Lesson 7 & 8

Question 1

Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah saw Jerusalem as what?

Answer 1

The bride of Yahweh

Question 2

What typically accompanied a prophetic reference to Israel as the bride of Yahweh?

Answer 2

A prophetic pronouncement of judgement

Question 3

In ancient Judaism, what did the groom do on the day of his wedding?

Answer 3

He would symbolically and literally take the bride out of her father’s house and to his father’s house

Question 4

What would the bridegroom typically wear on his head?

Answer 4

A crown

Question 5

For the foolish virgins to choose a nap over preparing to join the bridal procession was tantamount to what?

Answer 5

Completely dishonouring and insulting the bridegroom

Question 6

Why was the Passover a perilous time for those trying to keep order?

Answer 6

Revolutionary movements often began at that time

Question 7

Give two (2) reasons why the Sanhedrin needed an insider to locate and identify the right person under cover of darkness

Answer 7

a) It would be very easy for a person to disappear in the massive crowds
b) They did not want Jesus’ followers to cause any chaos when He was arrested

Question 8

To anoint someone in the Old Testament was what?

Answer 8

A highly significant and symbolic gesture

Question 9

What sort of gesture was Mary’s anointing of Jesus?

Answer 9

A Messianic one

Question 10

Name and identify the cycles of the two (2) calendars followed by the Jews

Answer 10

a) Holy calendar (lunar cycle)

b) Secular calendar (solar cycle)

Question 11

Why were the people providing Jesus with these Messianic moments committing acts of treason?

Answer 11

They were suggesting that there was a king greater than Herod or Caesar

Question 12

Why do the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke keep some identities secret?

Answer 12

Since they were written during the lifetimes of these people, their identities were not made public to keep them safe

Question 13

Identify which groups used the following words in Matthew’s Gospel

a) Kyrios (Lord): __________________________
b) Rabbi: _________________________

Answer 13

a) Kyrios (Lord): The insiders

b) Rabbi: The outsiders

Question 14

Describe the responsibility of the following people during the Passover meal

a) Head of the house: ___________________
b) Youngest child: _______________________

Answer 14

a) Tell the story of the Exodus

b) Ask “What does this bread mean?”

Question 15

What did Jesus reveal during the Passover meal?

Answer 15

That He Himself was the new Passover and that the exodus was occuring right now

Question 16

Peter would not have been in a position to deny the Lord three times if he had done what?

Answer 16

Fled like the other disciples

Question 17

What was Caiaphas doing when he accused Jesus of blasphemy and declared that there was no need of further witnesses?

Answer 17

Violating Torah (“in the mouth of two or three witnesses”)

Question 18

Of all the Gospel writers, who is the most sympathetic to the plight of Judas?

Answer 18

Matthew

Question 19

According to the Torah, what was the price of a slave?

Answer 19

Thirty pieces of silver

Question 20

Which scriptural passage combines the symbolism of thirty pieces of silver, slavery, and shepherding?

Answer 20

Zechariah 11:10-14