This John 8 quiz is designed to test not just memory, but deep biblical insight. Whether you’re preparing for Bible study or just want to sharpen your understanding of Scripture, these challenging questions will help you reflect more deeply on the words of Jesus.
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John 8 Quiz Questions and Answers
Question 1:
According to John 8:1, where did Jesus go after everyone went to their own house?
- A) Into the city
- B) To Galilee
- C) To the Mount of Olives
- D) To the synagogue
- E) To the sea
Answer Key
Answer: C
Explanation: The passage opens with Jesus going to the Mount of Olives, a common place for Him to pray.
Scripture Reference: John 8:1 (KJV)
Question 2:
What was Jesus doing when the scribes and Pharisees brought the woman caught in adultery?
- A) Walking in the temple
- B) Teaching the crowd
- C) Healing the sick
- D) Reading the law aloud
- E) Writing on the wall
Answer Key
Answer: B
Explanation: Jesus was teaching the people in the temple early in the morning.
Scripture Reference: John 8:2 (KJV)
Question 3:
Where exactly was Jesus seated when He taught in the temple?
- A) On the steps of the temple
- B) In the court of the Gentiles
- C) In the treasury
- D) He sat down
- E) In the sanctuary
Answer Key
Answer: D
Explanation: The verse says He “sat down, and taught them.” It does not specify a location other than the temple.
Scripture Reference: John 8:2 (KJV)
Question 4:
What was the intention of the scribes and Pharisees when they brought the adulterous woman to Jesus?
- A) To warn others
- B) To fulfill the law
- C) To tempt Him
- D) To make a public example
- E) To test her sincerity
Answer Key
Answer: C
Explanation: They were tempting Him “that they might have to accuse him.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:6 (KJV)
Question 5:
How did Jesus initially respond to their accusation against the woman?
- A) He spoke a parable
- B) He remained silent
- C) He walked away
- D) He wrote on the ground
- E) He quoted Moses
Answer Key
Answer: D
Explanation: Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger.
Scripture Reference: John 8:6 (KJV)
Question 6:
What phrase did Jesus speak that caused the accusers to leave one by one?
- A) He that is without sin among you…
- B) Judge not, that ye be not judged.
- C) Let him that is guilty cast the first stone.
- D) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees.
- E) Be ye holy, for I am holy.
Answer Key
Answer: A
Explanation: Jesus said, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:7 (KJV)
Question 7:
Which group left first after Jesus’ challenge?
- A) The youngest
- B) The priests
- C) The multitude
- D) The oldest
- E) The disciples
Answer Key
Answer: D
Explanation: The accusers left “beginning at the eldest, even unto the last.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:9 (KJV)
Question 8:
What did Jesus say to the woman after her accusers left?
- A) Sin no more
- B) Thy faith hath saved thee
- C) Woman, where are those thine accusers?
- D) Go thy way
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Question 10:
What is promised to those who follow Jesus, according to John 8:12?
- A) They shall receive eternal life
- B) They shall not walk in darkness
- C) They shall become sons of God
- D) They shall see the kingdom
- E) They shall never hunger
Answer Key
Answer: B
Explanation: Jesus promises they “shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:12 (KJV)Question 11:
Why did the Pharisees reject Jesus’ testimony about Himself?
- A) Because He healed on the Sabbath
- B) Because He had no witnesses
- C) Because He contradicted Moses
- D) Because He was not a Levite
- E) Because He spoke in parables
Answer Key
Answer: B
Explanation: They claimed, “Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:13 (KJV)Question 12:
What reason does Jesus give for the truth of His own witness?
- A) His works testify of Him
- B) He fulfills the prophets
- C) He knows where He came from and where He goes
- D) He is from the tribe of Judah
- E) His disciples believe in Him
Answer Key
Answer: C
Explanation: Jesus said, “I know whence I came, and whither I go.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:14 (KJV)Question 13:
According to Jesus, how do the Pharisees judge?
- A) According to the law
- B) According to prophecy
- C) According to the Spirit
- D) According to tradition
- E) According to the flesh
Answer Key
Answer: E
Explanation: Jesus said, “Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:15 (KJV)Question 14:
How many bear record of Jesus according to His own words?
- A) Only Jesus
- B) Two witnesses
- C) Threefold record
- D) Twelve apostles
- E) A cloud of witnesses
Answer Key
Answer: B
Explanation: “I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:18 (KJV)Question 15:
How does Jesus respond when asked, ‘Where is thy Father?’
