Exam 3 Flashcards by Alyssa Mullis

With little exception, ________ gospel is one of ___________

Mark’s, action

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He relates Jesus’ activities as the mighty and __________ Son of God

Authoritative

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Marks gospel appears to be broadly __________

Chronological

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Christ is the Greek word for the Hebrew word ___________

Messiah

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Christ means ____________

Anointed

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Jesus’ sitting in a boat to teach represents the usual posture of an ancient __________ _________

Jewish Teacher

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“parable” basically means _________

Comparison

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One reason Jesus spoke in parables is ______________

To obscure the truth

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Another reason Jesus spoke in parables is _______________

To clarify the truth rewardingly from insiders

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_____________ lies just east of the Jordan River on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee

Bethsaida

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_____________ is located off the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee

Gennesaret

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Originally, __________ meant “save now” but it has come to mean “hurrah”

Hosanna

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Jesus speech is Mark 13:1-37 has become known as the __________ _________ or sometimes as the ___________ _____________

Oliver discourse, Little Apocalypse

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At Jesus death, the __________ ___________ of the temple is said to have measured 60 feet by 30 feet and five inches thick….is torn in two from the top to bottom to indicate supernatural action (and symbolizes all humankinds access to the holiest of holies)

Gigantic curtain

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The skillful organization of the Gospel of Matthew agrees with the author’s occupation as a ________ ________

Tax collector

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Matthew is the only “evangelist” to use the term; __________ in the gospels

Church

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Groupings of three and _________ were favored by Matthew

Seven

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The author of a gospel is called a ________

Evangelist

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The first gospel to have been written is the Gospel of

Mark

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During a trip through the region of Tyre, a woman from ___________ accosts him with a request to cast a demon out of her little daughter

Phoenician

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Jesus predicts the destruction of the temple, as happened in _________

A.D. 70

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At Jesus death, the ____________ ____________ of the temple is said to have measures 60 feet by 30 feet and 5 inches thick… Is torn in two from top to bottom to indicate supernatural action (and symbolizes all humankind access to the holiest of holies)

Gigantic curtain

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The skillful organization of the Gospel of Matthew agrees with the author’s occupation as a ________ _________

Tax collector

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Matthew is the only “evangelist” to use the term; _____________ in the gospels

Church

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Groupings of three and ___________ were favored by Matthew

Seven

Matthew traces Jesus' genealogy back to _______________

Abraham

The probable place of writing was ____________, a city to which many of the disciples migrated

Antioch

List five New Testament themes of Matthew's gospel

1. Jesus fulfilled the activities of the Lord himself as predicted in the OT 2. Jesus was the foretold messianic King

List five New Testament themes of Matthews gospel

1. Jesus fulfilled the activities of the Lord himself as predicted in the OT 2. Jesus was the foretold messianic King 3. He reversed the work of Adam, who plunged the human race into sin 4. Jesus is the life-giving bread like the manna God provided in the desert 5. Entrance into Canaan prefigured the entrance of Christians into heavenly rest

Matthew in particular appears to have utilized the _________ text of the Old Testament, the Targums, and other textual tradition in addition to the Septuagint

Hebrew

In Matthew's genealogy of Jesus, he deliberately omits four generations of Davidic Kings to get three sets of __________ generations each

By popular etymology Jesus, Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua, means "Yahweh" (the Lord) is ____________

Salvation

Jesus did not at all live like a _____________ who had to avoid wine, grape juice, grapes, raisins, haircuts and dead bodies

Nazarite

According to the textbook, wheat stands for ________________

Repentant people

According to the textbook, chaff stands for _______________

The unrepentant

Gathering the wheat into the framers represents ___________________

Salvation by baptism in the Holy Spirit

The burning of chaff with unquenchable Fire represents ___________________

Judgement by baptism in fire

Devil is Greek for the Hebrew ____________

Satan

Blessed does not mean happy, but means __________

Congratulations to

_______________ symbolizes the witness given to the world by the good works of Jesus' disciples

The salt of the Earth

Mammon is Aramaic for ____________

Wealth

Jews often counted part of a twenty-four-hour period as _______

Whole such period

Jesus directed Peter too baton the tax money from the fish's mouth to satisfy the Jews annual tax levied on male Jews over nineteen years old. But the implication that Jesus and his disciples are exempt, is because __________

Jesus and Peter belonged to the royalty of the kingdom

The highest number in Greek is ____________

Ten thousand

The highest unit of money in Greek is ________

Talent

The ________ is the chair in the symphonies on which scribes say when expounding the Mosaic law

Seat of Moses

_________ are not abilities but are the largest denomination of money standing for the opportunities given according to ability

Talents

The gospel of Luke and the _______________ must come from the same author for they both begin with the dedications to ___________

Acts of the Apostles, Theophilus

Luke was probably a ____________ or at least a Hellenistic Jew.

