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Exam #1 Flashcards

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5 Vertical Zones

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  1. Coastal Plain [Caesarea, Joppa]
  2. Shephelah (Hebrew = Low) [Sorek Valley]
  3. Central Mountain Range [En Gedi]
  4. Syrian – African (Jordan) Rift
  5. Eastern Plateau [Mt Sodom]
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Five Horizontal Zones

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  1. Above (Upper) Galilee (wet / inaccessible)
  2. Beside (Lower) Galilee (Jesus’ home)
  3. Carmel and Jezreel (Baal)
  4. Negev (South / dry) – Below Dead Sea
  5. Desert (Wilderness ) – Peninsula
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Four Seas

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  1. Mediterranean Sea
  2. Sea of Galilee
  3. Dead Sea
  4. Red Sea
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Three Continents

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  1. Europe
  2. Asia
  3. Africa
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Two Worlds

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  1. Land of Honey
    a. North
    b. Less Space, More Water
    c. Life is: predictable, noisy and congested, manageable
    d. Focus on: extras, people as individuals
    e. Nominal religion
    f. Mix of Judaism and Hellenism
  2. Land of Milk
    a. South
    b. More space, less water
    c. Life is: unpredictable, silent, lonely, exhausting
    d. Focus on: essentials, people in community
    e. People are spiritual – center of Hebrew worship
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Describe Alexander’s Empire

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Ptolemy and Seleucus were dominate right before Jesus

Antiochus Eimanes (Seleucus) built god of Zeus in Holy of Holies and slaughtered pig as offering

Judas Maccabeus (Israel descent) revolt against Antiochus and rededicated the temple

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Three Periods During Unsilenced Years (400 years between OT and NT)

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  1. Maccabean Period (175-136)
    a. Judas Maccabeus: The Hammerer
    b. Rededication of the Temple (Hanukah)
    c. Festival of Dedication (John 10:22-29)
  2. Hasmonean Period (136-63)
    a. Pharisees and Sadducees come into existence
    b. Pompey and Rome
  3. Roman Period (63-135AD)
    a. Herod the Great
    i. Not fully Jewish
    ii. Puppet King
    iii. Great Builder (Temple Mount)
    b. Rome divides into three areas assigned to Herod’s sons
    c. Power over all the Mediterranean region (NT)
    d. Two Jewish Rebellions (67-70AD; 135 AD)
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Four Functions of the Synagogue:

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SSWC
School
Social Interraction
Worship
Court
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Two Important Writings

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  1. Septuagint: Hebrew scriptures into Greek

2. Apocrypha: 1st and 2nd Maccabees

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Biblical Criticisms

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  1. Higher: search for text’s original words (word studies, biblical interpretation)
  2. Lower: search source (circumstances, life setting, date, place, authorship)
  3. Historical: historically accurate
  4. Textual: which reading is most original, eyewitness
  5. Source: source used by author
  6. Form: genre
  7. Redaction: editing, passage placement
  8. Tradition: uses of earlier historical traditions in writing
  9. Composition: how author composed –theology, authors, purposes
  10. Social Scientific: analysis through lens of social sciences
  11. Canonical: what books were chosen and why chosen to be accepted as canon
  12. Narrative: shaped to influence reader
  13. Reader Response: relationship between text and reader
  14. Balance view: theological interpretation
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The Perfect Storm

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Three Fronts
“The time had fully come”
1. Roman (Roman power; Caesar; roads; protection while travelling)
2. Jewish (Pharisees, Sanhedrin, Sadducees)
3. Wind of God
*These 3 clashed causing the perfect storm

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Rise of the Synagogue

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  • Synagogue = house of assembly
  • Place of worship
  • Prayer and Bible Study (no sacrifice)
  • Came out of Persian exile
  • Current w/ 2nd Temple in Jerusalem
  • Only place to worship after 70AD
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Alexander the Great

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• Brought change in empires
• Tutored by Aristotle
• Great memory and mind
• Crowned Pharaoh
• Wanted to unify world
o Forced 10,000 Greek soldiers to marry Persian women.
• Brought Greek culture (roads, education, physical training, democracy) to world

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World at the end of the OT

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  • Persia ruled
  • Hebrew
  • Semitic
  • Fertile Crescent (center)
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World at the end of NT

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  • Rome ruled
  • Greek
  • Hellenistic
  • Mediterranean (center)
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Foundations of Judaism

