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Bible Quiz: Jesus Stops at Jacob's Well


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1) Jesus was traveling through Samaria, and came to a town called Sychar, near a plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, being tired from the journey, sat down by the well. A Samaritan woman came to get water and Jesus asked her for a drink. Why was the woman shocked that Jesus spoke to her?

She hadn't seen Jesus sitting by the well as she approached.

Only women normally went to wells for water.

Jews normally didn't associate with Samaritans.

She assumed an important person like Jesus wouldn't speak to a peasant like herself.


2) Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you _______."

the kingdom of God

the kingdom of heaven

living water

the gift of the Spirit


3) What did Jesus reveal to the woman that caused her to believe He might be the Christ instead of just a prophet?

That she had found a gold coin on the way to the well

That she had found a silver coin on the way to the well

That she had never been married

That she had had five husbands


4) What did Jesus do after His visit to the well?

He went on to Galilee with His disciples

He stayed with a group of Samaritans for two days.

He baptized the woman with water from the well.

He went on to Jerusalem with His disciples.