptures
  2. Self denial
  3. Taking up of the cross daily
  4. Confessing Jesus.
Answer and explanation

A: Having a good knowledge of the scriptures

Luke 9:23-26 stresses self-denial, taking up the cross and not being ashamed of Jesus. It does not make prior scriptural expertise a condition of discipleship.

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Question 27

According to Mark’s Gospel, the first miracle of Jesus was

  1. healing a leper
  2. opening the eyes of a blind man
  3. healing a man with an unclean spirit
  4. raising a dead boy to life.
Answer and explanation

C: healing a man with an unclean spirit

Mark’s first narrated healing or exorcism occurs in the Capernaum synagogue, where Jesus commands an unclean spirit to leave a man.

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Question 28

When the disciples thought that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately, Jesus told them the parable of the

  1. great banquet
  2. prodigal son
  3. pounds
  4. vineyard.
Answer and explanation

C: pounds

Luke 19:11 introduces the parable because people thought God’s kingdom would appear immediately. The money entrusted to servants gives it the name the parable of the pounds.

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Question 30

Peace makers are blessed because they shall

  1. obtain peace of mind
  2. see God
  3. inherit the earth
  4. be called the sons of God
Answer and explanation

D: be called the sons of God

Matthew 5:9 promises that peacemakers will be called children of God. This is the stated blessing.

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Question 31

“He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, ...” The above statement was addressed to

  1. the 12 whom he sent out to preach
  2. all the disciples, just before the Ascension
  3. the 70 whom he sent out to preach
  4. all the disciples during the Sermon on the Mount.
Answer and explanation

C: the 70 whom he sent out to preach

Luke 10 begins with the sending of the seventy and includes this saying in the instructions to them. It belongs to that larger mission group.

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Question 32

“A great Prophet has arisen among us! and God had visited his people. “These statements were made during the

  1. healing of the Centurion’s slave
  2. raising of the son of the widow of Nain
  3. raising of Tabitha
  4. raising of Lazarus.
Answer and explanation

B: raising of the son of the widow of Nain

Luke 7 places these acclamations after Jesus raises the widow’s son at Nain. The crowd responds by praising God.

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Question 33

Jesus gave the sign of Jonah to the Pharisees to indicate his

  1. three-fold office as Prophet, Priest and King
  2. transfiguration and glorification
  3. messianic role
  4. death and resurrection.
Answer and explanation

D: death and resurrection.

Matthew 12:40 compares Jonah’s three days with the Son of Man’s time in the heart of the earth. The sign points to death and resurrection.

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Question 34

The Jews asked Jesus whether they should pay their tax or not because they wanted to

  1. entrap him in his talk
  2. praise his teaching
  3. help him and his disciples to pay taxes
  4. evade paying taxes.
Answer and explanation

A: entrap him in his talk

Matthew 22:15 states that the questioners planned to trap Jesus in his words before asking about tax. The intention was entrapment.

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Question 35

Jesus began to teach his disciples about his suffering, rejection, crucifixion and resurrection after

  1. the Transfiguration
  2. the healing of the blind Bartimaeus
  3. Peter’s Confession
  4. the encounter at Gethsemane
Answer and explanation

C: Peter’s Confession

Mark 8 records Peter identifying Jesus as the Christ immediately before Jesus begins teaching about rejection, death and resurrection.

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Question 36

“.. . For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” This statement was made by Jesus

  1. after healing two blind men near Jericho
  2. immediately before he told the parable of the householder
  3. during the discussion that followed the request of the sons of Zebedee
  4. as he was foretelling his crucifixion and resurrection.
Answer and explanation

C: during the discussion that followed the request of the sons of Zebedee

Mark 10 places the saying about serving and giving his life after James and John ask for seats in glory. It concludes Jesus’ teaching on leadership.

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Question 37

Herod was very glad to see Jesus at the trial because

  1. John the Baptist spoke to him about Jesus
  2. he believed that Jesus was the Messiah
  3. he hoped to see Jesus perform some miracles
  4. the quarrel between Herod and Pilate was settled on account of Jesus.
Answer and explanation

C: he hoped to see Jesus perform some miracles

Luke 23:8 explicitly says Herod hoped to see Jesus perform a sign. This explains his gladness at seeing him.

