Test 2 Flashcards
The Gospel Mark was drawn from who’s firsthand accounts?
Peter
The Gospel Matthew targets what group of people?
Palestinian Jews
What is the whole premise of the gospel Matthew?
Shows Jesus as the fulfillment of Jewish hopes fro a Messiah
The Gospel Luke was probably written by…
A man who was not himself a Jew, nor an apostle
The Gospel Luke targets what group of people?
Gentiles, women, infirm, and societal outcasts
The Gospel John is written from what perspective?
An apostle “whom Jesus loved”, an eye witness account
How is John’s gospel unique?
It is more personal, interpersonal on the accounts of Jesus
Who is Nicodemus?
He was on the council of elders; thinks that you have to use good works to get to heaven
Who was the Smaritan Woman?
A woman whom Jesus talked to; she was stunned by this fact
“inappropriate”–samaritan and woman
The visual images and dichotomies in John’s gospel are?
Light/dark and earth/heaven
Palm Sunday may actually have been a…
Monday
Why is the donkey important in the entrace on “Palm Sunday”?
It is an animal of burden and peace
Fighting Parables in Jerusalem were targeted towards?
Leaders of Jerusalem
What are some examples of the “Fighting Parables”?
Object lesson of the fig tree, Parable of two sons, Parable of landowner, the king’s wedding feast…
How much of John’s gospel despicts one DAY in Jesus’ life?
one-third
What was the trial of Jesus?
The arrest; before Annas (ex-high priest) and Caiaphas and kangaroo court; Before the Sanhedrin; Before Pilate; Before Herod Antipas
What is a kangaroo court?
Court where the principles of laws and justcice are disregarded or perverted
How was Jesus humiliated?
Beaten & insulted; Publicly paraded; Crucifiction; Burial of the “prince of life”
All of his human life involved some sort of humiliation
Who helped Jesus carry his cross?
Simon Cyrene
Symbolic of us picking up our own cross and following him