Bible Bowl John Ch 3

1. According to John 3:1, what was Nicodemus?

A. A Samaritan
B. A Roman
C. A Sadducee
D. A Pharisee

2. According to John 3:1, what position did Nicodemus hold?
A. Tax collector
B. Scribe
C. Ruler of the Jews
D. High priest

3. According to John 3:2, how did Nicodemus address Jesus?
A. Prophet
B. King
C. Priest
D. Rabbi

4. According to John 3:2, what did Nicodemus know about Jesus?
A. That Jesus was the Prophet
B. That Jesus was the Messiah
C. That Jesus was the One who would save mankind
D. That Jesus came from God

5. According to John 3:2, at what time of the day did Nicodemus come to Jesus?
A. At noon
B. At dusk
C. At dawn
D. At night

6. According to John 3:3, what must one do to see the kingdom of God?
A. He must be born again
B. He must obey the commandments
C. He must love others
D. He must love the Father

7. According to John 3:4, what did Nicodemus ask Jesus about being born again?
A. “How can a man be born when he is old?”
B. “Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?”
C. Both A and B
D. “Why does a man have to be born again?”

8. According to John 3:5, what two things did Jesus say man must be born of?
A. Water and the Spirit
B. Truth and the Spirit
C. Water and the Light
D. Water and the Truth

9. According to John 3:6, what is born of flesh?
A. Mankind
B. The things of the earth
C. Flesh
D. Unspiritual things

10. According to John 3:7, what did Jesus tell Nicodemus not to do?
A. “Do not worry about things you can’t understand.”
B. “Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’”
C. “Do not question the things that come from God.”
D. “Do not try to understand the things that are of the Spirit.”

11. According to John 3:8, to what did Jesus compare being born of the Spirit?
A. The fresh air
B. A gentle breath
C. The wind blowing
D. A new life

12. According to John 3:9-10, how did Jesus answer Nicodemus when he asked, “How can these things be?”
A. He asked why a teacher of Israel did not know these things
B. He asked who Nicodemus had studied under
C. He asked Nicodemus not to teach things he didn’t understand
D. He asked if Nicodemus would like to follow him and learn

13. According to John 3:11, what did Jesus say Nicodemus didn’t receive?
A. Our witness
B. The commandments
C. The prophecies
D. Our teaching

14. According to John 3:12, Jesus said if one doesn’t believe the earthly things He said, then he won’t do what?
A. He won’t be a disciple of Jesus
B. Be able to teach the heavenly things
C. Believe the heavenly things
D. Inherit everlasting life

15. According to John 3:13, who ascended to and came down from heaven,?
A. John (the Baptist)
B. The Prophet
C. The Messiah
D. The Son of Man

16. According to John 3:14, who lifted up the serpent in the wilderness?
A. Elijah
B. Moses
C. Miriam
D. Aaron

17. According to John 3:14, who must be lifted up?
A. The Father
B. The Son of Man
C. Nicodemus
D. John (the Baptist)

18. According to John 3:15, those who believe in the Son of Man will have what?
A. Eternal peace
B. Eternal hope
C. Eternal life
D. Eternal joy

19. According to John 3:16, why did God give his only begotten Son?
A. Because God knew He could raise Him up
B. Because it was the only way to save mankind
C. Because God had to fulfill his promise to Abraham
D. Because God loved the world

20. According to John 3:17, Jesus was not sent into the world to do what?
A. Destroy the world
B. Condemn the world
C. Be a part of the world
D. Judge the world

21. According to John 3:18, who is already condemned?
A. Those who do not love God
B. Those who do not follow Jesus
C. Those who do not believe
D. Those who do not obey

22. According to John 3:19, why do men love darkness?
A. Because the light is too bright
B. Because the darkness hides them
C. Because they rest at night
D. Because their deeds were evil

23. According to John 3:20, why do those who practice evil hate the light?
A. Because their deeds are not wrong
B. Because their deeds are exposed in the light
C. Because their deeds are known to all
D. All of the above

24. According to John 3:21, what does Jesus say about the one who does the truth?
A. He comes to the light
B. His deeds may be clearly seen
C. His deeds have been done in God
D. All of the above

25. According to John 3:22, where were Jesus and His disciples baptizing?
A. Samaria
B. Cana
C. Galilee
D. Judea

26. According to John 3:23, why was John baptizing in Aenon near Salim?
A. Because there was much water there
B. Because there were many people there
C. Because Jesus told John where to baptize
D. Because John and Jesus didn’t need to baptize in the same place

27. According to John 3:24, what had not happened to John?
A. He had not been thrown in prison
B. He had not learned about Jesus
C. He had not baptized Jesus
D. He had not been baptized

28. According to John 3:25, what was the dispute between John’s disciples and the Jews about?
A. Baptism
B. Righteousness
C. Purification
D. Fasting

29. According to John 3:26, what complaint about Jesus was made to John?
A. Jesus was telling people not to listen to John
B. Jesus was not baptizing people like John
C. All the people were going to Jesus
D. Jesus was claiming to be greater than John

30. According to John 3:27, John said a man can receive nothing unless it has been what?
A. Given to him from heaven
B. Purified
C. Sanctified by the Spirit
D. Given to him by the Son

31. According to John 3:28, what did John say about himself?
A. He was not the Christ
B. He was sent before the Christ
C. He was not the light
D. Both B & C

32. According to John 3:29, who rejoices because of the bridegroom’s voice?
A. The bride
B. The mother of the bridegroom
C. The friend of the bridegroom
D. The father of the bridegroom

33. According to John 3:30, what does John say must happen?
A. John must increase but Jesus must decrease
B. Jesus must increase but John must decrease
C. Both John and Jesus must increase
D. Both John and Jesus must decrease

34. According to John 3:31, what does John say about the one who comes from above (heaven)?
A. He is the Christ
B. He comes from the Father
C. He speaks of the earth
D. He is above all

35. According to John 3:32, who received the testimony from the one who is above all?
A. All who believe
B. Only those who followed Jesus
C. No one
D. The righteous

36. According to John 3:33, the one who received His testimony certifies that God is what?
A. Righteous
B. Holy
C. True
D. Both A and C

37. According to John 3:34, what does the one whom God has sent speak?
A. The words of God
B. The words of truth
C. The words from above
D. The words of light

38. According to John 3:35, what has the Father given into the Son’s hand?
A. Joy
B. Truth
C. All things
D. Light

39. According to John 3:36, what abides on the unbeliever?
A. Eternal judgment
B. Evil
C. Darkness
D. The wrath of God