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T-H-H-P-Z
•	Temple
•	Synagogue
•	Septuagint
•	Sanhedrin
•	High Priest
•	Scribes
•	Pharisees
•	Sadducees
•	Zealots
•	Herodians
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Kerygma

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“the message”/ “That which is preached”

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• Pharisees name means

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“separated ones”

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Describe Pharisees

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o	Most influential and respected
o	Kept the laws of: 
	purity
	ritualism
	fasting
	tithing
o	Came from Maccabean Revolt
o	Rewards for good works
o	Oral law was important
o	Christ condemned their:
	Righteousness by works
	Covetousness
	Pride
o	Josephus was a Pharisee
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Name a Pharisee

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Josephus

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• Sadducees name =

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“righteous”

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Describe the Sadduees

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o	wealthy, privileged
o	not as popular as Pharisees
o	Did the temple worship and admin. (rituals)
o	Most seats in Sanhedrin
	71 seats (Pharisees and Sadducees)
	to interpret civil and religious laws
o	Willing to incorporate Hellenism
o	Written law was important (rejected traditions)
o	Didn’t believe in after life
o	Existed in Maccabean period
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• describe the Essenes

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o Existed out of disgust for Sad’s and Phar’s
o Monks
o Lived near Dead Sea

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Describe the Zealots

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o Religious freedom fighters
o Started 6AD
o Focused on Tax Revolt

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• Am ha-Aretz (people of the land)

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o the commoners, those people who had no political power
o not a part of any particular religious group
o attempted to live according to the will of God
o most closely aligned with the views of the Pharisees
o despised because of their lack of knowledge regarding the law and their inattention to the Jewish traditions and scholars

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Describe the Herodians

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o mostly in Galilee
o Pro-Roman
o Tried to trick Jesus with Pharisees

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• Samaritans

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o Jewish roots that have been intertwined with pagan roots
o Rejected by Israelites for breaking the covenant
o Not recognized by the Jews or Gentiles
o Lived in Northern Kingdom of Israel
o Denied from being allowed to help in the rebuilding of the Temple

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28
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How many chapters in Matthew

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28

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29
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How many chapters in Mark

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16

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30
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Matthew calls Jesus…

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Messiah, Teacher, King, Emmanuel

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31
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Mark calls Jesus…

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Son of God, Servant of God

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32
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When was Matthew written?

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80-100AD

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33
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When was Mark written?

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55-70AD

34
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What was Matthews profession

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Tax Collector

35
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What was Mark’s profession

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Mark (John Mark): son of Mary of Jerusalem, cousin of Barnabas, son of Peter, servant of Paul and Barnabas, son of Peter

36
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Matthew’s audience

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Jews

37
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Mark’s audience

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Gentiles

38
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Matthew’s place of writing

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Syria, Antioch of Syria

39
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Mark’s place of writing

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Rome during period of persecution and suffering

40
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Theme’s of Matthew’s Gospel

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Jesus the fulfillment of God’s intention;
Jesus the Savior of Israel and the world;
Jesus the Supreme Authority;
Jesus the Teacher, Preacher and Healer;
the follower of Jesus and Church (new law)

41
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Theme of Mark’s Gospel

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  • The Supernatural of Jesus, the Death and Resurrection of Jesus,
  • the Ministry of Jesus as Servant,
  • Be Silent!
42
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Purpose of Matthew’s Gospel

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Preserve what he knew about Jesus’ life and words, emphasizing the coming of Jesus as fulfilled by Scriptures of OT

43
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Purpose of Mark’s Gospel

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Recording a description of who Jesus was and the impact he had on those who came in contact with him, recognizing Jesus’ identity as the Son of God

44
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Outline of Matthew’s Gospel

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The Birth and Preparation of Jesus (1:1-4:16)
Jesus’ Public Ministry in Galilee (4:17-16:20)
Jesus’ Private Ministry in Galilee (16:21-18:35)
Jesus’ Ministry in Judea (19:1-25:46)
Jesus’ Passion and Resurrection (26:1-28:20)

45
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Outline of Mark’s Gospel

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God (1:1-15)
Jesus Invades Wilderness and City with Good News (1:16-8:26)
Jesus Invades the Hostile City of Jerusalem (8:27-15:47)
Unfinished Epilogue (16:1-8)

46
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Parables in Matthew

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Lamp.
Speck and Log
New cloth on old garment
Divided Kingdom
The Sower
Weeds among the wheat
Mustard Seed
Leaven
Hidden Treasure
Pearls of Great Price
The Net
The heart of Man
The Lost Sheep
The Unforgiving Servant
Laborers in the Vineyard
The Two Sons
The Tenant Farmers
Marriage Feast or Great Banquet
The Budding Fig Tree
The Faithful vs. The Wicked Servant
The 10 Virgins
The 10 Talents or Gold Coins
47
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What was Jesus’ response to Satan in the wilderness?

