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Unit 3 Flashcards

1
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Historical Narratives

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Five writings (the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles)

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Synoptic Gospels

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First three Gospels - Mathew, Mark, & Luke because of the large amount of overlapping materials

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Deuteropauline

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a “second” group of Pauline letters since many scholars doubt they were written by Paul.

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Apocalypse

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The Book of Revelation

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Koine Greek

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Common Dialect of Greek

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NT

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New Testament =>27 of the earliest Christian writings

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Messianic Secret

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The secret of Jesus’ identity to the Jews => only found in Mark

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Gospel

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An account describing the life, death & resurrection of Jesus - “Good News”

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Gentile

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Not Jewis

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Markan Priority

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1st of the Synoptic Gospels written => the author of the book of Mark wrote first & as then thought to be a source for those that wrote the book of Matthew and Luke

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Disciple

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One who follows Jesus

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apostle

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one who is sent by Jesus

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We who are Christian are all ___, but we are called to be ___

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disciples, apostles

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Who:

  • a ___ in a parable Jesus tells in Luke
  • irony is that there’d be a ___ one could call “good”
  • not a real ___
  • the character in the parable is the one held up to be a good ___
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Good Samaritan
character
Samaritan
person
good neighbor
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Who:

  • the ___ over Israel when Jesus was born
  • he ruled that all ___ babies 2 years old and younger should be killed because he feared a ___
  • he ___ shortly after this incident
  • he was succeeded by ___, who wanted to meet Jesus, according to “Jesus Christ Superstar”
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Herod the Great
Roman King
male, contender
Herod Antipas

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Who:

  • the ___, the Savior of the world whose early ___ was intended to show us how much God loves us
  • his ___ was intended to save us from sin and death
  • his ___ from the dead was intended to demonstrate that he could conquer even death
  • stories about him may be found in the four ___
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Jesus
Christ, life
death
resurrection
Gospels
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Who:

  • The final Israelite ___ whose “job” in life was to prepare the world for his cousin ___
  • He is the only son of ___, a priest, and ___, an older cousin of Jesus’ mother, Mary
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John the Baptist
Prophet, Jesus
Zachariah, Elizabeth

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Who:

  • The ___ of Mary
  • The ___ of Jesus
  • In Matthew’s gospel and angel appears to him to tell him Mary is with child but to ___ her anyway
  • He was a ___ by trade and taught Jesus carpentry
  • He taught Jesus to ___ and ___ the scriptures
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Joseph
husband
stepfather
marry
carpenter
pray, read
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Who:

  • one of the twelve ___
  • usually credited with being the ___
  • ___ Jesus by signalling who he was to the Roman soldiers by ___ him.
  • committed ___ after realizing Jesus was going to die
  • he is found in all the ___ and __ (which books of the bible)
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Judas Iscariot
apostles
treasurer
betrayed
kissing him
suicide
all four gospels and Acts
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20
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Who:

  • the ___ of Jesus
  • named in __ gospels (how many)
  • ___ tells us she was conceived without ___ and that her body was assumed into heaven after she died
  • the ___ of the truth of the Holy Spirit conceiving her baby was that her older ___, Elizabeth, was also ___
  • Mary immediately goes to visit and help ___ according to ___ gospel.
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Mary
mother
tradition, original sin
sign, sister, pregnant
Elizabeth, Luke's
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Who:

  • a ___ in the gospels who is among Jesus’ closest followers
  • she find the ___ in Mark’s gospel
  • she is ___ to be the woman who washed Jesus’ feet with her tears and dried them with her hair
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Mary Magdalene
prostitute
empty tomb
inlikely

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Who:

  • a ___ who has a conversion experience
  • becomes one of the most important ___ (with Peter) of the early church
  • wrote numerous ___ in the the NT
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Paul
Pharisee
leaders
letters

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23
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Who:

  • Jesus’ ___ to lead the community he left behind
  • an ___
  • mentioned in all the gospels and Acts, and author of 2 ___ in NT
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Peter
first choice
apostle
letters

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24
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Who:

  • first official ___ for the Christian faith
  • he was ___ to death for testifying about Jesus according to Acts
  • Paul was ___ at his stoning, but did __ take part in it
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Stephen
martyr
stoned
present, not

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25
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Who:

* an ___ of Jesus who ___ to believe that Jesus had ___ until he saw it for himself

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Thomas

apostle, refused, risen from the dead

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  • Christ - a title; Greek translates ___ (Hebrew).

* Means ____

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Messiah

anointed one

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Who Gets anointed ?
IN OT: ___, ___
in the modern world: those who are ___, ___

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Kings, Priests

baptized, confirmed

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28
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In the OT after the Exile, there arises the idea of a need for a ___ (political) to free the Jews from foreign rule and to restore the ___ to the good rule they enjoyed under ___

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Savior, kingdom, King David

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29
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Jesus will be their ___, but he will not be a political one

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savior

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30
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Jesus

  • saved us from: ___
  • saved us for: ___
  • saved us how: ___
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death, sin
eternal life with God in Heaven
by dying on the cross

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31
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How many historical narratives are there & how are they subdivided?

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5; 4 gospels, 1 history of the early church

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32
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What are the Gospels?

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Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

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33
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Which book is considered the “History of the Early Church”?

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Acts of the Apostles

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34
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What does Luke and the Acts of the Apostles have in common?

