Gospels Flashcards
Which gospel opens with a genealogy structured into three sets of fourteen generations, tracing Jesus’ lineage from Abraham to Joseph, the husband of Mary?
Matthew 1:1-17
Who among these women WAS NOT included in Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus?
Deborah
Matthew 1:1-25
Both male and female ancestors appear in Jesus’ genealogy in which book?
Matthew 1:1-7
In which gospel do the wise men appear?
Matthew 2:1-2
Where did an angel of the Lord tell Joseph to take the child and his mother?
Egypt
Matthew 2:13
Where did Mary, Joseph, and Jesus hide to escape King Herod’s murderous edict?
Egypt
Matthew 2:13-14
Which Gospel narrates an escape of Joseph, the infant Jesus and his mother to Egypt?
Matthew 2:13-15
To whom did Jesus say, “Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness”?
to John the Baptist when Jesus came to be baptized
Matthew 3:1, 13-15
According to Matthew, Mark, and Luke, what did Jesus do just after he was baptized?
He went into the wilderness, where he was tempted.
Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22
Which gospel’s particular concern for the continuing role of the law of Moses in Christian communities is illustrated by its inclusion of Jesus’ statement, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill”?
Matthew 5:17
Complete this statement from Matthew 5: “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you…
Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also.”
Matthew 5:38-39
From Matthew 6:5, complete this verse: “And whenever you pray, do not be like the __________; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they amy be seen by others.”
hypocrites
Matthew 6:5
From Matthew 7:6, complete this verse: “Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before _______ or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you.”
swine
Matthew 7:6
From Matthew 7:7, complete this verse: “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be _______ for you.”
opened
Matthew 7:7
According to the accounts in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Jesus healed the paralytic lowered through the roof in order to demonstrate
“the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.”
Matthew 9:6; Mark 2:10; Luke 5:24
Who sent some of his own disciples to ask Jesus, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?”
John the Baptist
Matthew 11:2-6; Luke 7:18-23
Acccording to the Gospel of Matthew, how does Jesus describe John the Baptist?
“if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come”
Matthew 11:11-14
Jesus declares, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath,” in response to the Pharisees’ criticism of Jesus’ disciples for doing what?
plucking heads of grains while walking through a field on the sabbath
Matthew 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5
Jesus begins one of his parables with the following:
“Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path…”
Matthew 13:3-4
Where can you find Jesus telling a parable about a sower who sows seed in different types of ground?
In Matthew, Mark, and Luke only
Matthew 13:3-23; Mark 4:3-20; Luke 8:4-15
Which of the following is found in all four of the canonical gospels?
Jesus feeds some five thousand people with five loaves and two fish
Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:32-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14
Which miracle/sign does Jesus perform in ALL four of the canonical gospels?
Feeding thousands with a few loaves and fishes
Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:32-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14
Which of the following stories is NOT unique to John?
Jesus walks on the sea
Matthew 14:25, Mark 6:48, John 6:19
When Jesus was walking on the sea, which disciple stepped onto the water to join him?
Peter
Matthew 14:28-33
To whom did Jesus answer, “It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs”?
to a Canaanite woman, who asked Jesus to cast out a demon from her daughter
Matthew 15:21-26
According to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus gave Simon son of Jonah the name “Peter” in response to what?
his answer to the question about who Jesus is, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God”
Matthew 16:13-20
Which of the following quotations regarding children is attributed to Jesus in the gospels?
“Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.”
Matthew 18:5
Jesus said that Moses permitted men to divorce their wives for what reason?
because the people were so hard-hearted
Matthew 19:8
How did Jesus respond when his disciples commented on the size and beauty of the temple?
He said, “Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.”
Matthew 24:1-2
In which gospel does “the king” say, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me”?
Matthew 25:40
Jesus said all of the following while on the cross EXCEPT:
“My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me.”
Matthew 26:39
At what point in Matthew’s Gospel does Jesus say, “For all who take the sword will perish by the sword”?
at his arrest
Matthew 26:52
When Judas saw that Jesus was condemned to die, what did he do?
He repented and confessed his sin of betraying an innocent person.
He returned the silver pieces to the chief priests and elders.
He hanged himself.
Matthew 27:3-5
When Judas saw that Jesus was condemned to die, what did he do?
He brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
Matthew 27:3-5
Which person do all four gospels describe as being present at the empty tomb?
Mary Magdalene
Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:1, Luke 24:10, John 20:1
In the Gospel of John, who are Martha and Mary?
sisters of Lazarus, the one whom Jesus raised from the dead
John 11:17-19; 20:1
In the Gospel of Mark, the women who first learn of Jesus’ resurrection
“fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.”
Mark 16:8a
Which gospel begins, “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God”?
Mark1:1
Which gospel opens with quotations from the Old Testament books of Isaiah and Malachi?
Mark 1:2-3
The Gospel of Mark begins with
an account of John “proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”
Mark1:4
According to the gospel of Mark, what is Jesus’ message when he begins to preach the “gospel of God”?
“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.”
