Exploring the Bible Exam 3

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who was the roman centurion who that Peter vistied after receiving a vision?

cornelius

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which disciple preached on the day of pentecost and is recorded in the book of Acts?

peter

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what is saul doing the first time we see him in the book of acts?

saul was holding the coats of those who stoned stephen

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who explained the prophecies of Isaiah to an Ethiopian eunuch and then baptized him?

philip

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what was the issue being debated at the Jerusalem council (Acts 15)?

Do Gentiles have to become Jews?

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How does the book of Acts end?

Paul still in prison in Rome awaiting his trial

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what is the genre style of the apocalypse in revelation?

symbolism

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who laid hands on the blind Paul, and later baptized him into Christianity?

Ananias

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when Paul and Barnabas travelled on their missionary journeys they took the gospel to this first?

synagoues

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according to Paul’s writings, the punishment for sin is

death

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how many missionary journeys of Paul are recorded in the book of Acts

3

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who was the original audience for the book of revelations?

the 1st century churches/christians in asia

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which of the following is not considered one of the general letters or epistles?

hebrews

Galatians

1 Peter

James

*Galatians

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What is another word for letter?

Epistle

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you cannot separate faith and works

How does James describe the relationship between faith and works?

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paul preached in this city to philosophers at the areopagus (also called mars hill) about the “unknown God”?

athens

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what is the main purpose of Revelation?

to encourage persecuted Christians

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Paul defines____as “to be placed in covenant relationship with God.” Sometimes this word is translated “to be made righteous” or “to be acceptable by God”

Justification

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True or False, Revelation predicts the date of christ’s return

false

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true or false, Galatians if a Pauline letter?

true

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true or false, Titus is not one of Paul’s prison letters?

true

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in Paul’s letters, he understands Sin (with a capital “S”) as the sin of____

Idolatry

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Paul defines___as “a person’s acceptance of God’s free and undeserved gift of covenant relationship.”

Faith

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what is the climax of the book of Revelation?

we will enjoy a new heaven and Earth

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what changed between the end of the gospels and Acts 2 that allowed Peter to preach?

Peter was filled with the power of the Holy Spirit

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what is one of the main purposes of the book of Acts?

continuation of the gospel story

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True or false, Philemon is one of Paul’s prison letters?

True

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What is the term described as God’s undeserving kindness?

Grace

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The first half of the book of Acts focuses on

Ministry of Peter

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Paul says in the letter to the Romans that God’s gift to humanity is

Eternal Life

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Traditionally, each gospel has been associated with a figure. Which gospel is associated with which figure?

Matthew- Human

Mark-Lion

Luke-Ox (Beast of Burden)

John-Eagle

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In mark 13 Jesus told his disciples that instead of trying to predict when the end times would occur, they should do what?

keep alert and awake

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what does “synoptic” mean?

seen together

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Jesus told his disciples to wait in Jerusalem. What are they supposed to wait for?

Power on High

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Which gospels are the Synoptic gospels?

Matthew, Mark, Luke

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in the gospel of mark, the women who find Jesus’ empty tomb say nothing to anyone about what they found. what reason does Mark give for their silence?

they were afraid

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which of the many “Judaisms” that existed in the 1st century was characterized as: aristocratic members of the priesthood, who were more conservative? The temple was central to this group’s existence

Sadduces

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Who was king of judea when Jesus was born?

King Herod (Herod the Great)

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Many Jews had certain expectations for the role of God’s savior—they seemed to have expected a ____.

Someone to overthrow the Roman Empire

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Rome allowed client states to rule themselves as along as they did two things:

keep the peace and pay the taxes

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Which gospels contain the story of Jesus’ birth?

Matthew and Luke

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What is the only gospel that does NOT contain post-resurrection appearances of Jesus?

Mark

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This blind man has to be healed twice in the gospel of Mark

Bartimaues

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When Jesus entered Jerusalem, what did he do when he looked at the city?

he wept over it

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True or false, Mark identifies Jesus as the Son of God

True

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This roman governor did not want to sentence jesus to death, but because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, he allowed Jesus to be crucified

pilate

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when Joseph and Mary forgot Jesus at age twelve, what was Jesus doing?

teaching in the temple

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who was the king of judea who executed John the baptizer?

Herod Antipas

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who are the first people to find that Jesus has been resurrected?

Mary Magdalene, the other Mary (the women)

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Who helped carry Jesus’ cross?

simon of cyrine

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which disciple betrayed Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane

Judas

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after Jesus’ crucifixion, some of the women disciples want to prepare his body for burial. why can’t they do this right away?

it was sabbath day and passover

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Jesus tells three parables in a row to the listening Pharisees and sinners. These parables are____, the parable of the lost coin, and the Parable of the Prodigal Son

the Lost Sheep

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how does Jesus respond to Satan’s temptations?

quoting scripture

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Where does John do most of his baptizing?

the Jordan River

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Which of the following happened earliest?

Paul’s Third Missionary Trip

Paul’s witness in Caesarea

Paul’s witness in Rome

Pentecost

Pentecost

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True or False, Hebrews is not a letter written by Paul?

True

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When Jesus is born, who recognizes the significance of the newborn child?

the Shepards

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Who functioned as a bridge between the old and the new covenants?

John the Baptist

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Which covenant did Jesus inaugurate during the Passover Meal (or the Lord’s Supper)?

the new covenant

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what is the relationship between Abraham’s and the new covenant?

That the covenant brings the Abrahamic covenant to fulfillment

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With which sect of Judaism did Paul affilate?

Pharisee

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Jesus’ Mother’s name was

Mary

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Jesus’ main message was

The kingdom of God had come

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Which of the following is an example of “recapitualation”?

12×12=144

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Jesus’ favorite method of teaching was

the use of parables