25 Hard Revelation 21 Quiz Questions and Answers

Answer 1: C: The holy city, new Jerusalem came down prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Option E is a strong wrong answer, since verse twenty-two will say there is no temple in the city at all. Verse two names the bride as the likeness.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:2, “prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”

Answer 2: A: The building of the wall of it was of jasper. Gold is the material of the city itself, not the wall; verse eighteen gives them separately. Sapphire, chalcedony, and the other stones garnish the foundations in verses nineteen and twenty, not the wall itself.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:18, “the building of the wall of it was of jasper.”

Answer 3: D: The Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. Option A says the city itself is the dwelling, which reverses the verse’s logic; the verse says the LORD and the Lamb ARE the temple, not that the city is their dwelling. Verse twenty-two states this plainly.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:22, “for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.”

Answer 4: B: Verse four declares there shall be no more death, alongside sorrow, crying, and pain. Darkness is absent from the city for a different reason given in verse twenty-three; the verse does not list it among the things declared no more in verse four.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:4, “there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain.”

Answer 5: E: The angel said, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. The great white throne and him that sat upon it belongs to Revelation twenty. The river of life appears in the following chapter. Verse nine names the bride, the Lamb’s wife, as what the angel offered to show.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:9, “I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”

Answer 6: A: At the gates were twelve angels. Cherubim guard the garden in Genesis and the temple in Ezekiel, making them a plausible but wrong answer here. Verse twelve names angels, not elders, cherubim, or pillars, at each of the twelve gates.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:12, “at the gates twelve angels.”

Answer 7: C: The only ones who may enter are they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life. Verse twenty-seven also declares that nothing which defileth, worketh abomination, or maketh a lie shall enter. The single positive condition for entry is being written in the Lamb’s book of life.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:27, “but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”

Answer 8: B: The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. The city is foursquare; the measurement is twelve thousand furlongs in every dimension. Options A, C, and E all introduce unequal ratios that the verse does not state.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:16, “the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.”

Answer 9: D: When the first heaven and first earth passed away, there was no more sea. The sun and moon are addressed in verse twenty-three, where they are not absent but simply no longer needed. The temple’s absence is stated separately in verse twenty-two. Verse one names the sea as what is no more.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:1, “and there was no more sea.”

Answer 10: C: Every several gate was of one pearl. Pure gold like transparent glass describes the street of the city in the same verse, making A a close wrong answer for a reader who recalls the verse but assigns the material to the wrong element. Verse twenty-one says each gate was one pearl.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:21, “every several gate was of one pearl.”

Answer 11: E: God said, I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. The inheritance of all things is what the overcomer receives in the following verse, making C a close wrong answer for a reader who conflates the two promises. Verse six names the fountain of the water of life as the gift to those who thirst.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:6, “I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.”

Answer 12: A: The kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. Gifts of silver and gold recall the OT tribute brought to Solomon’s temple, but verse twenty-four names glory and honour, not precious metals.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:24, “the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.”

Answer 13: D: The glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. The seven lamps of fire belong to the vision of the throne in Revelation four, not to the holy city’s illumination. Verse twenty-three names both God’s glory and the Lamb as the source of light.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:23, “the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.”

Answer 14: C: In the twelve foundations were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. The names of the twelve tribes are written on the gates in verse twelve, not the foundations, making A a close wrong answer for a reader who recalls both details but assigns them to the wrong structure. Verse fourteen names the apostles for the foundations.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:14, “in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.”

Answer 15: B: Verse eight opens its list with the fearful and unbelieving before naming the abominable, murderers, whoremongers, sorcerers, idolaters, and liars. All the options name real groups from the verse, but only B names the first pair in the order verse eight uses.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:8, “But the fearful, and unbelieving…shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire.”

Answer 16: A: The wall was measured an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. The golden reed in option B is the instrument used to measure; verse seventeen names the standard, which is the measure of a man equated with the angel.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:17, “according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.”

Answer 17: D: The great voice declared, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them. Options C and E describe the tabernacle appearing or coming down, but the verse does not use those words; it states the tabernacle IS with men, declaring present reality. Verse three gives this plainly.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:3, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them.”

Answer 18: E: The gates shall not be shut at all by day, for there shall be no night there. The reason given is the absence of night, not the exclusion of enemies or the presence of God’s light, though those things are also true of the city. Verse twenty-five states this connection plainly.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:25, “for there shall be no night there.”

Answer 19: B: The first foundation was jasper. Sapphire garnishes the second foundation; chalcedony the third; emerald the fourth; sardius the sixth. A reader who knows these stones are from this chapter but has not memorised their order may reach for sapphire or emerald.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:19, “The first foundation was jasper.”

Answer 20: C: He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. The verse continues: Write, for these words are true and faithful. The word is “new”; the other adjectives are plausible but none appears in verse five.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:5, “Behold, I make all things new.”

Answer 21: D: The angel carried John away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, where he was shown the holy Jerusalem descending. The wilderness is where John receives the vision of the great harlot in chapter seventeen; a reader who conflates the two visions may reach for E.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:10, “he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain.”

Answer 22: A: He that overcometh shall inherit all things. A new name on a white stone belongs to the promise in Revelation two to the church at Pergamos; a crown of life belongs to Smyrna. Neither C nor D is what verse seven names for the overcomer in this chapter, and their combination remains equally wrong. Verse seven says plainly: all things.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:7, “He that overcometh shall inherit all things.”

Answer 23: C: On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. A reader who remembers twelve gates in total but does not recall their distribution may reach for four or six, dividing twelve by the wrong number.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:13, “On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.”

Answer 24: E: Her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. The sun in full strength is how Christ appears in chapter one, making C a plausible wrong answer for a reader who recalls Revelation’s imagery but not this particular verse. Verse eleven gives jasper, clear as crystal.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:11, “her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.”

Answer 25: B: He that talked with John had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. A line of scarlet and a plumb line both appear in OT measuring imagery, but neither is what verse fifteen names. The instrument is a golden reed.
KJV Reference: Revelation 21:15, “had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.”