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  1. Man should not live on bread alone
  2. Don’t put God to the test
  3. Worship God and serve him only
48
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Who does Jesus heal?

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Man with leprosy;
Faith of Centurion;
many;
raises a dead girl (synagogue leader’s daughter) and heals a sick woman (bleeding woman),
blind and mute,
Beelzebul (blind and mute demon-possessed man);
faith of Canaanite Woman (demon-possessed daughter);
demon-possessed boy that disciples could not heal

49
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Miracles of Jesus

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Calms the storm;
two demon-possessed men > pigs;
forgives and heals a paralyzed man;
Jesus feeds 5,000 (5 bread/2 fish: 12 leftover);
Jesus walks on water;
Jesus feeds 4,000 (7 bread/few fish: 7 leftover);
2 blind men receive sight (Jericho)

50
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What do the Pharisees question Jesus about?

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Fasting;
Sabbath;
Temple Tax (Capernaum – 2 drachma);
Imperial Tax (denarius – Caesar)

51
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Where was John beheaded?

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Fortress of Machaerus)

52
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Where did the Magi come from?

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Jerusalem

53
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Where did John preach?

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Wilderness of Judea

54
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What river does John baptize in?

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Jordan river

55
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When Jesus left Nazereth, where did He go?

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Capernaum (area of Zebulun and Naphtali)

56
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Where did Jesus call his first disciples?

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Sea of Galilee

57
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Who were the first disciples?

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Peter and Andrew

58
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Where does Peter declare Jesus as Messiah?

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Caesearea Phillipi

59
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Where does Jesus give Sermon on the Mount?

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Galilee

60
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What are some of the teaching in Sermon on Mt.

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Salt and Light, Beatitudes, Worry, Prayer, Fasting, Treasures in Heaven, Giving

61
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Where did we see the faith of the Centurion

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Capernaum

62
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Who was at the transfiguration?

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Peter, James, JOhn, Jesus, Moses, Elijah

63
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Where were the demon possessed men from? Pigs

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Gadarenes

64
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Last miracle in Jesus’ home town?

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Paralyzed man, sins are forgiven

65
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What does Beelzebul mean?

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Prince of Demons

66
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Where was the healing of the Canannites womans daughter?

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Tyre and Sidon

67
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Where was Jesus challenged about temple tax?

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Capernaum

68
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Where did Jesus teach the worth of children

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Judea

69
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Where did Jesus commission?

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Galilee

70
Q

Where does Jesus come from when going to Jerusalem?

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Mt. of Olives, Bethpage

71
Q

How much does Judas betray Jesus for?

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30 pieces of silver

72
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How many bread and fish in 5000?

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5 bread, 2 fish; 12 left over

73
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How many bread and fish in 4000?

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7 and a few; 7 left over

74
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When does Jesus walk on water?

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After feeding 5000

75
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What is Matthew’s other name?

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Levi

76
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Where is Jesus anointed?

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Bethany; alabaster jar in Simon the lepers house

77
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Religion in the NT

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  • Greco-Roman Pantheon
  • Emperor Worship
  • Mystery Religions
  • Occult
  • Philosophies
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
78
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What parables are in Matthew but not Mark

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10 virgins
Speck and the Log
Hidden treasure/pearl of great price
Master entrusting bags of gold

79
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4 Source hypothesis

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Mark is the first.

Q (quelle) influences Matthew and Luke.

80
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Religions in the NT

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GEM COP J
Greco-Roman Pantheon
Emperor Worship
Mystery Relig.

Christianity
Occult
Philosophies

Judaism

81
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4 Main parables in Mark

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Sower
Lamp on a stand
Growing seed
Mustard Seed

82
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What does Synagogue mean?

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House of assembly

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