Final Exam

Question 1

Mary Anoints Jesus’s Feet in Bethany (John)

Answer 1

First Saturday

Question 2

Palm Sunday

Answer 2

First Sunday

Question 3

Cleanses Temple

Answer 3

First Sunday

Question 4

Olivet Discourse (?)

Answer 4

Monday

Question 5

Mary Anoints Jesus’s Feet in Bethany (Matthew, Mark)

Answer 5

Wednesday

Question 6

Last Supper

Answer 6

Thursday

Question 7

Betrayal and Arrest

Answer 7

Thursday

Question 8

Jesus before Sanhedrin

Answer 8

Friday

Question 9

Jesus before Pilate

Answer 9

Friday

Question 10

Crucifixion

Answer 10

Friday

Question 11

Dies and Body Taken off Cross

Answer 11

Friday

Question 12

Resurrection

Answer 12

Second Sunday

Question 13

Why was Mary anointing Jesus’s feet significant?

Answer 13

It was deeply symbolic (“in token of”) His impending death and burial.

Question 14

What was 30 shekels of silver?

Answer 14

The price in the law of Moses for a slave; what Judas agreed as his price to hand over Jesus. Prophesied of in Zechariah.

Question 15

What does Hosanna mean?

Answer 15

“Deliver now!” or “save now!” The people shouted this at Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

Question 16

What does “tribute” mean, when Jesus was asked about “giving tribute unto Caesar?

Answer 16

It is better translated as “tax.”

Question 17

Where did the two great commandments (loving God and your neighbor) originate?

Answer 17

They were well known elements of the Law of Moses, taught in Deuteronomy and Leviticus.

Question 18

What did Jesus teach in the Olivet Discourse?

Answer 18

That there would be great upheaval and destruction in the world, both near the time of His death (the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD) and prior to the Second Coming.

Question 19

What issue does Matthew 24 pose?

Answer 19

It seems to teach that the end of the world will come in “this generation.” The JST clears this up by dividing the discourse into sections about two distinct periods: Jesus’s time, and the latter days.

Question 20

What was the Bar Kokhba revolt?

Answer 20

He was a Jewish leader who set himself up as a false light/false messiah. He tried to lead a revolt against Rome that ended in humiliating failure and a harsh crackdown on the Jews.

Question 21

What does the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel refer to?

Answer 21

In part, the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus in 70 AD. In addition, the desecration of the temple in 168 BC by Antiochus Epiphanes.

Question 22

Dual fulfillment of prophecy

Answer 22

When a prophecy is fulfilled twice in two different times, ways, and/or places. In the Olivet Discourse, the desolation would occur both in Jerusalem at 70 AD and before the Second Coming.

Question 23

Who led the Roman war against the Jewish rebels in c. 67-70 AD?

Answer 23

Vespasian and Titus

Question 24

What was one horrible thing that was resorted to during the siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD?

Answer 24

Cannibalism

Question 25

What was the cannibalism at the siege of Jerusalem considered to be a sign of?

Answer 25

That God had forsaken His people, as prophesied in Jeremiah and elsewhere.

Question 26

What is significant about the Arch of Titus in Rome from the Jewish perspective?

Answer 26

It shows Titus returning triumphantly to Rome with the spoils from Jerusalem, including the sacred objects from the temple (the menorah, etc.).

Question 27

What is the significance of the Parable of the Fig Tree?

Answer 27

Those who are watching for the signs of the Second Coming will know when it is at hand, if not precisely when it will occur.

Question 28

What is the significance of the Parable of the Ten Virgins?

Answer 28

Those who are constantly working to be worthy and prepared for Christ's coming will be ready, whereas those who are more complacent will not be prepared. In addition, you are responsible for building up your own store of oil.

Question 29

Who are the bridegroom, the virgins, the wise virgins, and the foolish virgins?

Answer 29

Respectively: Christ; the church; the prepared and worthy disciples; the lukewarm and unworthy disciples.

Question 30

Which gospel writers treat the last supper as a Passover meal?

Answer 30

Matthew, Mark, and Luke, but not John. In the former, the last supper is on Nisan 14, whereas in John it is on Nisan 13.

Question 31

What do Matthew and Luke teach about the purpose of the sacrament?

Answer 31

Luke teaches that it is in in !remembrance! of Christ's body and blood. This is absent in the current version of Matthew, but it is in the JST.

Question 32

What does John 21:18-19 refer to, where Jesus tells Peter that "thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not"?

Answer 32

Peter's crucifixion

Question 33

What does the Greek word for "Comforter" in John 14 mean?

Answer 33

Helper, intercessor, advocate, one called to help

Question 34

What does the Allegory of Jesus as the True Vine mean?

Answer 34

The vine is Jesus, the husbandman is God, and the branches are the disciples. When we have a connection with Jesus ("abide in Him") we will bring forth fruit, but without that connection we can't do anything.

Question 35

What does "Gethsemane" mean?

Answer 35

Oil press

Question 36

Why is the Garden of Gethsemane symbolic?

Answer 36

Christ's suffering there is comparable to the intense crushing undergone by olives in order to extract olive oil. Olive oil is symbolic of nourishment, healing of wounds, and providing light as a fuel in lamps.

Question 37

Who may have been the angel who came to Christ in Gethsemane?

Answer 37

Michael

Question 38

What does Isaiah 53 mean when it prophesies that the Savior will "see his seed" when he "shalt make his soul an offering for sin"?

Answer 38

While suffering in Gethsemane, Christ saw His righteous followers.

Question 39

When Jesus was taken to the "council" after Judas's betrayal, what does this refer to?

Answer 39

The Sanhedrin

Question 40

Why did the Sanhedrin feel that Christ was worthy of death?

Answer 40

They felt that He had committed blasphemy by saying He would sit "on the right hand of power."

Question 41

With how many stripes could a person be scourged according to Jewish law?

Answer 41

No more than 40

Question 42

Why did the the Jews tell Pilate that Christ deserved to die?

Answer 42

Initially, that "he made himself the Son of God." Later, that He was a threat to Caesar and Roman power.

Question 43

What is the Via Dolorosa?

Answer 43

By tradition, the path that Jesus walked on His way to the crucifixion. There are 14 stations along it that correspond to specific incidents from that walk recorded in the Bible.

Question 44

Who was Simon of Cyrene?

Answer 44

A man who was "compelled" to bear Jesus's cross for a time during the walk to Golgotha.

Question 45

Who was Joseph of Arimathaea?

Answer 45

A "rich man" and member of the Sanhedrin who got permission from Pilate to take down Jesus's body and put it in "his own new tomb."

Question 46

What did Joseph Smith say about "the fundamental principles of our religion"?

Answer 46

That Jesus Christ died, was buried, rose again, and ascended into heaven, and that all other things "are only appendages" to that.

Question 47

What are some terms for the spirit world in the Old Testament?

Answer 47

Prison, gates of death, Sheol, the pit.

Question 48

How could Christ be considered a second Adam?

Answer 48

Through the first Adam, we receive physical bodies. Through Christ, we can have immortal, perfected bodies and undergo spiritual rebirth.