Gospels

Question 0

Due to a diversity of perspectives, the Gospels all contribute to give us the ________ ________

Answer 0

“Fuller Picture”

Question 1

“Gospel” means what?

Answer 1

Good News

Question 2

What is Luke’s occupation?

Answer 2

Doctor

Question 3

What is Luke’s ethnicity?

Answer 3

Greek

Question 4

Luke was a “________ of ____”

Answer 4

“Disciple of Paul”

Question 5

What was Matthew’s occupation?

Answer 5

A Tax Collector

Question 6

What was Matthew’s ethnicity?

Answer 6

Jew

Question 7

Matthew was the “_______ of ______”

Answer 7

“Apostle of Christ”

Question 8

What was Mark’s occupation?

Answer 8

a Missionary

Question 9

What was Mark’s ethnicity?

Answer 9

Jew/Roman

Question 10

Mark was a “_______ of ______”

Answer 10

“Disciple of Peter”

Question 11

What was John’s occupation?

Answer 11

a Fisherman

Question 12

What was John’s ethnicity?

Answer 12

Jew

Question 13

John was a “______ of ______”

Answer 13

“Apostle of Christ”

Question 14

Who was Matthew’s intended audience?

Answer 14

The Jews

Question 15

Who was Luke’s intended audience?

Answer 15

to the Greeks

Question 16

Who was Mark’s intended audience?

Answer 16

to the Romans

Question 17

Who was John’s intended audience?

Answer 17

the Whole World

Question 18

What was the theme in the book of Matthew?

Answer 18

“Christ as King”

Question 19

What was the theme in the book of Luke?

Answer 19

“Christ as the Perfect Man”

Question 20

What was the theme in the book of Mark?

Answer 20

“Christ as Servant”

Question 21

What was the theme in the book of John?

Answer 21

“Christ as God”

Question 22

What is the “Synoptic Problem?”

Answer 22

Matthew and Luke have ~235 verses of Jesus talking not written in Mark

Question 23

List the Synoptic Gospels:

Answer 23

Matthew, Mark, and Luke

John: independent

Question 24

List the four examples of “Synoptic Problems:”

Answer 24

1) How many angels were at the tomb
2) Differences in Jesus’ sermons
3) the Voice from Heaven at Jesus’ Baptism
4) the clearing of the temple

Question 25

Define “Persuasive Histories:”

Answer 25

“Persuasive Histories” attempt to convince the reader that the events of Christ’s life fulfills the Old Testament and that the reader should put their faith in Christ for Salvation.

Question 26

Define “Post-Ressurrection Perspectives:”

Answer 26

“Post-Resurrection Perspective” are events that are reinterpreted in light of the Ressurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit.

Question 27

In the Gospel message, all the Gospels…

(5 things)

Answer 27

1) Understand Jesus by his Jewish background
2) Understand Jesus’ rejection as stemming from:
- God’s sovereign plan
- Israel’s scripture
- & human sin
3) View Jesus as “Isaiah’s Suffering Servant”
4) Affirm that those who reject Jesus have done so because their hearts were resistant to the things of God
5) Affirm that Jesus’ crucifixion as the final atonement for sin for those who repent and believe

Question 28

List the three “Proofs of Christ’s Death”

Answer 28

1) The impossibility of the “Swoon Theory” (Death by suffocation)
2) The spear to the side & the water & the blood
3) The pronunciation of His death by the Roman soldier

Question 29

List the six “Proof’s of Christ’s Ressurrection:”

Answer 29

1) inability of the Officials to produce a body
2) the tomb Sealed and Guarded
3) the fact that Bible was written and accepted in the area where the events happened
4) fervency and Martyrdom of the Disciples
5) the conversions of the Paul and James
6) the “Straus Critique”

Question 30

What is the “Straus Critique?”

Answer 30

where a body that survived the crucifixion would not have convinced the disciples that Jesus was Resurrected.