Updated November 10, 2026
Here are 40 Sunday school Bible questions for kids ages 8 to 12, each with an answer, a Scripture reference and an easy or medium level. They come in four blocks of ten: Old Testament stories, the life of Jesus, the parables of Jesus and the church in Acts. Use them as a ten-minute review, a team game or a quarter-end quiz.
Between ages 8 and 12, kids already know the main stories and want more than memory questions. This list goes a step beyond the basics: what God told Moses to take off at the burning bush, what Elisha made float in the river, what Jesus asked for on the cross, or what the first believers in Jerusalem devoted themselves to.
Each question comes with the answer, the reference and a level (easy or medium), so the teacher can build rounds to fit the class. The four blocks work as a review of a whole quarter or as four lessons in a row, one block per week. You can print the list after a free sign-up or show it on a screen in presentation mode.
From Joseph's brothers to Jonah in Nineveh.
Answer: Reuben; he suggested throwing him into a pit so he could return him to their father — Genesis 37:21-22
Answer: His sandals, because the place where he stood was holy ground — Exodus 3:2-5
Answer: The blood of the lamb; when the LORD saw it, he would pass over — Exodus 12:7, 13
Answer: Twice as much, because the seventh day was a day of rest and no manna fell — Exodus 16:22-26
Answer: People look at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart — 1 Samuel 16:6-7
Answer: In the name of the LORD of hosts — 1 Samuel 17:45
Answer: Borrow many empty jars and pour her oil into them; the oil did not stop until every jar was full — 2 Kings 4:1-6
Answer: The iron axe head, borrowed, that had fallen into the water — 2 Kings 6:4-7
Answer: He prayed to the LORD his God — Jonah 2:1
Answer: They believed God, proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth — Jonah 3:4-5
From the wedding at Cana to the empty tomb.
Answer: Six jars — John 2:6-7
Answer: The book of the prophet Isaiah — Luke 4:16-17
Answer: To put out into deep water and let down the nets; they caught so many fish that the nets began to break — Luke 5:4-6
Answer: The salt of the earth and the light of the world — Matthew 5:13-14
Answer: He made mud with saliva, put it on the man's eyes and told him to wash in the pool of Siloam — John 9:1, 6-7
Answer: His face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light — Matthew 17:1-2
Answer: He took them in his arms, laid his hands on them and blessed them — Mark 10:13-16
Answer: To wash one another's feet, following the example he had given them — John 13:14-15
Answer: That the Father would forgive them, for they did not know what they were doing — Luke 23:33-34
Answer: Do not be afraid: Jesus is not here, for he has risen, as he said — Matthew 28:5-6
Stories Jesus told in Matthew and Luke.
Answer: The rain fell, the floods came and the winds blew, and it fell with a great crash — Matthew 7:26-27
Answer: The birds came and ate it — Matthew 13:3-4
Answer: A tree so big that the birds make nests in its branches — Matthew 13:31-32
Answer: He hid it again and, in his joy, sold everything he had and bought that field — Matthew 13:44
Answer: Oil for their lamps — Matthew 25:1-4
Answer: He dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money — Matthew 25:15, 18
Answer: A priest and a Levite — Luke 10:30-32
Answer: He laid it on his shoulders, rejoicing, and called his friends and neighbors to rejoice with him — Luke 15:4-6
Answer: Feeding pigs in the field; he longed to eat the pods the pigs ate — Luke 15:13-16
Answer: He beat his chest and asked God to be merciful to him, a sinner — Luke 18:10-13
Pentecost, the first believers and the apostles.
Answer: In Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth — Acts 1:8
Answer: A sound like a mighty rushing wind that filled the whole house where they were sitting — Acts 2:1-3
Answer: Each one heard the disciples speaking in his own language — Acts 2:5-8
Answer: Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit — Acts 2:37-38
Answer: The apostles' teaching, fellowship, the breaking of bread and prayer — Acts 2:42
Answer: He stood up, walked and went into the temple with them, leaping and praising God — Acts 3:2, 8
Answer: The place was shaken, they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness — Acts 4:29-31
Answer: That Jesus Christ healed him, and to get up and make his bed; he got up at once — Acts 9:32-34
Answer: He was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with guards at the door — Acts 12:6
Answer: Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and he and his household would be saved — Acts 16:30-31
Open the meeting with a Bible activity and close with the questions from this list. Each page has step-by-step instructions, a key verse and a variation for your group.
Questions with a clear answer and a reference to read, matched to the age of the kids. For ages 8 to 12, questions that mix familiar stories with details from the text work well. This list has 40, in four blocks of ten.
Easy questions can be answered from what kids hear in class; medium questions ask for a detail from the text or a phrase to remember. Use them to build rounds for your group.
The easy ones work if you tell the story first. For ages 4 to 7, the Bible trivia questions for kids list has shorter questions.
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