How well do you know your Bible?
Below are 70 important events in the Bible.
Are you familar with all of them?
1. The Creation
Gen. 1
2. Fall of man
Gen. 3:6
3. Universal flood
Gen. 6?8
4. Tower of Babel
Gen. 11:1?9
5. Conversion and call of Abraham
Gen. 12:1?3
6. Giving of Abrahamic Covenant
Gen. 12:7; 13:14?17; 15:1?21
7. The selling of Joseph into Egyptian slavery
Gen. 37
8. The enslavement of Israel in Egypt
Exod. 1
9. The call of Moses.
Exod. 3:1?10
10. The ten plagues
Exod. 7?12
11. The Exodus from Egypt
Exod. 12?15
12. The institution of the Sabbath
Exod. 16:29
13. The giving of the Law
Exod. 20:1?17
14. The completion of the tabernacle
Exod. 40:33?34
15. The anointing of Aaron as first high priests
Lev. 8:1?12
16. The Jordan River crossing into Palestine
Josh. 3
17. The victory over Jericho
Josh. 6
18. The marriage of Ruth to Boaz
Ruth 4
19. The anointing of Saul as Israel?s first king
1 Sam. 9?10
20. The anointing of David as king
1 Sam. 16:13
21. The capture of Jerusalem and recovery of the Ark by David
2 Sam. 5?6
22. The giving of the Davidic Covenant
2 Sam. 7:8?17
23. The anointing of Solomon
1 King 1:39
24. The completion of Solomon?s temple
1 Kings 6:38
25. The splitting of Israel into the two kingdoms, Israel and Judah
1 Kings 12
26. Elijah taken up to heaven
2 Kings 2
27. The deliverance of Joash from murderous Queen Athaliah
2 Chron. 22:10?12
28. The Assyrian conquest of the northern kingdom
2 Kings 17:6
29. The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Assyrians
2 Kings 19:32?35
30. The discovery of the Law of Moses in Josiah?s reign
2 Chron. 34
31. The destruction of the temple of Solomon
2 Kings 25:8?9
32. The Babylonian Captivity of the southern kingdom
2 Kings 25:11
33. The return under Cyrus? decree
Ezra 1
34. The completion of the new temple under Zerubbabel
Ezra 6
35. The rescuing of the Jews by Esther
Esther. 4?7
36. Birth of John the Baptist
Luke 1:57?80
37. Birth of Christ
Luke 2:7
38. The flight into Egypt
Matt. 2:13?14
39. The temple visit at age 12
Luke 2:41?50
40. Jesus? baptism
Matt. 3:13?17
41. The temptation
Matt. 4:1?11
42. The temple cleansing
John 2:13?25
43. The choosing of the 12
Matt. 10:l?4
44. The Sermon on the Mount
Matt. 5?7
45. The raising of Lazarus
John 11
46. Death of John the Baptist
Matt. 14; Mark 6
47. Confession of Peter and promise of the Church
Matt. 16
48. The Transfiguration
Matt. 17
49. The triumphal entry into Jerusalem
Matt. 21; Mark 11; Luke 19; John 12
50. Events in the Upper Room
Matt. 26; Mark 14; Luke 22; John 13?14
51. Christ?s ordeal in Gethsemane
Matt. 26; Mark 14; Luke 22; John 18
52. His trials
Matt. 26?27; Mark 14?15; Luke 22?23; John 18?19
53. The Crucifixion
Matt. 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:33; John 19:18
54. The Resurrection
Matt. 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20
55. His ten glorified appearances
Matt. 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20?21
56. Giving the Great Commission
Matt. 28:18?20
57. The Ascension
Acts 1:9?11
58. Pentecost
Acts 2
59. Healing of a lame man by Peter and John
Acts 3:1?11
60. Election of the first deacons
Acts 6:1?8
61. Martyrdom of Stephen
Acts 7:1?60
62. Conversion of Saul
Acts 9:1?20
63. Establishment of the Antioch church
Acts 11:19?26
64. Death of James and deliverance of Peter
Acts 12:1?19
65. Paul?s first missionary journey
Acts 13:2?14:28
66. The Jerusalem Council
Acts 15:1?35
67. Paul?s second missionary journey
Acts 15:36?18:22
68. Paul?s third missionary journey
Acts 18:23?21:16
69. Paul?s imprisonment in Rome
Acts 28:30
70. The exile of John to Patmos and the writing of Revelation
Rev. 1:9
Ref. Willmington, H. L. 1987. Willmington's book of Bible lists. Tyndale House: Wheaton, Ill.