Mark 1:15
In which gospel do healing stories commonly end in the following: “See that you say nothing to anyone…”, “He strictly ordered them that no one should know…”, “Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one…”?
Mark 1:44; 5:43; 7:36
In the Gospel of Mark, the expression Jesus most often uses to refer to himself is
Son of Man.
Mark 2:10, 28
When some Pharisees complain about Jesus’ disciples plucking heads of grain from a field on the Sabbath, what biblical story does Jesus cite as precedent?
David and his companions eating the sanctified bread of the Presence when they were hungry
Mark 2:23-26
Which of the following appears in the Gospel of Mark?
“The unclean spirits…fell down before him and shouted, ‘You are the Son of God!’ But he sternly
Mark 3:11-12
According to the Gospel of Mark, how does Jesus respond when a crowd informs him that his mother and brothers are asking for him?
“Who are my mother and my brothers? … Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
Mark 3:31-35
Complete this verse from Mark 4:4: “As he sowed, some seed fell on the path…”
“and the birds came and ate it up.”
Mark 4:4
According to Mark, what did Jesus say to his disciples after calming the storm?
“Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?”
Mark 4:40
What did the woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years believe would bring about her healing?
touching Jesus’ clothes
Mark 5:28
Which of the following familiar phrases is NOT taken from the Bible?
“To thine own self be true.”
Mark 6:4, Luke 4:23; 12:19
What does the Syrophoenician woman request from Jesus?
exorcising an unclean spirit from her daughter
Mark 7:24-30
Which of the following healing stories is found only in the Gospel of Mark?
the healing of a blind man near Bethsaida, who initially only saw people as if they were walking trees
Mark 8:22-26
After witnessing Jesus’s transfiguration, for whom did Peter want to make three dwellings?
Jesus, Moses, and Elijah
Mark9:5
From Mark 10:15, complete this sentence: “Truly, I tell you whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as…”
“a little child will never enter it.”
Mark 10:15
According to Mark’s Gospel, what did James and John ask Jesus to do for them?
“Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.”
Mark 10:35-37
Which episode did Mark sandwich within his narrative about Jesus’ cursing a fig tree?
Jesus cleansing the Temple
Mark 11:12-21
Some members of which of the following groups questioned Jesus about the resurrection by using a situation where a woman might have been married to a series of brothers and then asking, “In the resurrection whose wife will she be?”
Sadducees
Mark 12:18-25
To whom, and on what occasion, was it said, “Certainly you are one of them; for you are a Galilean”?
To Peter, when he stood in the courtyard of the high priest
Mark 14:70
In Mark’s Gospel, where were the women at the tomb supposed to tell Peter and the disciples to go to meet the risen Jesus?
Galilee
Mark 16:1-8
The conclusion of Mark’s Gospel includes which of the following sentences?
“They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.”
Mark 16:8
In which gospel does the author say that the response to the news that Jesus “has been raised” was that “they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid”?
Mark 16:8
The Gospel of Luke both begins and ends with scenes set in which of the following?
the temple in Jerusalem
Luke1;24
Which evangelist opens a gospel by declaring an intent “to write an orderly account … so that you may know the truth concerning the things about which you have been instructed”?
Luke 1:3-4
Which of the following is NOT one of the Beatitudes spoken by Jesus during the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew?
“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.”
Luke 1:42
Which of the following statements does NOT appear in the first two chapters of the Gospel according to Luke?
“Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”
Luke 1:46-47,68; 2:30
Which Gospel recorded both the birth story of John the Baptist and the birth story of Jesus?
Luke 1:57-65; 2:1-20
To whom did an angel bring “good news of great joy for all people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord”?
shepherds living in the fields
Luke 2:8-11
“To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.” To whom does an angel deliver this message?
shepherds in the field
Luke 2:8-14
According to the Gospel of Luke, who are the two people who encounter Mary and Joseph as they present the infant Jesus in the temple and then begin to speak about the “salvation” and “redemption” God would bring through him?
Simeon and Anna
Luke 2:22-38
In which Gospel does Anna, a prophet living in the temple, praise God and speak about Jesus to all looking for the redemption of Jerusalem?
Luke 2:36-38
Where was Jesus when Mary and Joseph spent three days looking for him in Jerusalem?
In the temple, sitting among the teachers
Luke 2:41-51
Which Gospel contains the narrative about Jesus lingering at the Temple as a young boy?
Luke 2:42-52
According to Luke, who was the Roman Emperor at the time when John and Jesus began their public ministries?
Tiberias
Luke 3:1
How many days did Jesus fast in the dessert before the devil appeared to tempt him?
40 Days
Luke 4:2
In Luke, Jesus goes to the synagogue in Nazareth, stands up to read, and is handed a scroll. He reads aloud, “the Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.” From which biblical book is he reading?
Isaiah
Luke 4:16-19
According to the Gospel of Luke, where was Jesus when he read aloud the passage from Isaiah that begins, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor”?
in a synagogue in Nazareth
Luke 4:16-20
In which Gospel does Jesus proclaim: “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled.”
Luke 6:21
In which gospel does Jesus warn, “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep.”
