Exam Review Flashcards for New Testament Studies

These flashcards cover key passages and themes from the New Testament, addressing miracles, teachings of Jesus, and early church issues.

What healing miracle does Mark 5:25-34 describe?

A woman with a blood issue is healed after touching Jesus' garment due to her faith.

What is the significance of the woman's healing in Mark 5?

It demonstrates Jesus' authority over illness and challenges purity boundaries.

In Matthew 5:27-30, what does Jesus teach about adultery?

He intensifies the commandment by stating that even lusting after a woman is committing adultery.

What does the narrative in Luke 22:1-6 reveal about Judas Iscariot?

Judas enters into a conspiracy with the chief priests to betray Jesus, influenced by Satan.

What miracle does Jesus perform in John 5:1-9?

Jesus heals a man who had been disabled for thirty-eight years at the Pool of Bethesda.

What is the context of the Pentecost event described in Acts 2?

It marks the birth of the church and the Holy Spirit enabling the apostles to speak in various languages.

What serious issue is addressed in 1 Corinthians 5:1-5?

Paul addresses sexual immorality and commands the expulsion of an incest offender from the community.

What theme is emphasized in Ephesians 5:21-33 regarding marriage?

Marriage is recoded as a symbol of the relationship between Christ and the church, emphasizing love and mutual submission.

What does Hebrews 8:1-6 say about Jesus' priesthood?

Jesus is presented as a high priest mediating a better covenant than the old one.

What does Revelation 17:1-6 symbolize with Babylon?

Babylon is depicted as Rome, representing violent and idolatrous corruption, critiqued for its persecution of martyrs.

Mark 5:25-34

Context: Jesus is on his way to heal Jairus's daughter, with a large crowd pressing around him.Content: A woman, suffering from a blood issue for 12 years, touches Jesus' garment, believing she will be healed. She is immediately cured. Jesus perceives power has gone out from him, asks who touched him, and she confesses her story.Contribution: This passage highlights Jesus' compassionate healing power (authority over illness), the importance of faith, and challenges purity boundaries by affirming the woman despite her ritual impurity. It also connects thematically to the healing of Jairus's daughter.

Matthew 5:27-30

Context: Part of the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus provides a deeper reinterpretation of Old Testament laws.Content: Jesus addresses the commandment against adultery, stating that lustful intent (looking at a woman with lust) is committing adultery in the heart. He uses strong, metaphorical language (e.g., plucking out an eye, cutting off a hand) to emphasize the radical seriousness of eradicating sin.Contribution: This passage stresses the internal nature of sin, extending God's law beyond outward actions to the thoughts and intentions of the heart. It calls for radical ethical purity and devotion.

Luke 22:1-6 (judas) Context

Context: The Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread are approaching. The chief priests and scribes are actively seeking a way to kill Jesus secretly.

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John 5:1-9

Context: Jesus is in Jerusalem for an unnamed Jewish festival. The Pool of Bethesda is known for its perceived healing properties, with people waiting for an angel to stir the water.Content: Jesus encounters a man who has been an invalid for thirty-eight years. Jesus asks him if he wants to get well, and upon hearing the man's plight, commands him to "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." The man is immediately healed and does so. This healing occurs on the Sabbath.Contribution: This miracle demonstrates Jesus' divine authority over chronic illness and time, illustrating his immediate and complete healing power. It also sparks significant conflict with Jewish religious authorities due to healing on the Sabbath, leading to debates about Jesus' authority and identity.

Acts 2

Context: The disciples are gathered in Jerusalem during the Jewish festival of Pentecost (Shavuot), roughly 50 days after Jesus' resurrection, awaiting the Holy Spirit as Jesus instructed.Content: The Holy Spirit descends upon the disciples with extraordinary manifestations: a sound like a rushing wind, tongues of fire, and the ability to speak in various languages. A large crowd of devout Jews from diverse nations hears them speaking in their own native languages. Peter then preaches, explaining the event through prophecy and testifying to Jesus' resurrection.Contribution: This passage marks the historic outpouring of the Holy Spirit, signifying the birth of the Christian Church. It empowers the apostles for their mission, breaks down language barriers, and demonstrates the universal message of the Gospel, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy (Joel 2).

1 Corinthians 5:1-5

Context: Paul is writing to the Corinthian church, addressing various moral and doctrinal issues. The church has become arrogant despite widespread sin within its community.Content: Paul condemns the Corinthian church's tolerance of a severe case of sexual immorality: a man is living with his father's wife (likely his stepmother). Paul instructs them to excommunicate this offender, by "handing this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord."Contribution: This passage underscores Paul's concern for church discipline and purity. It demonstrates the seriousness with which the early church viewed moral conduct and the necessity of confronting blatant sin to protect the spiritual health and witness of the community. It also reveals excommunication as a potentially redemptive measure.

Ephesians 5:21-33

Context: Paul provides extensive ethical instructions for Christian living, specifically concerning relationships within the household, building on general exhortations to live righteously and be filled with the Spirit.Content: The passage gives specific instructions for mutual submission, wives submitting to their husbands as to the Lord, and husbands loving their wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her. It presents the marital relationship as a profound mystery, reflecting the relationship between Christ and the church, advocating for sacrificial love and cherishing.Contribution: This passage elevates marriage to a sacred institution, presenting it as a profound illustration of Christ's relationship with the church. It outlines complementary roles within marriage, emphasizing mutual love, respect, and self-sacrificial service modeled after Christ's example.

Hebrews 8:1-6

Context: The author of Hebrews has been systematically arguing for the superiority of Christ over Old Testament institutions, including the priesthood and the Mosaic Law.Content: The author establishes Jesus as the supreme High Priest, serving in the true heavenly tabernacle that God, not humans, set up. It asserts that Jesus mediates a superior "new covenant" established on better promises, making the old covenant and its earthly priesthood obsolete.Contribution: This passage is central to Hebrews' argument for the supremacy of Christ's priestly ministry. It portrays Jesus as the perfect mediator of a new and better covenant, rendering the old covenant obsolete because Jesus' once-for-all sacrifice provides eternal and ultimate access to God.

Revelation 17:1-6

Context: John is given a vision of the judgment of the great prostitute, at a point in the progression of divine judgments against those who oppose God and persecute His people.Content: An angel shows John the judgment of "Mystery, Babylon the Great," depicted as a richly adorned prostitute sitting on a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns. She is described as being drunk with the blood of God's holy people and the blood of those who testified to Jesus.Contribution: This passage introduces the symbolic figure of "Babylon the Great," widely interpreted as representing imperial Rome, embodying worldly power, idolatry, and violent persecution of God's people. It offers a critique of corrupt earthly power and asserts God's ultimate judgment over such forces, providing hope to persecuted believers.