Answer: Hagar
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Bible Stumpers: 11 People Who Saw Angels
Encounters with angels often mark pivotal turning points in the biblical narrative. From the quiet desperation of the wilderness to the high-stakes halls of the Temple, these messengers deliver warnings, provide guidance, or offer reassurance in moments of danger.
This set of Bible Hub Stumpers explores eleven people in Scripture who saw angels. Some were prophets and leaders. Others were ordinary individuals suddenly swept into the unfolding plan of God.
See how many you can identify before revealing the answers.
1. Fleeing into the wilderness, this person became the first in Scripture to be visited by an angel, who promised descendants and revealed "the God who sees."
2. Angels had to physically grasp this hesitant man and lead his family to safety as divine judgment fell on his city.
Answer: Lot
3. On the eve of Israel’s first battle in the Promised Land, this leader encountered a sword-bearing figure who declared himself commander of the LORD’s army.
Answer: Joshua
4. An angel ascended in the flame of the altar before this man’s eyes, just after foretelling the birth of a son set apart from birth to deliver Israel from the Philistines.
Answer: Manoah
5. Exhausted and ready to die, this prophet was awakened by an angel and strengthened for a long journey.
Answer: Elijah
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6. While in exile, this man received complex visions of the future, and the angel Gabriel was sent to give him insight and understanding.
Answer: Daniel
7. While performing his priestly duties at the altar of incense, this man was visited by the angel Gabriel and struck mute for doubting the message he received.
Answer: Zechariah
8. Chained between two guards on the night before his trial, this apostle was struck on the side by an angel; his chains fell off, and an iron gate opened by itself as he was led out to freedom.
Answer: Peter
9. An angel instructed this Roman officer to send for Peter, an event that helped open the gospel to the Gentiles.
Answer: Cornelius
10. After a great revival in Samaria, this man was directed by an angel to a desert road, where he encountered a foreign official reading the scroll of Isaiah.
Answer: Philip
Bonus. During a violent storm on the Mediterranean Sea, an angel of God appeared to this prisoner, assuring him he would stand before Caesar and that God had granted the lives of everyone aboard the ship.
Answer: Paul
Thanks for taking the challenge this week. We hope it encourages you to return to these passages and rediscover the remarkable moments when God sent His messengers.
