He thought he could get away from God in a boat.
She had no one to look after her until Jesus raised her son from the dead. [ widow of Nain]
They would rather be thrown into a fiery furnace than worship a golden idol.
He had to do it because the door was locked.
An angel woke him up and told him to put on his sandals and cloak and follow him out of jail. [ Peter]
They sang hymns and shouted till they made this happen in the jail.
[Paul and Silas -- small earth quake]
His original name was Simon.
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.
He was dead for 4 days before Jesus healed him.
Life, Truth, Love, Mind, Soul, Spirit, Principle, Soul.
His original name was Jacob.
He ascended in a chariot of fire and was never seen again.
It means Messiah.
[ Christ]
Within you.
An old testament prophet who healed blindness and leprosy.
[Elijah]
A story told to teach a lesson.
He told the authorities which one was Jesus so they could arrest him. Then he hanged himself.
He thought Christians were dangerous and took them away in chains until he saw a light and heard a voice that sent him in another direction.
Both father and mother.
A man who changed his name from one that meant powerful king to one that means small.
[Saul]
His new name means ROCK
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These are some sample questions for a Jeopardy game for SS.
Her new name means Princess and her original name was Sarai.
His old name was Abram.
She was over 90 when she gave birth to her first baby.
Eutychus
A person who says one thing and does another, or makes a false profession of their faith.
Parables that show Jesus dislike of hypocrisy.
Love one another.
He gave us the commandments.
Exodus 20
Lazarus, 12 year old girl, son of the widow of Nain and himself.
He raised the son of the widow of Zarapeth.
He got into trouble for praying 3 times a day.
These four people fed a large crowd with a small amount of food.
He made poison harmless.
[ Elisha ]
Herod, Nebuchadnezzar, Darius, Saul, David
[ kings]
Peter, Paul, Jesus, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, Silas
[ all arrested]
Matthew Mark Luke John
[ gospels]
Because he was afraid when he saw the windy and waves.
His new name means Prince.
[ Jacob]
He got his new name after he wrestled all night.
[ Jacob]
On the cross and crown on Science and Health.
[ heal the sick...]
One is his name and the other is what he was.
(Jesus Christ)
Isaiah 64:24
(God's phone number)
People who aren’t Jewish.
(Gentiles)
He was the father of 12 sons who became the 12 tribes of Israel.
(Jacob)
He planned to take Joseph out of the pit before his brothers could harm him.
(Who was Rueben)
He invited Joseph and his father and brothers to live in Egypt as honoured guests because Joseph saved all Egypt from starvation.
(Pharoah in Egypt)
They both heard God as a voice.
(Samuel and Elijah...also Moses...Solomon)
He built a wall when many people were dissing him and trying to prevent him.
(Who was Nehemiah)
She wasn’t Jewish but she was David’s grandmother and the many times grandmother of Jesus.
(Who was Ruth)
He kept the Children of Israel – the Jews – to be his slaves and build the pyramids.
(Who was a later Pharoah)
He thought he could not do public speaking, but God asked him to.
(Who was Moses)
To find out which of 2 women were the mothers of a live baby, he told the guard to cut him in half.
(Who was Solomon)
It opened up to made a dry path for the Jews to travel on, but closed up again over their pursuers.
(What happened to the Red Sea when Moses hit it with his mantle)
He should have been drowned at birth but his mother hid him for 3 months and then put him in the water in a small ark made of rushes.
(Who was Moses)
The Good Samaritan.
(What was the parable Jesus told to show us who our neighbour really is?)
He wouldn’t wear Saul’s armour to fight because he wasn’t used to it.
(Who was David)
He commanded everyone who didn’t worship the idol to be thrown into the furnace.
(What did Nebuchadnezzar do)
They didn’t want to eat the Kings food or drink his wine.
(Why did Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego ask for pulse and water)
He heard God as a voice and built an ark to save living things from a huge flood.
(Who was Noah)
He was whiny because he always did what he was told and didn’t think his younger brother should be getting all this good stuff from his father when he had been a bad boy.
(Who was the elder son in the parable of the prodigal son)
Someone who can see the future or who sees spiritually.
(What is a prophet?)
“Love one another”.
(What was the commandment Jesus gave us?)
He wanted to kill David because he was jealous of him.
(Who was Saul?)
He gave the sermon on the mount.
(What did Jesus do when he went up a small mountain?)
The Boy Who Cried Wolf illustrates this commandment.
What is "Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness?)
To make up for something bad.
Leave your gift - go home and make up with your family and then go back and offer your gift.
(What did Jesus tell the one who was coming to the altar with his gift?)
To get their sick friend who was on a stretcher into the house to see Jesus when there was no room to get in because of the crowds.
(Why did the men break up the ceiling of the house where Jesus was?)
And we solemnly promise to watch and pray for that mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus, to do unto others as we would have them do unto us and to be merciful, just and pure.
(What is the 6th tenant of Christian Science?)
Blessed are…
(How do all the beatitudes start?)
The meek
(Who will inherit the earth?)
They shall be filled.
(What will happen to those that hunger and thirst after righteousness?)
They shall inherit the earth
(What will happen to the meek?)
They shall be called the children of God.
(Who are the peacemakers?)
They shall be comforted
(What will happen to those that mourn?)
Thou shalt not covet.
(What is the last commandment?)
He was his father’s favourite son, which made his brothers jealous.
(Who was Joseph?)
It means lie in one of the commandments.
What is bear false witness?)