New Testament

Exam 1 Study Material

Which gospel’s Beatitudes says blessed are the poor

Luke

Which gospel’s Beatitudes says blessed are the poor in spirit

Matthew

Who is the only character Jesus names in a parable

Lazarus

Who is the gospel of Luke addressed to

Theophilus

Which of the apostles has a connection with Luke

Paul

Why is the third gospel attributed to Luke

because of the “we” passages

Which gospel wants to portray Jesus as God who has been sent from the father

John

Which author’s work makes up the largest amount of the N.T. by word count

Luke

Which of the 4 gospels makes reference to a disciple in Gethsemane fleeing naked

Mark

Which gospel contains a number of latin and Aramaic words and phrases

Mark

From which apostle does Mark receive his story

Peter

Which character in Mark’s gospel is the first to make a correct and uncontested statement about Jesus’s identity

a roman centurion

To believe or to have faith simply means to affirm a certain set of ideas as true

False

What does the name Immanuel mean

God with us

Whose story does Jesus repeat in Matthew

Israel

What is an accurate description of Mark’s gospel

Jesus because of the cross

Which is not a unique emphasis of Luke

Jesus as the new Moses

What is the purpose of John’s gospel

that you might believe

What is the purpose of Luke’s gospel

that you might have certainty

Not a part of Matthew’s portrait of Jesus

Jesus as a new Israel

Last gospel to be written

John

First gospel to be written

Mark

Who does the 4th gospel explicitly label as the author

the disciple whom Jesus loved

Which gospel gives special attention to Jesus’ concern for the marginalized

Luke

Which piece of material is unique to Matthew

Sermon on the mount

Kingdom of God definition

God’s rule and reign through Jesus

Most accurate description of the genre of the gospels

ancient biography

What is significant about P52

earliest gospel manuscript (John)

Which early church figure produced a harmonization of the 4 gospels

Tatian

What was Tatian’s harmonization of the gospels called

Diatesseron

What term is used as a shorthand for the first 3 gospels

Synoptic Gospels

Synoptic means

seen together

What is the main theme of the gospels

the kingdom

Who calls it the Kingdom of Heaven

Matthew

Who calls it the Kingdom of God

Mark and Luke

Who calls it eternal life

John

Which king desecrated the Jerusalem temple

Antiochus the 4th (epiphanies)

Which gospel does not include Jesus’s baptism or transfiguration

John

What do the prophets in the old testament not do

tell Israel that they are good

What is the Paradigmatic act of God’s deliverance

Exodus

What did Jesus think the old testament was about

himself

What did God promise to Abraham

land, descendents, blessings

What do the prophets call Israel to do

return to God

What did God Promise to David

eternal throne

Where in the Bible does God promise David an eternal throne

2 Samuel 7

What is not one of the books of John

wisdom

What are the books of John

signs and glory