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1
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What teaching style did Jesus use and what percent did he use this style?

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Parables (35%)

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Explain Parables

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lenses through which we view reality that help us understand circumstances.

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Give 2 examples of Parables

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Nathan and David (2 Samuel 12: 1-9)

The Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25-37)

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Erroneously Allegorized Parables v.s. Polyvalence Parables

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Erroneously Allegorized Parables: theological meaning

Polyvalence Parables: multiple meanings; all considered valid

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Double Indirect Parables v.s. Single Indirect Parables

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Double Indirect Parables: focuses on another person/subject

Single Indirect Parables: focuses on another person but one relevant subject

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Were Parables meant to explain spiritual truths?

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No, they are meant to reveal some things and conceal others through a powerful and memorable stories

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Name 6 Unique Qualities of NT Parables

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  1. They have an indicator
  2. Presented as a narrative
  3. Few details about the narrative
  4. Description of real life
  5. Clear message
  6. Told in the Hebrew Language
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How many Parables are in the NT?

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Around 40

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9
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What are the 4 Gospels?

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Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

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Give the chronological order of the Gospels (including time period)

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  1. Mark (50-60 AD)
  2. Matthew (50-60 AD)
  3. Luke (61-63 AD)
  4. John (85-95 AD)
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What percent of the Gospels are the Teachings of Jesus?

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60%

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12
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What does “gospels” mean?

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Good News

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How do the Gospels function in relation to explaining Jesus’ life story?

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The Gospels work like interpretive commentary on selective events that took place in Jesus’ life

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Name 3 reasons why the Gospels were written (how we got them)

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  1. As the disciples moved from place to place and began establishing churches, it was wise to write down Jesus’ teachings in order to have a reliable source for new converts
  2. Accurate teachings guarded the church against false teachings
  3. Writing testimonies during times of heavy persecution (early church days) gave the church an accurate account to look back on
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What does Synoptic mean?

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Same meaning (shares information)

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Which Gospels are considered Synoptic and why?

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Mark, Matthew, and Luke, because they are written in a similar fashion and share similar information (just from different accounts)

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17
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Which Gospel is not considered Synoptic and why?

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John, because it is 92% peculiar (dissimilar in structure)

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Who was the Gospel Matthew written for?

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The Jewish Nation

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How many years after prophetic silence does the Gospel Matthew take place?

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400

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Authorship of the Gospel Matthew (3)

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  1. the early church fathers concluded that the apostle Matthew wrote this book (Matthew didn’t sign his name)
  2. as early as 140 AD, a Christian named Papias wrote that Matthew had compiled the sayings of the Lord in Hebrew
  3. Matthew means “gift of the Lord” (changed from what was previously Levi)
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What are 4 reasons the Gospel Matthew was written?

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  1. To remind God’s people that he had not forgotten them (after 400 years of prophetic silence)
  2. To show that Jesus is King; Israel’s Messiah (Matthew 1:1)
  3. To connect the OT to the NT by relaying OT information such as the birth of Jesus, flight to Egypt, Herod’s slaughter of infants, and the beginning of Jesus’ ministry
  4. To present Jesus to the Jewish nation as the one who will fulfill the OT description of the Messiah (who will fulfill his covenant)
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22
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What was Matthew’s alternative name?

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Levi

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23
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What was Matthew’s occupation?

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Tax collector

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Was Matthew’s alternative name connected to his sinful past or his life as a follower of Christ (what Gospel is the exception to this connection)?

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Levi (alternative name) is used in reference to Matthew’s sinful (tax collector) past with the exception of the Gospel of Matthew, where the name Matthew is also connected to his tax collector past

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25
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How is Matthew Outlined?

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5 major discourses (events/stories)

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26
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Name the 5 Major Discourses

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  1. Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7)
  2. The Commissioning of the Apostles (Matt. 10)
  3. The Parables about the Kingdom (Matt. 13)
  4. Discourse about the Childlikeness of Believers (Matt. 18)
  5. Discourse of Jesus’ Second Coming (Matt. 24-25)
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27
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How does each Discourse end?

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With a different variation of: “when Jesus had finished these words”

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28
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Does the Gospel Matthew follow a chronological order (why or why not?

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No, because Matthew was more concerned about exploring themes and broad concepts versus giving a timeline

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29
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What prophecy does Matthew go into detail with?

