First century AD · joins Paul around AD 49–50, leader in Ephesus around AD 63–67
Timothy Bible quiz
Start with these 3 free questions on Timothy. Tap an answer to check it: each one is explained with the verse it comes from. The full quiz (12 questions, up to the details most readers miss) is in Bible Academy.
Easy questions
1. What were the names of Timothy’s mother and grandmother?
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Answer: Eunice and Lois. Paul speaks of the unfeigned faith “which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice.” 2 Timothy 1:5
2. What was the background of Timothy’s father?
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Answer: Greek. Timothy was “the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek.” It was his mother who was Jewish. Acts 16:1
3. Complete the verse: “Let no man despise thy …”
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Answer: youth. “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conduct…” 1 Timothy 4:12