Bibical Allusions - New Testament

Question 0

Blind leading the blind

Answer 0

Lack of spiritual enlightenment

Question 1

Armageddon

Answer 1

Refers to an apocalyptic climax or to a time of judgment

Question 2

By bread alone

Answer 2

Faith can provide spiritual sustenance

Question 3

Camel through a needle’s eye

Answer 3

It would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven

Question 4

Cast the first stone

Answer 4

Warning against hypocrisy

Question 5

Conversion of Saul

Answer 5

One of the major figures in the early Christian church

Question 6

Crucifixion

Answer 6

The sacrifice that redeemed fallen humankind

Question 7

Divide the sheep from the goats

Answer 7

Alludes to the division of the true from the false, the worthy from the unworthy

Question 8

Four horsemen of the apocalypse

Answer 8

Symbolic of powerful destructive forces

Question 9

Garden of Gethsemane

Answer 9

A place of great physical or psychological suffering

Question 10

Good Samaritan

Answer 10

Anyone who stops to help a stranger in need

Question 11

Grail or Holy Grail

Answer 11

Brings health and sustenance to those who hold it and may be found only by the pure heart

Question 12

Herod

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“To author Herod” is to surpass the evil of the worst tyrant

Question 13

House had many mansions

Answer 13

There is room in heaven for all who believe

Question 14

John the Baptist

Answer 14

The forerunner of Christ’s ministry

Question 15

Judas Iscariot

Answer 15

The prototype of the ultimate betrayer

Question 16

Know them by their fruits

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Entreats us to judge others by their actions, rather than by appearances

Question 17

Lamb to the slaughter

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Referred to as the sacrificial lamb

Question 18

Last Supper

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In consuming the bread and wine, followers of Christ accept him as their savior

Question 19

Lazarus

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Symbolic of one who lives after a declared death

Question 20

Lilies of the field

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An example of the way God cares for the faithful

Question 21

Magi

Answer 21

“The Epiphany”; moments of enlightenment

Question 22

Mammon

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Personifies the evils of greed and wealth

Question 23

Mary (the Virgin)

Answer 23

Symbolic of purity, virginity, and maternal love

Question 24

Mary Magdalene

Answer 24

True contrition and the power of forgiveness

Question 25

Massacre of innocents

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Escaping the massacre

Question 26

Pharisees

Answer 26

A negative connotation; hypocrites

Question 27

Pontius Pilate

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Betrays his own moral convictions and submits to the pressure of others, “washing his hands of the matter”

Question 28

Prodigal Son

Answer 28

“Peter Cottontail”

Question 29

Salome

Answer 29

The Baptist’s head was given on a platter

Question 30

Sermon on the Mount

Answer 30

Outlines rules for behavior according to God’s law

Question 31

Thirty pieces of silver

Answer 31

Refers to the betrayal and treachery

Question 32

Through a glass darkly

Answer 32

Convey the opposite of perfect love and clear knowledge through irony