Bible Quiz: Gospel of John
The fourth Gospel, all twenty-one chapters — a wedding that runs out of wine, a visitor who comes after dark, a woman at a well in Samaria, a man born blind, a tomb in Bethany, a basin and a towel, and a charcoal fire on the beach at the very end. You get fifteen questions drawn from a bank of seventy-three, and each answer comes with the verse behind it, so a miss sends you straight back to the text.
That round moved through the Gospel of John — six stone waterpots, a conversation at night, a well in Samaria, a pool with five porches, a man who came out of a tomb still wrapped, a garden, and a net holding one hundred and fifty-three fish.
John wrote so you could know Jesus. This helps you walk with him.
John says plainly why he wrote: so readers would believe and have life. This free 3-day sample picks up right there — short daily readings on what Jesus said and did, and what following him looks like in an ordinary week. Nothing to fall behind on.
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Common Questions About the Gospel of John
What is the Gospel of John about?
John is the fourth book of the New Testament and the last of the four accounts of the life of Jesus. It covers the same broad story as the other three, from the start of his public work to the crucifixion and resurrection, but it opens in a very different place. There is no birth scene and no family tree. Instead the first line reaches back before creation: “In the beginning was the Word.” From there the book is built around a handful of long scenes rather than many short ones, among them a wedding at Cana, a night-time conversation with a religious leader named Nicodemus, a long talk with a Samaritan woman at a well, the healing of a man born blind, and the raising of Lazarus. Five chapters, thirteen through seventeen, are given to the last evening before the arrest. The final scene is a breakfast on a beach.
How is John different from Matthew, Mark and Luke?
The first three Gospels share so much material that scholars group them together and call them the synoptics, meaning they can be read side by side. John mostly goes its own way. Most of what happens in John is found only in John: the water turned into wine, Nicodemus, the woman at the well, the man at the pool of Bethesda, the man born blind washing in Siloam, Lazarus, Jesus washing the disciples’ feet, and Thomas saying “My Lord and my God.” John has no parables in the usual sense and no scene of Jesus casting out a spirit. It records more of Jesus’ time in Jerusalem, and it mentions three separate Passovers, which is where the common idea that his public work lasted about three years comes from. John is also the only Gospel that tells you in so many words why it was written, near the end of chapter twenty.
What are the “I am” sayings in the Gospel of John?
They are seven short statements Jesus makes about himself, each starting with the words “I am,” and they are one of the things John is best known for. In order they are: I am the bread of life, in chapter six, the day after the crowd was fed. I am the light of the world, in chapter eight, repeated just before he heals a blind man. I am the door of the sheep, and I am the good shepherd, both in chapter ten. I am the resurrection, and the life, said to Martha outside her brother’s tomb in chapter eleven. I am the way, the truth, and the life, in answer to a question from Thomas in chapter fourteen. And I am the true vine, in chapter fifteen. Each one is tied to something happening in the story around it, which is why they land. The quiz above asks about several of them, and about who was standing there when they were said.
Is this Gospel of John quiz good practice for Bible Quizzing or a study group?
Yes, and that is the use it was built for. It runs in study mode, so every answer, right or wrong, shows the chapter and verse it came from along with the actual wording. That makes it useful for anyone preparing for a Bible Quizzing season on John, a small group working through the book, or a Sunday school class that wants a quick check at the end of a unit. The bank covers all twenty-one chapters and leans toward the kind of detail that quizzers get asked about: names, numbers, places, and who said which line to whom. Several questions are finish-the-verse style, which works well for memory practice. Because each round pulls fifteen questions at random from seventy-three, a group can run it three or four times in a session and keep meeting new material. It works on a phone, with no account and nothing to download.
How long does the John quiz take, and can I play it more than once?
A round is fifteen questions and takes most people around six minutes, a little longer if you stop to read the verse under each answer, which is the part worth slowing down for. You can play as many times as you like. Each new round shuffles both the questions and the order of the answers, and with seventy-three questions in the bank you will see mostly fresh ones for your first few rounds. Nothing is saved, nothing is scored against anyone else, and there is no sign-up. Your best score lasts until you close the page. A good way to use it is to play once cold, note which chapters caught you out, read those chapters, and then come back and see how much the number moves. When you are ready, scroll up and start the quiz above.