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the death of Christ on Calvary’s Cross

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30
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Matthew speaks a great deal about the _______.

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Kingdom

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31
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How many times does Matthew mention the Kingdom of God?

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5

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32
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How many times does Matthew mention the Kingdom of Heaven?

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33 (in 32 verses)

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33
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What is the best-known section of the teaching ministry of Jesus?

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The Sermon on the Mount

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34
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Where can the Sermon on the Mount be found?

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Matthew 5-7 (107 verses) and Luke 6:20-49 (30 verses)

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35
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What are the 5 interpretations of the Sermon on the Mount?

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  1. A pattern for Christian life
  2. Moral code for religious orders
  3. Blueprint for a new society
  4. An impossible ideal that Jesus knew could not be fulfilled
  5. Ethic of Intention where people uselessly torture themselves trying to obey it
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36
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What are 5 approaches seen within the Sermon on the Mount?

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  1. Addresses to believers
  2. Addressed to all Christians of all times
  3. Life in the kingdom of God is counterculture (against worldly things)
  4. Literary figures used (metaphor - salt of the earth, hyperbole - gouge your eyes out, etc.)
  5. Ethical demands should lead us to depend on the power of the Holy Spirit
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37
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The Gospel Mark is known as _______.

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The Passion Story (leading up to the crucifixion of Christ - Easter Story)

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38
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What 5 events in Gospel Mark go with the Passion Story?

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  1. Last Supper (Mark 14)
  2. Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14)
  3. Interrogation by Sanhedrin (Mark 14)
  4. The Roman Trial (Mark 15)
  5. Crucifixion (Mark 15)
39
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Luke also mentions Mark’s name many times in what book of the bible?

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Acts

40
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Where did the early Jerusalem church meet?

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Mark’s mother’s house (Mary)

41
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The first missionary journey (who went and what happened)

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Mark went with Barnabas and Paul to Antioch, but Mark ended up going home.
Mark later traveled with Barnabas to Cyprus for more missionary work

42
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Who became significant in Paul’s life (why)

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Mark became significant in Paul’s life as Mark was one of the last people Paul mentioned in his final letter (2 Timothy 4:11)

43
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Who was present in the Garden of Gethsemane when Jesus was arrested?

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Mark (he is mentioned as a “young boy” - Mark 14:51-52)

44
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Where do some scholars believe the Last Supper took place?

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Mark’s house

45
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Who did Mark have the most significant connection with?

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Peter

46
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What are some examples (5) that prove that Peter played a significant role in inspiring the source of material Mark writes about?

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  1. Peter visited Mark’s mother’s (Mary) house enough times that servants recognized him by voice alone (Acts 12:12-14)
  2. Peter is the source of Mark 1 and he is used more often in Mark 2
  3. Peter is the bookends for the Gospel Mark (Mark 1:16)
  4. The Gospel Mark is written from Peter’s perspective (Mark 14: 27-31)
  5. Mark shows great honor to Peter (Mark 7:14-20/Mark 15:10-18)
47
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What are the 3 biblical names associated to Mark and what do they mean?

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  1. John
  2. Mark
  3. John Mark

A large hammer

48
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Mark the ______

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Mark the Evangelist

49
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Evangelist

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a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching (spreaders of the Gospel)

50
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According to the early church, John Mark was … (2 things)

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  1. The first bishop of Alexandria
  2. first person to establish a Christian church in Africa
51
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Who is John Mark related to?

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Barnabas is his cousin

52
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Matthew portrays Jesus as King, yet Mark portrays Jesus as ______

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God’s Servant

53
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What is the authority of Gospel Mark (2)?

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  1. The early church fathers believe Mark wrote the Gospel Mark mostly because it was “John, whose surname was Mark”
  2. The early church fathers recognized that Peter was the source of the Gospel Mark, and Mark was likely to have written this since he is probably not an Apostle
54
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Where was Mark martyred?

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After the death of Barnabas in Cyprus, Mark returned to Alexandria (where he was the first bishop of a church he founded) and the people of Alexandria “dragged him to pieces”

55
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What is the (3 part) outline of Mark?

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  1. The Gospel
  2. Jesus Christ
  3. Son of God
56
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How many chapters, verses, parables, and miracles are included in Gospel Mark?

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Chapters: 16
Verses: 678
Parables: 9
Miracles: 18

57
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About how long is the timeline of Mark?