- A) He is in heaven.
- B) He is not of this world.
- C) Ye neither know me, nor my Father.
- D) I and my Father are one.
- E) The Father is in me.
Answer Key
Answer: C
Explanation: He said, “Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:19 (KJV)Question 16:
Where was Jesus when He spoke these words?
- A) In Solomon’s porch
- B) In the temple treasury
- C) In the upper room
- D) In the court of Israel
- E) In the garden
Answer Key
Answer: B
Explanation: “These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:20 (KJV)Question 17:
What did Jesus say would happen to them who would seek Him later?
- A) They would not find Him
- B) They would see the kingdom
- C) They would believe
- D) They would be converted
- E) They would weep and mourn
Answer Key
Answer: A
Explanation: “Ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:21 (KJV)Question 18:
What misunderstanding did the Jews have when Jesus said they could not follow Him?
- A) They thought He would go to Samaria
- B) They thought He would ascend into heaven
- C) They thought He would kill Himself
- D) They thought He would travel to Rome
- E) They thought He meant death in battle
Answer Key
Answer: C
Explanation: “Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:22 (KJV)Question 19:
Jesus told them, “Ye are from beneath.” What does He say of Himself?
- A) I am not of the world.
- B) I am from above.
- C) I speak only what the Father says.
- D) I am the resurrection.
- E) I am the Son of God.
Answer Key
Answer: B
Explanation: “Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:23 (KJV)Question 20:
What does Jesus say will happen if one does not believe that He is “he”?
- A) They shall be judged by the law
- B) They shall be condemned at the last day
- C) They shall die in their sins
- D) They shall not see life
- E) They shall be cut off
Answer Key
Answer: C
Explanation: “If ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:24 (KJV)Question 21:
When Jesus said “I am he,” what was the Jews’ response?
- A) They rejoiced
- B) They asked for a sign
- C) They understood not
- D) They worshipped Him
- E) They accused Him of blasphemy
Answer Key
Answer: C
Explanation: “They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:27 (KJV)Question 22:
According to Jesus, when would they know that “I am he”?
- A) When they see the Son of man coming
- B) When the Spirit is given
- C) When they lift up the Son of man
- D) When the temple is destroyed
- E) When the law is fulfilled
Answer Key
Answer: C
Explanation: “When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:28 (KJV)Question 23:
What always pleased the Father, according to Jesus?
- A) His words
- B) His works
- C) His obedience
- D) The things that He did
- E) His sacrifices
Answer Key
Answer: D
Explanation: Jesus said, “I do always those things that please him.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:29 (KJV)Question 24:
What did Jesus say would make one free?
- A) The Holy Spirit
- B) Obedience
- C) The truth
- D) Faith
- E) The law
Answer Key
Answer: C
Explanation: “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:32 (KJV)Question 25:
What did the Jews claim about their ancestry?
- A) They were sons of Jacob
- B) They were Levites
- C) They were born of God
- D) They were never in bondage
- E) They kept the law
Answer Key
Answer: D
Explanation: “We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:33 (KJV)Question 26:
What does Jesus say about committing sin?
- A) It makes one a child of darkness
- B) It brings death
- C) It separates from God
- D) It makes one a servant
- E) It breaks the covenant
Answer Key
Answer: D
Explanation: “Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:34 (KJV)Question 27:
Who alone can make a person truly free?
- A) The Son
- B) The Spirit
- C) The Father
- D) The truth
- E) The Word
Answer Key
Answer: A
Explanation: “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:36 (KJV)Question 28:
Why did Jesus say the Jews sought to kill Him?
- A) Because He healed on the Sabbath
- B) Because they misunderstood Him
- C) Because they had no room for His word
- D) Because of envy
- E) Because of tradition
Answer Key
Answer: C
Explanation: “Ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:37 (KJV)Question 29:
Who does Jesus say is the father of those who oppose Him?
- A) Cain
- B) Their own selves
- C) Herod
- D) The devil
- E) The false prophet
Answer Key
Answer: D
Explanation: “Ye are of your father the devil.”
Scripture Reference: John 8:44 (KJV)Question 30:
What statement by Jesus caused the Jews to take up stones?
- A) I and my Father are one.
- B) Before Abraham was, I am.
- C) Ye shall die in your sins.
- D) I am the light of the world.
- E) Ye are from beneath.
Answer Key
Answer: B
Explanation: “Before Abraham was, I am.” This declaration of divinity echoed the name of God in Exodus 3:14.
Scripture Reference: John 8:58 (KJV)
