This Quiz: James and John

1.) Who was the father of James and John?
       Zechariah
       Zerubbabel
       Zacchaeus
       Zebedee

2.) What were James and John doing when Jesus called them?
       They were fishing.
       They were begging outside the temple.
       They were gleaning wheat in the fields.
       They were mending tents.

3.) What was the relationship of James and John to Simon Peter before they became disciples?
       They were all cousins.
       They were partners in a fishing business.
       They were friends - they gleaned together in the fields.
       They had never met each other before they met Jesus.

4.) Who did Jesus heal on the occasion when He allowed only Peter, James and John to go with Him?
       A blind man named Bartimaeus.
       The madman of the Gazarenes.
       The woman with the issue of blood.
       Jairus' daughter.

5.) Jesus surnamed James and John Boanerges which is...
       Sons of thunder.
       Sons of lightning.
       Sons of light.
       Sons of the Most High God.

6.) Who was the other disciple that Jesus took up the mountain with James and John when He was transfigured before them?
       Thomas
       Bartholomew
       Peter
       Matthew

7.) How did the other ten disciples react when they heard James and John asking Jesus if He would grant them to sit at the right and the left of Him in glory?
       They were furious.
       They were indignant.
       They pointed out to them that it was not for Jesus to grant this.
       They ran a raffle to allot themselves other places to sit near the throne.

8.) Why did James and John offer to call fire down from heaven to consume the people of the village in Samaria?
       The people there were worshipping Baal.
       The people there tried to kill Jesus.
       The people there did not make them welcome.
       The people there did not believe that Jesus was the Messiah.

9.) What direction did Jesus give to Peter, James and John in the Garden of Gethsemane?
       Stay here and keep watch.
       Stay here and sleep.
       Go and prepare us the Passover, that we may eat.
       Go to Jerusalem, to Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the world.