Gentile

Luke's name is ___________

Greek

Luke's promotion of Christianity as "universal" is indicated by such points as Jesus' genealogy which goes back not just to Abraham, father of the Jewish nation, but to _______________

Adam, father of the whole human race

Luke's universality not only includes Gentiles but also __________ __________

Social outcasts

Luke's universality also shows in the special attention paid to ___________ such as the widow of Nain, the poor widow, and the immoral woman

Women

The gospel of Luke is the most comprehensive of the ___________ gospels

Synoptics

Luke's gospel is the ___________ book of the New Testament

Longest

____________ _____________ are cloths wrapped tightly around an infant

Swaddling clothes

A manger is a __________ ___________

Feeding trough

Ancient Jews counted the number of nations in the world at ___________________

Seventy-two

Jesus' appointment and sending of ___________ ____________ messengers ahead of him probably symbolized the worldwide evangelistic mission of the church

Seventy-two other

The finger of God stands for His ____________

Power

In Luke 11:38 the word "washed" literally means ______________ and may refer to bodily ________________ which was practiced by the Pharisees.

Baptized, immersion

Lazarus is Greek for the Hebrew word which means _____________

God is his help

Often misstated, the beads of sweat that fell from Jesus in Gethsemane were _________ blood drops, presumably in their ___________________

Like, size and profusion

Written in a simple style, the Gospel of John exhibits a ______________ profundity beyond that of the Synoptics

Theological

Early church tradition favors that Apostle John wrote his gospel in _______________

Ephesus

The ___________ ____________ of John tends to prove that the gospel was not written late in the second century

Rylands Fragment

___________ died as a martyr long before the time of writing of the gospel of John

James

The Synoptic gospels mention on the Last Passover, when Jesus died, but John mentions at least three Passovers during Jesus' ministry, which indicate that Jesus' ministry lasted; ____________________

3-3 1/2 years

Preeminently, John writes to engender, or encourage ___________

Believing

The Word's dwelling amount us means to live in a ____________ or ______________

Tabernacle, tent

Cephas is Aramaic for the Greek name Peter, and both mean ________ or _________

Stone, rock

Changing water to wine at Cana symbolizes; __________________

Replacement of Judaism with the gospel

The Greek noun "wind" and "Spirit" both stand for the ______________ of the Holy Spirit in causing rebirth to occur

Sovereignty

Jewish custom is to eat __________ meals a day

Jesus healed the man at Bethsaid (Bethesda) whose sickness may be symbolic to of the __________ years of Israels wandering in the wilderness

The gathering of leftovers (of fish and bread) symbolizes ___________________

Jesus losing none of those people whom the Father has given Him

During the first seven days of the ____________________ priests bring water in a gold vessel

Festival of Tabernacles

The Greek word often translated as; comforter, counselor and advocate is; _____________

Paraclete

In the Old Testament a ___________ symbolizes Israel

Vine

The ______________ of branches that do bear fruit represents the cleansing of true believers and ongoing cleansing after initial conversion

Pruning

_____________________ means that Friday when the Passover was sacrificed and roasted for eating in that evening

Preparation of the Passover

According to early church tradition ___________ wrote the book of Acts 2

Luke

By his use of "we" in narrating parts of Paul's journeys, the author of Acts implies that he was a ______________ _______________

Traveling companion

The book of Acts contains some of the most ____________________ in the New Testament

Cultured Greek writing

To a large degree, archaeological discoveries have supported Luke' s __________________

Historical accuracy

The book of Acts ends ____________

Abruptly

The abruptness of Acts ending suggest; ________________________

The unfinished task of world-wide evangelism

Luke slants the book of Acts toward ____________________

Gentiles

His Greco-Roman name is Pual, but Saul is his ____________ name

Hebrew

The story of an _____________________ foreshadows the Gentile missions of Paul

Ethiopian eunuch

The first name used for Christianity is; _______________

The Way

Saul was born in ____________

Tarsus

Saul, his father and his grandfather were ________________

Pharisees

_______________ introduced Saul to the church in Jerusalem

Barnabas

In Paul's second journey, Barnabas was replaced with _________

Silas

On the same journey, Mark was replaced with ____________

Timothy

____________ was half Jew and half Greek by birth

Timothy

_____________ was noted for its debauchery; "To act like a _______________ meant to practice immorality

Corinth, Corinthian

_______________ girl meant the same as "prostitute"

Corinthian

The delay of at least _________ years in Paul's trail may be due to one or more of several factors