Gospels FInal Flashcards

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What is the purpose of Mark?

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  1. Historical: recording for posterity the apostolic witness concerning Jesus
  2. Christological: combating the heresies of Docestism
  3. Practical: a call to cross-bearing Discipleship
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What are the literary features of Mark

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  1. Literary Style. Fast moving narrative with vivid Description
  2. Topical ordering of events. Jesus ministry begins with a collection of healing and exorcisms, followed by a series of controversy stories with the religious leaders.
  3. Intercalation or Sandwiching the events are to the same theme and serve to interpret one another
  4. Triads or set of threes. Triads to drive home a point (3 boat scenes to illustrate a lack of faith, 3 cycles of events predicting his death, 3 times calling the disciples to alertness.
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What is marks portrait of Jesus?

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The suffering Servant

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In mark who are the Antagonist

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  1. Satan’s Forces. Satan’s Forces are defeated

2. The religious leader. Jesus Growing popularity with the people threatens their status and power

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How were the Disciples Though of in Mark

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Of the four gospels, Mark portrait of the Disciples is the most NEGATIVE. The 12 are more often examples of failure than success. Mark uses their failure to highlight the faithfulness of Jesus. There is no restoration of the Disciples

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What are the theological themes of Mark

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  1. The Kingdom of God. Jesus;s Kingdom has both present and future elements
  2. Jesus the servant
  3. Discipleship. True discipleship is following the servant’s suffering path
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What is the outling of Mark

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  1. The preparation of the Son of God
  2. The authoritative ministry in Galilee
  3. The suffering Son of God as Servant of the Lord
    verses 9-20 are not part of the original
    (the irresolution of the plot calls the readers to decision
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What is the purpose of Mathew?

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  1. To demostrate that Jesus is the MEssiah

2. To call the Church to greater faith and trust in their risen and ever-present Lord

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What are the literary feature of Mathew

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(Mathew shows the most evidence of careful structure and design)

  1. Concise Style. Shorter, concise compressing events
  2. Fulfillment formulas and O.T Quotation. 10 times “this was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet”
  3. Topical arrangement
  4. Structured signals
  5. Strong Jewish orientation
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What are the Five major discourses of Mathew?

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  1. Sermon on the Mount
  2. Commissioning of the twelve
  3. Parables of the Kingdom
  4. Church life and discipleship
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What is Mathews portrait of Jesus

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  1. The Messiah King
  2. The Immanuel
  3. The son of God
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What did Mathew think about the disciples

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More positive than mark

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What did Mathew think about the religious leaders

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More negative than mark. They are evil and are aligned with Satan

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What did mathew think about the crowd

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Fickle and easily manipulated

Final rejection of Jesus (“let his blood be on us and our children”)

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What are are the themes of Mathew

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  1. Promise-Fulfillmetn Salvation. Salvation Hisotry reaches its goal and purpose in Jesus the Messiah
  2. The kingdom of Heaven
  3. Jesus and the Law. Jesus teachers the continuity of the law and the superiority of the new covenant
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What is the outline of Mathew

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  1. Prologue: the genealogy and birth narrative
  2. The appearance of the messiah
  3. The ministry of the Messiah to Israel
  4. the response to the Messiah
  5. The messiah confronts Jerusalem
  6. The passion and the resurrection
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What is the Gospel of Luke?

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Luke-acts is a single volume work (The larges amount of materiel by a N.T author).

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What are the Literary feature of Luke

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1, Luke begins earlier (announcement of John’s birth and end later

  1. Luke (not an eye witness) draws from other written sources
  2. Mathew contains 90% of mark. Luke contains about half of mark
  3. skilled literary artist withe the finest Greek in the N.T
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What is the most unique feature in Luke?

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is is the extended, meandering travel to jeruslaem

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What is luke’s portrait of jesus

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  1. A prophet like Moses, mighty in word and deed

2. Christ the Lord. Savior of the world

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Luke view of the disciples?

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Luke is more positive, describing them as apostles in training(highest)

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Religious leader in Luke?

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are shown to be self righteous, resulting in foolish rejection of God’s offer of Salvation
There is still hope because the failure comes from the foolishness and ignorance

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What are the themes of Luke

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1.Promise-Fulfillment
2. The dawn of Salvation and the Holy Spirit
3. Divine Sovereignty and the purpose of God
4. Salvation for Outsiders
5 Jerusalem and the temple
6. Joy, Praise, and celebration ( Unusual number of banquets)
7. Prayer and intimate fellowship with the father

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What is the outline of Luke

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  1. Prologue
  2. Birth of the Savior
  3. Preparation of the Savior
  4. The Galilean Ministry
  5. The journey to Jerusalem
  6. The Jerusalem ministry
  7. The passion
  8. The resurrection and ascension
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what are the Literary feature of John

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1, Unique Content. 90% is unique

  1. Unique literary style. Simple Style short sentences
  2. Two Historical Setting. Orignal Setting and the Johannince a Christian community and its Jewish opponents
  3. Teaching types. Persoanl Interviews, public debate with opponents, and private teaching
  4. The 7 signs in John
  5. Metaphor and Sybol. THE seven IAM in John
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Characteristics of John

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  1. The divinity of Jesus

2. The call to believe( believe found 98 time or Pisteuo

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Johns portrait of Jesus

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Divine Son of God

  1. The son who reveals the father and brings other into a relationship with Him
  2. While the son is equal with Father
  3. Jesus has a strong Jewish emphasis
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Johns view of the Disciples

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Not mentioned

29
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Who are the religious leaders in John

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the antagonists

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What are the themes in John

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  1. The revelation of the Father through the son
  2. Salvation is knowing God
  3. The Paracelete
  4. Narrative purposes
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What is the outline of John

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  1. Prologue
  2. The book of sings
  3. The book of Glory
  4. Epilogue
32
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how many time did the cock crow

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cock crows twice

33
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how many times did peter deny Jesus

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two sets of warnings of three

34
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What did Judas return

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he returned the “blood money” (3-0 pieces of silver) and hanged himself

35
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who bought potter’s field?

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Zechariah and Jermiah

36
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what were the 8 literal fulfillment of prophecies

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  1. Wine, 2 casting, 3 passersby, 4 the rulers 5. the priests taunt him 6. My God my God 7. Sponge full 8. Father into my hands
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who came with spices and anointed Jesus body

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Nicodemus

38
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what is agape the same as?

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Love