Chapters 16 & 17

Question 1

When Herod hears that there is a “King” born in Bethlehem, he kills all the young males children in that town. What is the name given to this event?

Answer 1

Slaughter of the innocents

Question 2

What pare of the New Testament is the Acts of the Apostles found?

Answer 2

History

Question 3

Who wrote most the the Epistles?

Answer 3

Paul

Question 4

What is the term for anyone who was not Jewish?

Answer 4

Gentile

Question 5

What is the term for a member of a Jewish group that accepted only the Law of Moses and none of the rest of the Old Testament - and did NOT believe in like after death?

Answer 5

Sadducee

Question 6

What is the term for the period of 200 years of peace in the Roman Empire?

Answer 6

Pax Romana

Question 7

What is the term for a building in each city where Jewish people met to worship or study their religion?

Answer 7

Synagogue

Question 8

What is a term for a member of a Jewish group that insisted all Jews follow the 613 laws - and also believed in life after death?

Answer 8

Pharisee

Question 9

What is the term for money that is paid to Rome that kept Herod in power even though he’d do some bad things to his people?

Answer 9

Tribute

Question 10

Who is known as “The apostle whom Jesus loved”?

Answer 10

John

Question 11

What part of the New Testament are the Epistles found?

Answer 11

Wisdom

Question 12

What area was comprised mostly of small towns with poor farmers?

Answer 12

Galilee

Question 13

What place is the northern most portion of “the promised land” - mostly farmers and some fishermen - people there had a distinct accent?

Answer 13

Galilee

Question 14

What place is the middle portion of ‘the promised land” - Jews hated the people who lived in this area for hundreds of years?

Answer 14

Samaria

Question 15

What is the place in the Sothern most portion of the “promised land” - ruled by King Herod - and is where Jerusalem is located?

Answer 15

Judea

Question 16

What part of the New Testament can the Gospels be found?

Answer 16

Law

Question 17

What conditions at the time - made this a good time for the Messiah to come?

Answer 17

1) A rare time of peace and prosperity
2) Travel was easier because they had the same money, language and better roads
3) The Roman Empire was huge and these were Jewish communities in every Roman city

Question 18

Which book in the New Testament would read if you want to know about what life was like after Jesus rose up to Heaven?

Answer 18

Acts of the Apostles

Question 19

What was King Herod’s order in and around Bethlehem?

Answer 19

To kills all male babies under the age of 2 years old

Question 20

Who wrote the Acts of the Apostles?

Answer 20

Luke

Question 21

Which book in the New Testament is possibly the hardest to understand because of all the imagery and symbolism?

Answer 21

Revelation

Question 22

Why is King Herod referred to as the “the Great”?

Answer 22

Due to economic prosperity

Question 23

What 2 Gospel writers were Apostles?

Answer 23

Matthew and John

Question 24

What part of the New Testament is the book of Revelation?

Answer 24

Prophecy

Question 25

Who wrote the book of Revelation?

Answer 25

John

Question 26

Were the Gospel writers called Evangelicals?

Answer 26

NO

Question 27

What are the synoptic Gospels?

Answer 27

Matthew, Mark and Luke

Question 28

In the New Testament - Jesus referred to Love God and Love your Neighbor - as what?

Answer 28

The New Law