New Testament First Test

Kingdom of God

Key concept in Jesus' teaching

Kingdom

Theme of Jesus' parables

Future

In Jesus' teaching, kingdom is...

Moses as well as David

Matthew presents Jesus as a new...

Tax collector

Matthew was a...

How were tax collectors viewed in society?

Often heaped in with sinners and viewed as traitors.

Why were tax collectors considered traitors?

Because they were collecting taxes for the Romans.

What does the inclusion of tax collectors in the good news signify?

It shows that the good news is for everyone.

Immanuel

Means "God with us"

God with us

Important theme in Matthew

The prophecies in the Old Testament are fulfilled by Jesus

Why does Matthew quote the Old Testament

Jews

Who was Matthew written to

Moses, Abraham, and DAvid

Matthew ties Jesus to who?

Five

How many major connections did Matthew make between Moses and Jesus?

Pentateuch

Moses was the author of what?

Jesus' geneology

What does the gospel of Matthew begin with?

Feeding a lot of people

Which actions in Matthew compares Jesus to Moses?

Passover

Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a Donkey during which holiday?

Not as the world says (serving=glory)

Jesus' kingdom is upside down because...

The Temple

The critical clash between the Pharisees and Jesus that made the Pharisees want to kill Jesus happens where?

The heart

What is the tempe considered as in Jewish culture?

The Sanhedrian

The counsel that ordered Jesus to death

Jewish and Roman

Which two governments had Jesus on trial?

The Great Commission

What closes out the gospel of Matthew?

Peter

The gospel of Mark draws upon the accounts of which disciple?

Papias

Who was a disciple of John and describes the relationship between Peter and Mark?

Mark

Who is not one of the 12 disciples and did not see Jesus' life, but Peter told him about the things that happened?

3

How many acts is Mark presented in?

Act 1: Galilee

Act 2: On the way to Jerusalem

Act 3: Jerusalem

What are the three acts in Mark

Peter

Who responds that Jesus is the Messiah?

A Roman Soldier

Who confirms that Jesus is the Son of God (Messiah) after His crucifixion?

Abrubtly

How does the Bible Project video say Mark intended to end his gospel?

A conquering king

What expectations did first-century Jews typically have for the "Messiah"?

Son of Man

What name does Jesus Prefer for himself instead of the Loaded term "Messiah"?

Yes, Jesus will reign, but first He has to suffer

What does the transfiguration of Jesus in Mark 9 teach the disciples?

Ransom

Mark 10:45

"The Son of Man did not come to be served but to be a servant and give his life as a ______ for many."

Luke

Who had a close association to Paul

Adam

Who is the oldest human ancestor in Luke's genealogy?

The poor

The gospel of Luke emphasis that Jesus is bringing the gospel to who?

Jerusalem

What does Jesus predict will be destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD?

Pontius Pilate

Who claims that Jesus has done nothing deserving death?

In paradise with Him

Where does Jesus tell a criminal being crucified next to Him he will be?

Acts

The continuation of Luke is...

Gentile

Luke is a ...

Eyewitness

Luke is not an...

Apostle Paul

Luke is a companion of which apostle?

The Beloved Physician

What does Paul call Luke?

Gentiles, the financially poor, the poor in spirit, and Jesus' healing and outreach to the outcasts

What is Luke concerned about in his gospel?

A physical body raised from the dead

What is the nature of Jesus' resurrection body?

The tomb was empty, eyewitness accounts, a body with the marks of crucifixion

In what ways does the Gospel of Luke and Jesus demonstrate that Jesus' body is real?

John, son of Zebedee

Most accepted name for the "apostle who Jesus loved"

Poem

The gospel of John opens with what?

Bread

John says that Jesus is what?

Turning water into wine

What is the first miraculous sign performed in John

Lazerus

Who did Jesus raise from the dead?

John 1:1-3

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

Wine was diluted with water

How does Dr. Dubis reconcile Jesus' creation of wine in John 2 with the stern warnings about drunkenness in the Bible.

He most be born again, not physical, but a spiritual rebirth

What does Jesus tell the rabbi Nicodemus is necessary in order to enter the kingdom of God?

Everyone will rise from the dead, and God will reclaim the people who believe in Him. Those who do not believe, will face God's Judgement and spend eternity separated from God

What does John 5:25-29 teach about Jesus' involvement with the "general" resurrection?

Washes the disciple's feet

What does Jesus do at the Last Supper?

I am

What does Jesus say when the Roman soldiers come to arrest Him?

7

The Resurrection

How many signs of Jesus does the gospel of John present? What is the last sign?

King of the Jews

What phrase runs through the last part of John?

Peter

Whose death does Jesus predict in the last chapter of John?

Jesus washing the disciples' feet, cursing the fig tree because it is not bearing any fruit, riding into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey

What are examples of Jesus' prophetic symbolic action?

Help the apostles

What does the Spirit do in John?

The Jews said that if Pilate let Jesus live, even though He was innocent, Ceasar would get upset.

How does the language of "King of the Jews" factor into Pilate's decision to hand Jesus over for crucifixion?

Song of Man must be lifted up

All the dead in the graves will hear the voice of God's Son

Says the Bible is about Jesus

I am the light of the world

Jesus says He saw Abraham

I and the Father are one

I am the way, truth, and life

Anyone who has seen me has seen God the Father

Thomas calls Jesus "My Lord and my God!"

Blessed are those who believe without seeing

List some of the claims of Jesus about himself in the Gospel of John

Luke

Acts is the second part to what?

Jerusalem, to Judea and Samaria, to the ends of the earth

What is the directional movement in Acts?

How our bodies are temples

The opening of Acts goes into detail about what?

Stephen

Who gives a long speech that ends in his stoning? (First Christian martyr)

Cornelius

Who is the Roman centurian who is the first Gentile to trust in God by the apostles?

1. To show the movement of the gospel from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth

2. To show that the gospel is going to move forward unhindered

3. To show how Christianity is rooted in Judaism

What are three likely purposes that Luke writes the book of Acts?

The Holy Spirit descends on the believers and allows them to speak in tongues

What major event in salvation history happens at the Feast of Pentecost in Acts 2?

Joel says "In the last days God will pour out His spirit"

How is Acts 2 a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy?

The temple building is being replaced by people, we are now the temple

How should we understand the "tongues of fire" associated with Acts 2?

3

How many missionary journeys of Paul are in Acts?

Synagoge

Where does Paul go when he enters a new city?

Roman authorities

Who did not see Paul as a threat?

The Jerusalem Council (Apostolic Council)

Who determined that non-Jews could become Christian without converting to Judaism?

Rome

Where does Acts end?

Paul and the Mediterranean world

Which apostle and geographic region is the second half of Acts focused on?

To prove that what they were teaching was true

What is the significance of the miracles that the apostle Paul does?

No

Should we expect that what happens to someone in the Bible will necessarily also happen to Christians today?

God-feare

Partial convert, gentile, can be in Jewish synagogue meetings

Proselyte

Full Jewish convert, circumcised, east kosher, is baptized

Paul goes into the temple, rumor spreads that he brought a Gentile into a place for only Jewish men, a riot happens and Roman soldiers get involved, Paul is taken to Cesarea and imprisoned, Paul appeals to Ceasar, and goes to Rome

Why was Paul arrested in Jerusalem (Acts 21)?