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What two key Old Testament figures is Matthew’s genealogy structured around?

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David and Abraham

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What does form narrative criticism study?

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To analyze the oral forms or units of traditions

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Who dominated the Sanhedrin in Jesus’ day?

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The Sadducees

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Most people in the Roman Empire were from what “class”?

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The Lower Class

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What is the comparison between the number of miracles in Mark’s Gospel versus the other three Gospels?

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Strong Emphasis on Jesus’ authority in teaching and in miracles

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Which Gospels tell us anything about Jesus’ childhood?

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Luke

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Which is the only Gospel relating that at the transfiguration, Jesus, Moses, and Elijah were discussing Jesus’ coming “departure” or exodus in Jerusalem?

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Mark

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Whose Gospel places an emphasis on Jesus as the savior for all people?

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Luke

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What is a “redactor”?

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An editor

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Whose Gospel has a larger number of Aramaic words than the other two Synoptics?

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Mark

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The healing of Jairus’s daughter is an example of which Gospel writers concise style?

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Matthew

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At which two significant events does a voice from heaven address Jesus in Mark?

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Baptism and Transfiguration

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What is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament called?

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The Septuagint (LXX)

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Who probably established the Qumran community that produced the Dead Sea Scrolls?

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The Essenes

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Which Gospel is considered to have been written first by most NT scholars?

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Mark

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In reference to the text, what does “Synoptic” mean and what are the Synoptic Gospels?

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“Viewed together” Matthew, Mark & Luke

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According to John Dominic Crossan, what did Jesus heal or cure?

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He did not cure diseases but rather healed illnesses

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What was the basic premise of the history of religions school?

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All religions develop from simple to complex

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Who authored- The Quest for the Historical Jesus?

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Albert Schweitzer

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Who was likely the most influential NT scholar of the 20th century?

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Rudolf Bultmann

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During what period was Historical Criticism first applied to the Bible?

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The 17th and 18th century during the Enlightenment

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Where have most radical attacks on the historical Jesus in recent years (1980s-90s) come from?

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The Jesus Seminar

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Which “criteria of authenticity” claims that a saying of Jesus is authentic if it appears neither in the teaching of Judaism nor in the teaching of the first-century Christianity?

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Criteria of Dissimilarity

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Is there evidence in Johns Gospel of an eyewitness accounts?

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Yes

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According to the text, did the Gospel writers feel at liberty to paraphrase, interpret or rearrange the words of Jesus or the events of his life

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With an translation there is always going to be some differences so Yes

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What is the relationship do biases and presuppositions have with the writing of history?

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All writing is subjective to a degree

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Would most NT scholars assert that in most cases we have the exact words of Jesus?

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No we don’t have the ippsissma verba (exact words) but the ipsissima voc (authentic voice)

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Do all four Gospel writers follow chronological order as they report events?

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No

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How might most of the alleged contradictions between John and the Synoptics be explained? (particular thees)

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By recognizing John like the Gospel writers, included, omitted, abbreviated, arranged, edited and interpreted the materials

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What was likely the language Jesus spoke?

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Aramaic

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31
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Which Gospel reports three Passovers?

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John

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32
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Which Gospel is famous for abbreviating accounts?

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Matthew

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33
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Which Gospel is the most interpretive of the Gospels?

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John

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What is the concept of General Trustworthiness as it relates to the Gospel writers’ reliability?

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If a writer or historian can be demonstrated to be generally reliable, then the benefit of the doubt may be given to that writer in disputed cases

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35
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Do all translations involve some level of interpretations?

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Yes for instance Aramaic- Greek

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36
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How did Jewish authorities treat the “prophets” and “messiahs” arising prior to Jesus?

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Poorly, they were rejected

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37
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How well known was John the Baptist in Palestine?

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Well-known

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38
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What was Jesus’ central message concerning?

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Gods kingdom and the need for people to repent of their sins and submit to Gods rule

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39
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Which Gospel provides us with the most information concerning the length of Jesus’ ministry?

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John

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40
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What are the two most likely dates for the year of Jesus’ crucifixion?

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Friday, Nisan 15 (Passover) in either AD 30 or 33

41
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Who feared that a revolt from John the Baptist’s preaching would bring the Roman legions and spell disaster for the temple.

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Herod Antipas

42
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What act of kindness was Mediterranean culture founded on?

A

Reciprocity

43
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What date did the pagan feast of Saturnalia typically fall on?

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December 25

44
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Joseph’s occupation, traditionally translated “carpenter:, might have him working with what materials? (more than wood)

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Metal or Stone

45
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Is there any information about Jesus’ childhood given in the Gospels?

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Only in Luke with the Passover visit to Jerusalem when he was 12

46
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From whose perspective is Lukes birth narrative told?

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Mary’s

47
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Who ordered the census, requiring Joseph and Mary to return to Bethlehem?

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Caesar Augustus

48
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Archelaus was whose son?

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Herod the Great

49
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What familial relationships would most Roman Catholics theologians have said are shared between Jesus and His siblings? (following the interpretation of Jerome)

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Cousins

50
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Which Gospel provides the only biblical account Jesus’ childhood?

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Luke

51
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In which OT book is Bethlehem prophesied as the birthplace of the coming ruler?

A

Micah

52
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The Gospels report that Jesus had how many brothers?

