Lesson 9 & 10

Question 1

Which scriptural passage draws a parallel between the nation of Israel, the marred clay in the hands of the potter, and the potter’s field?

Answer 1

Jeremiah 18:1-6

Question 2

According to ancient Rabbinical practice, what should you do when you allude to two different prophets?

Answer 2

Attribute the quote to the major prophet

Question 3

Why did Jeremiah buy a piece of land in Jerusalem just before it was invaded by Babylon?

Answer 3

He believed that Israel would return and God would restore His people

Question 4

Pilate, although symbolically washing his hands of “innocent blood,” crucified the Messiah. How is this similar to the behaviour of the scribes and the Pharisees?

Answer 4

They were scrupulous about outside details like washing their hands while allowing corruption and sin within

Question 5

In an echo of the Jewish marriage ceremony, the soldiers placed the crown of thorns on Jesus’ head just as He was about to do what?

Answer 5

Enter into a marriage with His church

Question 6

What does it mean to sit on Jesus’ right and left hand?

Answer 6

To be crucified alongside Him

Question 7

Who guarded the tomb to make sure that Jesus did not rise from the dead?

Answer 7

The scribes, Pharisees, and Sanhedrin soldiers

Question 8

Matthew begins his Gospel with three titles: Christ, Son of David, and Son of Abraham. List the three (3) titles that occur at the end of Matthew’s Gospel

Answer 8

a) Father
b) Son
c) Holy Ghost

Question 9

According to early tradition, who was Mark?

Answer 9

The amanuensis (or secretary) for the Apostle Peter

Question 10

Why was Jesus able to remain asleep despite the storm raging around Him?

Answer 10

He was so exhausted by His ministry that He had collapsed

Question 11

Mark’s Gospel is full of details not mentioned in other Gospels. What might these details suggest?

Answer 11

That it could only have been written by someone who had been an eye witness to these events

Question 12

How do the details provided strengthen the idea that Peter was the author of Mark’s Gospel?

Answer 12

The details were typically items that a fisherman would observe

Question 13

Of the four Gospels, which is the hardest on Peter?

Answer 13

The Gospel of Mark

Question 14

In ancient writings, what was often the original title of a book?

Answer 14

The first line in the book

Question 15

How should Genesis 1:1 be read?

Answer 15

As the title of the book, and not the first event in a chronological sequence

Question 16

How was the wilderness viewed by the OT prophets and NT writers?

Answer 16

Although a place of temptation and trial, it was also associated with the apex of Israel’s relationship with God

Question 17

Why did the Essenes live in the wilderness in Qumran?

Answer 17

They wanted to be the first to meet the Messiah when He came

Question 18

In Mark’s telling, where does Jesus encounter the first active devil?

Answer 18

In Israel’s own house of worship

Question 19

Why does John only list seven of the disciples?

Answer 19

He didn’t find it as important as the other Gospel writers to include all of their names

Question 20

What is the greatest of all the confessions of any of the disciples in the Gospels?

Answer 20

Thomas’s pronouncement of Jesus as “My Lord and my God”