Biblical (Koine) Greek Bible Verse Quiz

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Which English Bible verses match these ten Koine Greek verses, that were randomly selected from the Greek New Testament?

This Biblical Greek quiz is meant more as a learning exercise than an assessment. You don't have to know a huge amount of Koine Greek to get pretty much every question in this quiz correct. Usually you can just pick out one or two words you know, and that's enough to select the right answer. Most of the learning experience comes from reading the rest of the words in the verse, in both Greek and English — and comparing them to each other to learn the words you don't yet know.

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Question 1 of 10:

Which English verse fits this Biblical Greek verse?

νῦν δὲ κρείττονος ὀρέγονται, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ἐπουρανίου. διὸ οὐκ ἐπαισχύνεται αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς θεὸς ἐπικαλεῖσθαι αὐτῶν, ἡτοίμασεν γὰρ αὐτοῖς πόλιν. Hebrews 11:16

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, "if he comes to you, receive him"),

giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord.

Question 2 of 10:

Which English verse fits this Biblical Greek verse?

ὃς ὢν ἀπαύγασμα τῆς δόξης καὶ χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑποστάσεως αὐτοῦ, φέρων τε τὰ πάντα τῶ ῥήματι τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ, καθαρισμὸν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ποιησάμενος ἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης ἐν ὑψηλοῖς, Hebrews 1:3

They went out and preached that people should repent.

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Jesus said to them, "Fill the water pots with water." They filled them up to the brim.

He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

Question 3 of 10:

Which English verse fits this Biblical Greek verse?

ἐλάλησεν δὲ οὕτως ὁ θεὸς ὅτι ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ πάροικον ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ, καὶ δουλώσουσιν αὐτὸ καὶ κακώσουσιν ἔτη τετρακόσια· Acts 7:6

He showed me a{TR adds "pure"} river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

Question 4 of 10:

Which English verse fits this Biblical Greek verse?

πάντες γὰρ ὑμεῖς υἱοὶ φωτός ἐστε καὶ υἱοὶ ἡμέρας. οὐκ ἐσμὲν νυκτὸς οὐδὲ σκότους· 1 Thessalonians 5:5

You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,

When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The Lord's will be done."

For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

In my Father's house are many mansions. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

Question 5 of 10:

Which English verse fits this Biblical Greek verse?

καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ εἶπαν αὐτῶ, διὰ τί ἐν παραβολαῖς λαλεῖς αὐτοῖς; Matthew 13:10

Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly charged them, saying, "See that no one knows about this."

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:

The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.

Question 6 of 10:

Which English verse fits this Biblical Greek verse?

ὅτι εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου τὸ σωτήριόν σου Luke 2:30

Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

For my eyes have seen your salvation,

By this was God's love revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Question 7 of 10:

Which English verse fits this Biblical Greek verse?

ἀναχθέντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς πάφου οἱ περὶ παῦλον ἦλθον εἰς πέργην τῆς παμφυλίας· ἰωάννης δὲ ἀποχωρήσας ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὑπέστρεψεν εἰς ἱεροσόλυμα. Acts 13:13

Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."

I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left.

Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may have something to write.

Question 8 of 10:

Which English verse fits this Biblical Greek verse?

ὁ γὰρ ἐν τούτῳ δουλεύων τῶ χριστῶ εὐάρεστος τῶ θεῶ καὶ δόκιμος τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. Romans 14:18

For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"

Question 9 of 10:

Which English verse fits this Biblical Greek verse?

καὶ ἀποστέλλει δύο τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, ὑπάγετε εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἀπαντήσει ὑμῖν ἄνθρωπος κεράμιον ὕδατος βαστάζων· ἀκολουθήσατε αὐτῶ, Mark 14:13

Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

Question 10 of 10:

Which English verse fits this Biblical Greek verse?

τοῦτο δὲ ἔλεγεν πειράζων αὐτόν, αὐτὸς γὰρ ᾔδει τί ἔμελλεν ποιεῖν. John 6:6

This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain.

for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"'

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