This Mark 5 quiz features 20 thought-provoking questions carefully crafted to cover all the verses in the chapter.
Each question is followed by five possible answers, giving you ample opportunity to challenge your knowledge and understanding of this Mark chapter 5.
Keep in mind, this Bible quiz on Mark chapter 5 is meant to be tricky, so ensure you cross-reference with Mark 5 in the KJV Bible to validate your answers at the end of the entire questions.
All right, let’s dive into the deep waters of Mark 5!
(Also: Take a quiz on Mark chapter 4)
Bible Quiz on Mark Chapter 5
Mark 5 Quiz Questions
Question 1:
Where did Jesus and His disciples come to at the beginning of Mark chapter 5?
a) The country of the Pharisees
b) The mountain top
c) The city of Jerusalem
d) The country of the Gadarenes
e) The city of Nazareth
Question 2:
What met Jesus out of the tombs?
a) A group of children
b) A man with an unclean spirit
c) Pharisees questioning Him
d) A crowd waiting to be healed
e) The High Priest
Question 3:
What was special about the man who met Jesus from the tombs?
a) He could prophesy the future
b) He could speak in tongues
c) No one could bind him, not even with chains
d) He was a priest in the temple
e) He was a close relative of a disciple
Question 4:
The man from the tombs had often been bound with fetters and chains, but what did he do to them?
a) He sold them
b) He hid them
c) He broke them in pieces
d) He wore them as ornaments
e) He gave them away
Question 5:
How did the man from the tombs spend his nights and days?
a) In the city square, begging
b) Crying out and cutting himself with stones
c) In the temple gate, asking for alms
d) Visiting homes and praying for people
e) Singing praises
Question 6:
When the man saw Jesus from afar, what did he do?
a) He ran and worshiped Him
b) He turned and went the other way
c) He shouted insults at Jesus
d) He called his friends to see Jesus
e) He tried to stone Jesus
Question 7:
Fill in the blank: “For he said unto him, _ thou unclean spirit out of the man.”
a) Remove
b) Go
c) Exit
d) Come
e) Evacuate
Question 8:
When Jesus asked the name of the unclean spirit, what was the response?
a) Legion
b) Beelzebub
c) Lucifer
d) Gabriel
e) Raphael
Question 9:
What did the unclean spirits beg Jesus not to do?
a) Send them out of the country
b) Bind them in chains
c) Send them to heaven
d) Forgive them
e) Bless them
Question 10:
Into what did Jesus allow the unclean spirits to enter?
a) Birds of the air
b) Trees of the forest
c) A herd of swine
d) Stones on the ground
e) The waters of the sea
Question 11:
What did the swine do after the unclean spirits entered them?
a) They stood still
b) They began to sing
c) They ran violently into the sea
d) They circled the man seven times
e) They turned into another creature
Question 12:
After the herdsmen saw what happened, where did they go?
a) They went to the mountains to pray
b) They went into the tombs to hide
c) They went to the city to report the events
d) They went to confront Jesus
e) They sat and wept beside the sea
Question 13:
When the people saw the man who had been demon-possessed sitting and clothed and in his right mind, how did they feel?
a) Joyful and praised God
b) They laughed and mocked him
c) They were afraid
d) They were indifferent
e) They invited him to their homes
Question 14:
What did the people ask Jesus after seeing the man restored to his right mind?
a) To stay and teach them
b) To bless their homes
c) To depart from their region
d) To heal their sick
e) To perform more miracles
Question 15:
What did the man who had been demon-possessed ask of Jesus?
a) To allow him to stay in the tombs
b) To go with Him
c) To give him a new name
d) To make him a disciple
e) To grant him special powers
Question 16:
Instead of allowing the man to accompany Him, what did Jesus tell him to do?
a) To go and teach in the synagogue
b) To fast and pray for seven days
c) To go home
d) To stay silent about the incident
e) To join the Pharisees
Question 17:
Who came to Jesus begging Him to come and lay His hands on his daughter who was at the point of death?
a) Peter
b) A Centurion
c) One of the scribes
d) Jairus
e) Nicodemus
Question 18:
On His way to Jairus’s house, who touched Jesus’s garment and got healed?
a) A woman with a blood issue
b) A man with leprosy
c) A blind beggar
d) A mute child
e) A deaf elder
Question 19:
How long had the woman had the issue of blood?
a) 7 months
b) 12 months
c) 12 years
d) 7 years
e) 5 years
Question 20:
What did Jesus say to Jairus when he heard that his daughter was dead?
a) “Let’s go back.”
b) “Only believe.”
c) “I am too late.”
d) “She will rise in the resurrection.”
e) “God’s will be done.”
(Also: Take a quiz on Mark Chapter 6)
Answers to Mark 5 Quiz Questions
Question 1:
Answer: d) The country of the Gadarenes
Explanation: Mark 5:1 says, “And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.”
Question 2:
Answer: b) A man with an unclean spirit
Explanation: As per Mark 5:2, “And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.”
Question 3:
Answer: c) No one could bind him, not even with chains
Explanation: Mark 5:3-4 reads, “Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.”
Question 4:
Answer: c) He broke them in pieces
Explanation: From Mark 5:4, “…and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.”
Question 5:
Answer: b) Crying out and cutting himself with stones
Explanation: Mark 5:5 states, “And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.”
Question 6:
Answer: a) He ran and worshiped Him
Explanation: Based on Mark 5:6, “But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,”
Question 7:
Answer: d) Come
Explanation: Mark 5:8 reads, “For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.”
Question 8:
Answer: a) Legion
Explanation: As per Mark 5:9, “And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.”
Question 9:
Answer: a) Send them out of the country
Explanation: Mark 5:10 says, “And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.”
Question 10:
Answer: c) A herd of swine
Explanation: In Mark 5:12, “And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.”
Question 11:
Answer: c) They ran violently into the sea
Explanation: As mentioned in Mark 5:13, “…the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.”
Question 12:
Answer: c) They went to the city to report the events
Explanation: Mark 5:14 states, “And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country.”
Question 13:
Answer: c) They were afraid
Explanation: According to Mark 5:15, “And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.”
Question 14:
Answer: c) To depart from their region
Explanation: Mark 5:17 reads, “And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.”
Question 15:
Answer: b) To go with Him
Explanation: Based on Mark 5:18, “And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.”
Question 16:
Answer: c) To go home
Explanation: Mark 5:19 says, “Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.”
Question 17:
Answer: d) Jairus
Explanation: Mark 5:22 mentions, “And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,”
Question 18:
Answer: a) A woman with a blood issue
Explanation: According to Mark 5:25, “And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,”
Question 19:
Answer: c) 12 years
Explanation: From Mark 5:25, “And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,”
Question 20:
Answer: b) “Only believe.”
Explanation: Mark 5:36 reads, “As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.”
