Revalation In and Through Jesus In The Synoptic Gospels

Question 0

The gospel according to Matthew is the first gospel in the New Testament. What does this placement indicate?

Answer 0

The high esteem the gospel held in the early church

Question 1

Why are the gospels of Mathew, mark, and Luke known as the synoptic gospels?

Answer 1

They follow a similar pattern in both their overall structures and individual views

Question 2

What were the two directions Matthew’s community was being pulled?

Answer 2

1. Their desire to remain true to their Jewish roots

2. Their ardent belief that Jesus east he long awaited messiah

Question 3

Which gospel links Jesus to his genealogy and why?

Answer 3

In The gospel of Mathew it connect Jesus to Abraham, the father of Judaism, and to David, Israel’s greatest Jewish king

Question 4

Where does Jesus give a new interpretation of the law?

Answer 4

The sermon on the mount

Question 5

Which is the shortest(and first written) gospel?

Answer 5

Gospel of mark

Question 6

John

Answer 6

Audience: Gentiles and Jews
Image of Christ: emphasizes the divinity of Christ
Message: two halves; 1. Book of signs 2. Book of glory

Question 7

Mark

Answer 7

Audience: non Jewish Christians
Image of Christ: emphasizes humanity of Christ
Message: includes messianic secret (only demons and hobo know) half is dedicated to the passion

Question 8

Disciples in marks gospel were..

Answer 8

Lacking trust and faith

Not loyal to Jesus

Question 9

The author of Luke also wrote,,

Answer 9

The acts of the apostles

Question 10

Theophilus

Answer 10

“Lover of god” refers to gentile Christians in Antioch of Syria in Greece

Question 11

Matthew

Answer 11

Audience: Jews
Image of Christ: Jesus is fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies
Message: make readers believe Jesus was a part of their tradition

Question 12

Luke

Answer 12

Audience: outcasts of community
Image of Christ: compassionate savior who welcomes all
Message: women and outsiders are big part of ministry

Question 16

Jesus changes water into wine

Answer 16

Foreshadows that he will be the blood of the new covenant

Question 17

Jesus healing the officials son

Answer 17

Faith in Jesus leads to whole ness and health

Question 18

Feeding of the 5 thousand

Answer 18

Jesus’s satisfying of our spiritual hungers

Question 19

Jesus walks on water

Answer 19

demonstrates that Jesus has the power to calm fear

Question 20

Restores sight to blind man

Answer 20

Spiritual insight into the real identity of Jesus. The blind man has eyes of faith

Question 21

Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead

Answer 21

Christi’s pore over life and death

Question 22

What is a long speech Jesus gave to teach about matters of faith and salvation

Answer 22

Discourse

Question 23

What is a define moment of the last supper in johns gospel

Answer 23

Washing the disciples feet

Question 24

What are the fruits of those who remain in Jesus

Answer 24

Service and love

Question 25

What is the climax of johns gospel

Answer 25

Jesus’s willingness to lay down his life for the salvation of all

Question 26

What does johns gospel not focus on with regard to the paschal mystery

Answer 26

The tragedy

Question 27

What event in the crucifixion of Jesus in the gospel of John does not appear in the other gospels?

Answer 27

A soldier pierces Jesus's side

Question 28

Paraclete

Answer 28

A name for the Holy Spirit

Question 29

Logos

Answer 29

A title for Jesus. Means "word"

Question 30

Besides pater and bartimaeus, who names the rue identity of Jesus?

Answer 30

The demons he casts out

Question 31

What is the parable that addresses the plight of the anawim(poor person)?

Answer 31

The rich man and Lazarus

Question 32

In which gospels is the births of Jesus present?

Answer 32

Matthew and Luke

Question 33

When does the ministry of Jesus begin?

Answer 33

On his baptism

Question 34

What miracle is in all four gospels?

Answer 34

The multiplication of the loaves

Question 35

What captures the heart of the new law?

Answer 35

The beatitudes

Question 36

What do the beautitudes call for?

Answer 36

A reversal of the worlds value system and a total conversion of heart

Question 37

What do the beatitudes respond to?

Answer 37

Our hearts innermost desire for happiness

Question 38

What do parables Challenge listeners to do?

Answer 38

Implement the word of god

Question 39

The miracles provide credibility to Jesus's words and teaching by doing what?

Answer 39

Concretely demonstrating his power over sin and evil

Question 40

What are the four types of. Oracles Jesus performs in the synoptic gospels?

Answer 40

Healings Exorcisms Control over nature Restoration of life

Question 41

Golgotha

Answer 41

Means "place of the skull" | Where Jesus was crucified

Question 42

Infancy narratives

Answer 42

The accounts of Jesus's birth

Question 43

Magi

Answer 43

Wise men from the east that came to see Jesus's birth

Question 52

What sides the book of glory center on?

Answer 52

The paschal mystery

Question 53

In the prologue of johns gospel, how is Jesus described?

Answer 53

The preexistent logos

Question 54

What is the focus of the book of signs

Answer 54

7 miraculous signs Jesus performed