A

Four

53
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Did John the Baptist ever have doubts that Jesus as the Messiah?

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Yes

54
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Who asked Herod for the head of John the Baptists?

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Salome

55
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Why was Herod’s marriage to Herodias such a problem for John the Baptist?

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Because he was married to his brothers wife (after divorce)

56
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Some speculate that John the Baptist may have had contact with which monastic community?

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The Essenes

57
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John the Baptists’s ministry was across the Jordan from what territory?

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Samaria

58
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What are the most undisputed historical event of Jesus’ life?

A

His Baptism

59
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By what means did Herod Antipas have John the Baptist killed?

A

Execution

60
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Does Hebrew poetry normally rhyme?

A

No- parallel lines (synonymous parallelism)

61
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According to text, when Jesus speaks of blessing for the “poor”, which referring to?

A

Both literal and spirtual

62
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How did Jesus feel about the eternal validity of the law?

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Affirmed and Ignored

63
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What was the “tradition of the elders”?

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The oral law later transcribed in the rabbinic writings

64
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What is the relationship between the study of miracles to scientific investigation and historical research?

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It is outside the realm of strict scientific investigation

65
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When the disciples of John the Baptist ask Jesus on behalf of John If he is the “coming one”, what did He say?

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He told them of all the things he had been doing Alludes to Isaiah

66
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The most significant philosophical opposition to the miraculous came from which 18th century philosopher?

A

David Hume

67
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Who was the Jewish charismatic rabbi, whose prayers for rain were reportedly answer?

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Honi the Rainmaker

68
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According to the text, what was the primary purpose for Jesus’ healings and exorcisms in the Synoptic Gospels?

A

He viewed them as a spiritual assault on Satan and revealing of the presence and power of the kingdom in his ministry

69
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The accounts in the Gospels where Jesus raises people from the dead are best understood as what or by what term?

A

Resuscitation’s or Revivifications

70
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Under whose authority did Jesus heal someone, or to cast out demons?

A

His own authority

71
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Who is considered the most prominent of the disciples?

A

Peter

72
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Who was the first of the apostles to be martyred?

A

James

73
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Traditionally, who is believed to be the youngest of the apostles?

A

John

74
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The phrase “Our Lord Comes!” is translated from which Aramaic phrase?

A

Maranatha

75
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What was Jesus’ favorite title for himself?

A

Son of Man

76
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The OT predictions concerning God’s salvation and the Gentiles took two distinct streams in Judaism. With which did Jesus identify?

A

2nd one- affirms not the subjection of the nations but their salvation

77
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The Greek word amen comes from a Hebrew word meaning what?

A

Confirmed or Verified

78
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According to most contemporary scholars today, who must have played some role in Jesus’ death- the Romans or the Jewish authorities?

A

Both

79
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The evidence confirms that Jesus was executed by the Romans under what charge?

A

Sedition

80
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Historical evidence confirms that in Jesus’ day, the charge of blasphemy could be made against someone for doing/ saying what?

A

More than just uttering the divine name of God. Other things like idolatry, arrogant disrespect of God, or insulting his chosen leaders.

81
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How did Jews carry out capital punishment?

A

They used stoning

82
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How did the Romans carry out capital punishment?

A

They used crucifixion

83
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According to the Mishnah, when/where was the Sanhedrin NOT allowed to meet?

A

At night on the eve of Passover or in the high priests home

84
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Jesus was first sent to whom? (the former priest)

A

Annas

85
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During The Passion week, Jesus found the money changers in what part of the Temple?

A

The Court of Gentiles

86
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What location did Jesus carry His cross to? ( where he was crucified)

A

The Place of the Skull

87
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Know the Events of the Passion Week

A

Triumphal Entry
Cursing the fig tree, Cleansing of the temple
Withered fig tree seen by disciple, temple controversies, Olivet discourse
No mention of events- Wednesday
Last Supper, Betrayal and Arrest, Trial before Annas and Caiphas
Morning before trial by the Sanhedrin, Trial before Pilate and Herod, Crucifixion and Burial
Dead in Tomb
Resurrection and Ascension

88
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What would virtually no credible historian today deny about Jesus’ life/death?

A

That he was crucified in Judea under orders from Pontius Pilate in AD 30

89
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Is there a well developed theology of the Resurrection in the OT?

A

No only in Daniel 12

90
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In what way is the Jewish claim that the disciples stole the body (Matt:28:11-15) indirect evidence for the resurrection?

A

It confirms that the tomb was empty

91
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The women were told to tell the disciples to go where?

A

Galilee

92
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What group did not believe in the afterlife or the resurrection of the body?

A

The Sadducees

93
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Which Gospel recounts Jesus’ appearance to two disciples as they were traveling to Emmaus?

A

Luke

94
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Where did the disciples receive the Great Commission?

A

On a Mtn in Galilee - Mt of Olives

95
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Which writer, who provides the earliest testimony of the resurrection, claims that more than 500 people saw Jesus alive?

A

Paul

96
Q

According to the Gospels, Jesus was buried in whose tomb?

A

Joseph of Arimathea

97
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How was the Pharisees’ piety and spiritual devotion received by the people?

A

They were admired

98
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Which Gospel provides information concerning the early life of John the Baptist?

A

Luke

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