Comprehensive John 5 Quiz with Answers: How Well Do You Know the Gospel of John?

Answer 1: D — The specific feast is not named in this chapter.
KJV Reference: John 5:1 — “After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”

Answer 2: A — The pool was called Bethesda.
KJV Reference: John 5:2 — “Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda…”

Answer 3: B — The pool had five porches.
KJV Reference: John 5:2 — “…which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.”

Answer 4: C — The angel troubled the water in the pool, bringing healing.
KJV Reference: John 5:4 — “For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water…”

Answer 5: C — The man had an infirmity for 38 years before Jesus healed him.
KJV Reference: John 5:5 — “And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.”

Answer 6: B — Jesus asked, “Wilt thou be made whole?”
KJV Reference: John 5:6 — “When Jesus saw him lie… he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?”

Answer 7: B — The man explained that he had no one to help when the water was stirred.
KJV Reference: John 5:7 — “Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool…”

Answer 8: C — Jesus told him to rise, take up his bed, and walk.
KJV Reference: John 5:8 — “Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.”

Answer 9: A — The man was immediately made whole.
KJV Reference: John 5:9 — “And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked…”

Answer 10: B — The healing happened on the Sabbath day.
KJV Reference: John 5:9 — “…and on the same day was the sabbath.”

Answer 11: B — The Jews accused the man of breaking the Sabbath by carrying his bed.
KJV Reference: John 5:10 — “The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.”

Answer 12: D — The pool of Bethesda was located near the sheep market (gate) in Jerusalem.
KJV Reference: John 5:2 — “Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda…”

Answer 13: B — The man did not know who healed him because Jesus had conveyed Himself away.
KJV Reference: John 5:13 — “And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.”

Answer 14: D — Jesus later found the man in the temple.
KJV Reference: John 5:14 — “Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him…”

Answer 15: C — Jesus warned the man not to return to sin lest a worse thing happen.
KJV Reference: John 5:14 — “…sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.”

Answer 16: C — The Jews sought to kill Him because He had done these things on the Sabbath.
KJV Reference: John 5:16 — “And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.”

Answer 17: A — Jesus justified His actions by declaring that as His Father works, He also works.
KJV Reference: John 5:17 — “But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”

Answer 18: C — They accused Him of making Himself equal with God.
KJV Reference: John 5:18 — “Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him… but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.”

Answer 19: C — Jesus explained His complete unity with the Father.
KJV Reference: John 5:19 — “…The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do…”

Answer 20: C — The Father gave the Son the authority to execute judgment.
KJV Reference: John 5:22 — “For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.”

Answer 21: C — This was so that men would honor the Son just as they honor the Father.
KJV Reference: John 5:23 — “That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.”

Answer 22: C — The Father judgeth no man but has committed all judgment unto the Son.
KJV Reference: John 5:22 — “For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.”

Answer 23: C — Those who hear shall live.
KJV Reference: John 5:25 — “…the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.”

Answer 24: C — All that are in the graves shall hear His voice.
KJV Reference: John 5:28 — “…all that are in the graves shall hear his voice.”

Answer 25: C — They will experience the resurrection of life or the resurrection of damnation.
KJV Reference: John 5:29 — “…they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”