Mary and the Saints

Question 1

Matthew 1:23

Answer 1

Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel (which means, God with us).

Question 2

Matthew 22:31-32

Answer 2

And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.

Question 3

2 Kings 2:11

Answer 3

And as they still went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Question 4

2 Samuel 6:23

Answer 4

And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death

(“Until” does not mean the event in question happened after the time mentioned)

Question 5

Genesis 14:14

Answer 5

When Abraham heard that his brother had been taken captive, he lead forth his trained men

(“Brother” used to refer to Lot, Abraham’s nephew)

Question 6

Genesis 3:15

Answer 6

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

Question 7

Matthew 26:44

Answer 7

So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words.

(Repetitious prayer)

Question 8

Matthew 27:56

Answer 8

among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

(Some mentioned in Mt 13:55-56 as Jesus’ brothers here identified as having other parents)

Question 9

Matthew 28:20

Answer 9

teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.

(Until)

Question 10

Mark 12:26-27

Answer 10

And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ He is not God of the dead, but of the living; you are quite wrong.

Question 11

Luke 1:28

Answer 11

And he came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!”

(Greek ‘kecharitomene’ = perfected in grace)

Question 12

Luke 1:34

Answer 12

And Mary said to the angel, “How shall this be, since I have no husband?”

Question 13

Luke 1:41-42

Answer 13

And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!”

Question 14

Luke 1:43

Answer 14

And why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Question 15

Luke 1:47-48

Answer 15

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed;

Question 16

John 19:25

Answer 16

So the soldiers did this. But standing by the cross of jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Question 17

John 19:26

Answer 17

When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

Question 18

Galatians 4:4

Answer 18

But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Question 19

Colossians 1:15

Answer 19

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

(First born=legal term and does not imply subsequent children)

Question 20

Revelation 4:8

Answer 20

…and day and night they never cease to sing, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

Question 21

Revelation 5:8

Answer 21

And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Question 22

Revelation 12:1-2

Answer 22

And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery.

Question 23

Revelation 12:17

Answer 23

Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and bear testimony to Jesus.