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3 years

58
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What years did the Gospel Mark take place?

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55-68 AD

59
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Mark has a _____ feel to it (written to)

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Romans

60
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Which Gospel uses the word “immediately” the most?

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Mark (about 40 times)

61
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What was the purpose of Gospel Mark?

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to show Jesus as servant of God

62
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What were some of the miracles of Gospel Mark?

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  1. Healing the blind man at Bethsaida
  2. The young man who fled at Jesus’s arrest
63
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What miracle is the considered to be the only 2-step miracle in the Gospels and where is it found?

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Healing the Blind man at Bethsaida (found in Mark)

64
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Name 5 facts about Luke

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  1. Luke was a gentile
  2. Luke was a physician
  3. Luke was humble
  4. Luke remained with Paul until his death
  5. Luke died at the age of 84 in Boeotia
65
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What were the 3 goals of the Gospel Luke?

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  1. give an orderly account of Jesus
  2. educate Christians about Jesus
  3. writing to Theophilus to help him examine the things that he has been taught
66
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Who was the Gospel Luke written to?

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Theophilus

67
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Was Jesus Galilean

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yes

68
Q

The Samaritans were not in a great relationship with who?

A

Jews

69
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Luke emphasizes interactions with (4)

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  1. individuals who were not “accepted by society”
  2. sinners
  3. women
  4. children
70
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Luke is the only gospel writer to point out…

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the woman who came to pour perfumes on Jesus’ feet was an immoral woman

71
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Which gospel (gospel writer) goes into detail about the conversation between the robbers who were crucified with Jesus

A

Luke

72
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Matthew portrays Jesus as King, Mark portrays Jesus as a servant, what does Luke portray Jesus as?

A

Son of Man

73
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Luke emphasizes both the _____ and ______ of Jesus

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deity and humanity

74
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What is the main theme of the Gospel Luke?

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Jesus is the Savior of all people

75
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If Matthew is written to Jews and Mark was written to Romans, who was Luke written to?

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Gentiles

76
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Does the genealogy that Luke mentions stretch beyond Abraham to Adam (explain)?

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yes! Matthew lists genealogy the goes from Jesus to Abraham, but Luke extends it beyond Abraham and uses 77 names

77
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How many times does Luke mention women in the Gospel Luke?

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43 times (13 of them were not mentioned in the other Gospels)

78
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Which Gospel most closely follows a chronologically accurate documentation of Jesus’ life

A

Luke

79
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Who is the only Gentile writer in the bible?

A

Luke

80
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At what age and place did Luke die?

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84 in Thebes

81
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Who was most likely the first Christian apologetic (a great historian as well)

A

Luke

82
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Septuagint

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earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible

83
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Name 4 songs listed in the Gospel Luke

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  1. Gloria
  2. The Magnificat
  3. Benedictus
  4. Nunc Dimittis
84
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Was Luke an “eye-witness” to these Gospel stories?

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No, but he used documentation to go into heavy detail about Jesus’s life

85
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What is a distinctive feature of the Gospel Luke?

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Language (uses 266 words found nowhere else in the NT)

86
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What is Luke’s focus in the Gospel Luke?

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Luke puts emphasis on salvation and God’s overarching plan in human history (factual work)

87
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What are some things that cannot be found in the Gospel John (not synoptic)?

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Jesus’ s temptation, the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord’s Supper, and the Lord’s prayer

88
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Are there parables in the Gospel John?

A

no

89
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Does John include things in the Gospel John that cannot be found in the synoptic gospels?

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yes: early ministry in Galilee and visits to Jerusalem

90
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The Synoptics are written from a ____ perspective while John is written from a _____ perspective

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synoptic - descriptive
John - reflective

91
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Does the Gospel John use any symbolism or double meanings?

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Yes
(temple/body, light/darkness)

92
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If Matthew portrays Jesus as the King, Mark portrays Jesus as a Servant, and Luke portrays Jesus as Son of Man, what does John portray Jesus as?

A

Son of God

93
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Where are the 7 I Am statements found?

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John

94
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What are the 7 I Am statements?

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  1. I am the Bread of Life
  2. I am the Light of Words
  3. I am the Door
  4. I am the Good Shepard
  5. I am the Resurrection and the Life
  6. I am the way, the truth, and the life
  7. I am the true Vine

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