Mark's Gospel Paper 1

Question 1

Gospels

Answer 1

Four books, all containing the story of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. Matthew Mark Luke and John

Question 2

Baptism

Answer 2

Act of being washed to represent joining God’s family

Question 3

Rabbi

Answer 3

Teacher or leader within the Jewish faith

Question 4

Disciples

Answer 4

Followers of a rabbi who learnt from him

Question 5

Servanthood

Answer 5

Putting others before yourself and live a life of serving others

Question 6

Evangelise

Answer 6

To share the message of God’s love and the Christian faith

Question 7

Parable

Answer 7

A story with a deeper meaning. Jesus’ told these stories to communicate ideas about the kingdom of God

Question 8

Gentiles

Answer 8

What Jews called non- Jewish people at the time of Jesus

Question 9

Passover

Answer 9

Annual Jewish festival celebrating the time when Jews escaped slavery in Egypt

Question 10

Miracle

Answer 10

An event that cannot be explained by science

Question 11

Nature miracle

Answer 11

A miracle which affects the environment

Question 12

Compassion

Answer 12

To care for someone else and try to understand their suffering

Question 13

Symbolism

Answer 13

To communicate an idea using images and signs but not words

Question 14

Blasphemy

Answer 14

To claim to be God or use God’s name in vain

Question 15

Pharisees

Answer 15

Jewish leaders at the time of Jesus. They had very strict rules for how they believed Jews should act in order to please God, however Jews disagreed with their rules

Question 16

Sabbath

Answer 16

Day of rest for Jews. Strict rules about what was not allowed to be done

Question 17

Temple

Answer 17

Place of worship in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus

Question 18

Taxes

Answer 18

Fee that has to be paid to the government e.g income tax

Question 19

Prayer

Answer 19

Communicating with God

Question 20

Messiah

Answer 20

Hebrew term for Saviour

Question 21

Transfiguration

Answer 21

When Peter, James and John saw a vision of Jesus in heaven and from then on had faith that he was the Messiah

Question 22

Spiritually unclean

Answer 22

A term used by the 1st century Jews to describe those who have broken certain laws in scripture and were not righteous in God’s sight

Question 23

Gethsemane

Answer 23

Garden just outside of Jerusalem, where Jesus goes to pray after the Last Supper

Question 24

Sanhedrin

Answer 24

Jewish council and court in first century Israel

Question 25

Pontius Pilate

Answer 25

Roman Ruler in charge of Jerusalem at the time of Jesus

Question 26

Son of Man

Answer 26

Title for Jesus showing that he was fully human

Question 27

Son of God

Answer 27

Title for Jesus showing that he was fully divine