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Question 38

“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” This verse is connected with

  1. the birth of Jesus.
  2. Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem
  3. the resurrection of Jesus Christ
  4. the song of the disciples after the Last Supper.
Answer and explanation

B: Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem

Luke 19 places this acclamation during Jesus’ approach to Jerusalem as the crowd praises God. It belongs to the triumphal entry.

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Question 39

According to Mark, the people who saw where Jesus was laid were Mary Magdalene and

  1. Mary the mother of Jesus
  2. Mary the mother of James
  3. Joanna
  4. Salome
Answer and explanation

B: Mary the mother of James

Mark 15:47 names Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses at the burial. Verse 40 identifies that Mary as the mother of James and Joses.

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Question 40

The message of the risen Christ to the woman who came early to the tomb was to be relayed to the disciples and to

  1. the Jews
  2. the Sadducees
  3. Thomas
  4. Peter.
Answer and explanation

D: Peter.

Mark 16:7 tells the women to inform the disciples and Peter that Jesus is going before them to Galilee. Peter is singled out by name.

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Question 41

“I have no silver and gold, but I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” This was said by Peter to a lame man

  1. at the pool called Bethsaida
  2. carried by four friends
  3. at the gate called Beautiful
  4. who was also blind.
Answer and explanation

C: at the gate called Beautiful

Acts 3:2 places the man at the temple gate called Beautiful. Peter’s words about silver, gold and walking follow in verse 6.

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Question 42

The immediate cause of the stoning of Stephen was his

  1. condemnation of the Jews
  2. declaration of Jesus as the Righteous One
  3. condemnation of the Jewish rite of circumcision
  4. claiming to see Jesus at the right hand of God.
Answer and explanation

D: claiming to see Jesus at the right hand of God.

Acts 7:56 records Stephen saying he sees the Son of Man at God’s right hand. The crowd then rushes at him and takes him out to stone him.

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Question 43

“But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours they all with one voice cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” Who was the Jew alluded to here?

  1. Paul
  2. Alexander
  3. Gaius
  4. Aristarchus.
Answer and explanation

B: Alexander

Acts 19:33 introduces Alexander just before the crowd recognizes he is a Jew and begins its prolonged shout. Alexander is the person referred to.

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Question 44

Saul and Barnabas were sent on their mission by the

  1. church at Antioch
  2. apostles at Jerusalem
  3. church at Tarsus
  4. Christians in Rome.
Answer and explanation

A: church at Antioch

Acts 13 names the prophets and teachers at Antioch and describes their fasting, praying and sending Barnabas and Saul on the mission.

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Question 46

“They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now cast us out secretly?. . .” This experience of Paul was in

  1. Athens
  2. Jerusalem
  3. Philippi
  4. Caesarea.
Answer and explanation

C: Philippi

Acts 16 places Paul and Silas in Philippi and records Paul’s protest that Roman citizens were publicly beaten and jailed without trial.

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Question 47

Paul purified himself in the Temple after the third missionary journey because he was

  1. unclean
  2. under vow
  3. afraid of the Jews
  4. advised to do so by the elders.
Answer and explanation

D: advised to do so by the elders.

Acts 21 describes the elders advising Paul to join the purification of men under vows. His action follows their advice.

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Question 48

During Paul’s trial by the Tribunal, he brought a division between the Pharisees and Sadducees by mentioning the issue of

  1. the Resurrection
  2. faith in God through Jesus
  3. the miracle of God
  4. the judgment
Answer and explanation

A: the Resurrection

Acts 23:6-8 says Paul raised the hope of resurrection, producing disagreement between Pharisees and Sadducees because they differed on that belief.

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Question 49

On the Island of Malta, Paul healed a man who was

  1. born blind
  2. deaf and dumb
  3. lame from birth
  4. sick with dysentery.
Answer and explanation

D: sick with dysentery.

Acts 28:8 describes Publius’ father suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul prays, lays hands on him and heals him.

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Question 50

“Your blood is upon your heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” The above statement was made by

  1. Jesus
  2. Paul
  3. Peter
  4. James.
Answer and explanation

B: Paul

Acts 18:6 attributes this declaration to Paul after opposition to his preaching in Corinth. He then turns to a nearby Gentile household.

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