Intermediate Bible Quiz: The Seven Sayings of Jesus on the Cross (10 Questions and Answers)

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Ten questions on the seven sayings of Jesus on the cross and on what surrounds them in the four Gospels.

1. Who receives the promise, "Today you will be with me in paradise"?
   Answer: One of the two criminals crucified with him
   The criminal who asks Jesus to remember him receives this promise (Luke 23:42-43).
2. To whom does Jesus entrust his mother from the cross?
   Answer: The disciple whom he loved
   Jesus tells the disciple, "Behold, your mother," and from that hour the disciple took her into his home (John 19:26-27).
3. According to the Gospel of Mark, at what hour was Jesus crucified?
   Answer: The third hour
   It was the third hour when they crucified him (Mark 15:25).
4. What do some bystanders say when they hear Jesus cry, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani"?
   Answer: He is calling Elijah
   Some of those standing there said, "He is calling Elijah" (Matthew 27:46-47).
5. According to John, what do the soldiers fix the sponge of sour wine to?
   Answer: A branch of hyssop
   The soldiers fill a sponge with sour wine and fix it to a branch of hyssop (John 19:29).
6. What does Jesus say right after receiving the sour wine?
   Answer: It is finished
   When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and gave up his spirit (John 19:30).
7. According to Luke, what are Jesus' last words before he dies?
   Answer: Father, into your hands I commit my spirit
   Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit," and breathed his last (Luke 23:46).
8. According to Luke, what does the centurion say when he sees what has happened?
   Answer: Certainly this man was innocent
   In Luke, the centurion praises God and says, "Certainly this man was innocent" (Luke 23:47).
9. How does Jesus' cry begin in the Gospel of Mark?
   Answer: Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani
   Mark records "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani," which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Mark 15:34).
10. In which languages was the inscription on the cross written?
    Answer: Hebrew, Greek and Latin
    Pilate's inscription was written in Hebrew, in Greek and in Latin, and many of the Jews read it (John 19:19-20).