Luke 6:24-25
In which gospel does Jesus resurrect the widow’s son at Nain?
Luke 7:11-17
According to the gospel of Luke, who does Jesus say his mother and brother are?
“those who hear the word of God and do it.”
Luke 8:21
When Jesus sent out his disciples, what did he tell them to do if a place does not welcome them?
shake the dust off their feet
Luke 9:5 (Matthew 18:17, Luke 9:54)
In Luke 10, what is the question that prompts Jesus to tell the parable of the Good Samaritan?
“Who is my neighbor?”
Luke 10:29
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is unique to which gospel?
Luke 10:30-35
Which gospel contains the parable that begins, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers”?
Luke 10:30-37
Stories about Mary and Martha appear in which two Gospels?
John and Luke
Luke 10:38-42; John 11
In Jesus’ parable, which of the following is NOT an excuse given by those who had been invited to a great dinner?
“My father has just died, and I must go to bury him.”
Luke 14:16-20
Which gospel contains the parable that begins, “There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.’”
Luke 15:11-12
In the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15, which is a reason for why the lost son was in need?
A severe famine took place throughout that country.
Luke 15:14-16
Which of the following teachings is NOT found in the Gospel according to Matthew?
“Remember Lot’s wife.”
Luke 17:32
In Luke, which of the following are topics addressed in the parable of the widow and the judge?
prayer, justice, faith
Luke 18:1, 7-8
According to the Gospel of Luke, to whom did Jesus address the statement, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But they are now hidden from your eyes”?
Jerusalem
Luke 19:41-42
In Luke’s Gospel, the centurion who witnessed Jesus’ death remarked, “Certainly this man was…”
“innocent.”
Luke 23:47
Which of the following appearances by the resurrected Jesus is found in the Gospel of Luke?
to Cleopas and his companion as they were going to Emmaus
Luke 24:13-35
Which gospel begins, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”?
John 1:1
According to the Gospel of John, who “came as a witness to testify to the light”?
John, who was baptizing people in Bethany
John 1:6-7
In the Gospel of John, when John is baptizing in Bethany and sees Jesus coming how does he describe Jesus?
“the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world”
John 1:29
The Gospel of John speaks about a series of “signs” that Jesus performs. What is identified as “the first of his signs” in that gospel?
changing water to wine at a wedding in Cana
John 2:1-11
Which of the following gospels tells of Jesus’ driving the money changers out of the temple near the beginning of his ministry?
John 2:15
Who asked, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?”
Nicodemus
John 3:4
Jesus says, “What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit,” in a conversation with whom?
Nicodemus during an evening conversation in Jerusalem
John 3:6
To whom did Jesus say “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?”
Nicodemus
John 3:10
According to the Gospel of John, why did God send the Son to the world?
to save the world
John 3:16-21
To whom does Jesus say, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water”?
a Samaritan woman
John 4:7, 10
In John 4, to whom does Jesus say, “Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’?”
his disciples
John 4:33-35
In which chapter within John’s Gospel do we find Jesus healing a man born blind?
Chapter 9
John 9
In which Gospel does Jesus refer to himself as both “the gate for the sheep” and “the good shepherd”?
John 10:7, 11
For whom did Jesus weep?
Lazarus
John 11:1-44, *v. 35
In the Gospel of John, what was the message that Mary and Martha sent to Jesus concerning their brother Lazaraus?
“Lord, he whom you love is ill.”
John 11:3
What special favor did Mary and Martha ask from Jesus?
to heal their brother, Lazarus
John 11:3
In the Gospel of John, why does Jesus begin to weep?
Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha, died
John 11:28-37
In the Gospel of John, in response to what event do the chief priests and Pharisees on the council decide that Jesus must be put to death?
Jesus raising Lazarus from thedead
John 11:41-53
Of the following, which sign of Jesus does NOT appear in John’s gospel?
Jesus, onboard a boat, calms a storm on the sea with a word.
John 11:43-44
Who said, “You do not understand that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed”?
Caiaphas
John 11:49-50
In which of the gospels is Jesus’s final meal with his disciples NOT a Passover observance?
John 13:1-4
Which is the only gospel to recount Jesus’ action of washing his disciples’ feet at their final meal the night before his crucifixion?
John 13:1-20
In which gospel does Jesus tell his disciples, “I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever.”
John 14:16
Complete this verse from John: “___, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you.”
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit
John 14:26
In which book is the following quote: “I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5
In John’s Passion which of the following prayers does Jesus pray?
“Holy Father, protect them in your name. . . so that they may be one, as we are one.”
John 17:11
Who asked Jesus, “What is truth?”
Pilate
John 18:38
In which gospel does Jesus, while he is on the cross, commend one of his disciples to his mother as her “son” and her to that disciple as his “mother”?
John 19:25-27
In which Gospel do blood and water flow from Jesus’ dead body after it is stabbed by a spear?
John 19:34
Which gospel explicitly states its purpose as “that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name”?
John 20:31
In which gospel does the resurrected Jesus appear cooking fish on the beach at the Sea of Tiberias?
John 21:9