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They had the same author; a 2 volume work that together make up 1/4 of the NT

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35
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Matthew, Mark and Luke are together referred to as the ___

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Synoptic Gospels

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36
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What does Synoptic mean when referring to the gospels

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Can be seen with the same eye

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What do the synoptic gospels have in common?

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Their stories are very similar and basically follow the same order

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38
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Which Gospel was written first?

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Mark

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39
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What is the significance of Mark’s Gospel to the authors of Matthew and Luke?

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They used Mark’s gospel as a source

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40
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How many letters (epistles) are there?

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21

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41
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How many letters are attributed to Paul?

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13

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42
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How many and what are the undisputed letters of Paul?

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7
Romans
1, 2 Corinthians
Galatians
Philippians
1 Thessalonians
Philemon
43
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How many and what are the disputed letters of Paul?

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6
2 Thessalonians
Colossians
Ephesians
1, 2 Timothy
Titus
44
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What is another name for the the disputed letters of Paul and what is its literal meaning?

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Deuteropauline; literally means second Paul

45
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1, 2 Timothy and Titus are also referred to as the ___

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Pastoral Letters

46
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How many “other” letters/writings are in the NT and what are they?

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8
Hebrews
James
1, 2 Peter
1, 2, 3 John
Jude
47
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How many catholic letters are there and what are they?

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7
James
1,2 Peter
1,2,3 John
Jude
48
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What have scholars agreed to about the book of Hebrews?

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It is not a letter, not by Paul, and not to the Hebrews

49
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A ___ is a genre of literature that utilizes ___ or other heavenly messengers to relay a message of ___ about the end of the world at a time of extreme ___ in the time between 200 BC and 200 AD. How many books of this type and what is it?

A

Apocalypse, angels, hope adversity

1, Revelation

50
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The NT contains ___ books no matter whose Bible you read, i.e., all Christians

A

27

51
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The entire NT is written in ___ (common) Greek

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Koine

52
Q

When OT scriptures are used as a source by NT authors, they use the ___

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septuigant

53
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What are the events of the Passion?

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  • Entry into Jerusalem
  • Washing of the feet
  • Last Supper => bread/wine => Eucharist
  • Garden of Getheseme
  • Arrested
  • Tried 2 times => Sanhedrin Elders=>Pilate=>Herod
  • Pilate convicted =>Crucifixion
  • Died on Cross
  • Buried in empty tomb
  • 3 days later arose from the dead
54
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The first ___ gospel that was written

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Gospel of Mark

55
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Definition: included in the bible

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Canonical

56
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Mark was possibly written by ___, a follower of ___ there fore not written by an ___ to Jesus

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John Mark, Peter, eye witness

57
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The Mark begins with ___ by ___ and ends with a ___ to women.

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baptism, John the Baptist, resurrection appearance

58
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Main Themes in Mark

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Messianic Secrecy
Disciples’ Lack of Understanding
Jesus’ Suffering

59
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___ - every time Jesus heals a Jewish person, he tell that person not to tell anyone what Jesus did for him

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Messianic Secret

60
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What was the key reason for the Messianic Secrecy?

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Jesus does not what to be declared the Messiah because he doesn’t want his ministry to be cut short

61
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When Jesus heals a gentile, he doesn’t tell them to keep it secret - Why?

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Gentile is a non-Jew and has no vested interest in a Messiah

62
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___ - the followers of Jesus who witness all the various miracles, parables, and other important events in Jesus’ life, don’t ever seem to understand who or what He is

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Disciples’ Lack of Understanding

63
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___ - Mark spends almost half his gospel reporting the Last Supper, the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus

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Jesus’ suffering

64
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What happens at Jesus’ baptism?

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1st occurrence of the trinity
heavens open, Holy Spirit descends like a dove, and a voice calls out “You are my son - w/ you I am pleased. (Father speaking to Jesus)

65
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What happened after Jesus’ baptism?

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Spirit drove him into the desert to be tempted by Satan

66
Q

What is symbolic about the 40 days?

A

A number used many times to denote a long time

67
Q

The author of the Gospel Matthew wrote for a ___ audience as evidenced by the large number of references to the ___ with which only ___ would be familiar

A

Jewish, scriptures, Jews

68
Q

According to Matthew, Jesus came to fulfill the ___ not to abolish it.

A

OT Law

69
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A major theme in Matthew’s Gospel is Jesus’ affirmation of the ___ (___), thus Jesus repeatedly criticizes the ___ and ___.

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Mosaic Law, Torah

Scribes, Pharisees

70
Q

The Scribes and Pharisees are considered the ___; leaders

A

official Jewish sect, leaders

71
Q

During his ___, Jesus commands a limited outreach toward only ___: “Go nowhere among the ___ and enter no town of the ___, but go rather to the lost sheep of Israel”

A 
lifetime
Jews
Gentiles
Samaritans
Israel
72
Q

After his ___, Jesus sanctions a ___ to all nations: “Go therefore and make disciples of ___, baptizing them in the name of the ___, and teaching them to __everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am ___to the end of the ___.

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resurrection,
universal mission
all nations
Father, Son & Holy Spirit
obey
with you always
ages.
73
Q

Matthew brings together several disparate themes and emphases, including missions to the ___ and ___ an the importance of the ___.

A

Jews, Gentiles, Torah

74
Q

The author of Luke wrote for a ___ audience: few references to Scriptures

A

Gentile-Christian

75
Q

Book is addressed to ___ - literally:___

A

Theophyllus; lover of God

76
Q

Major themes of Luke is the idea of ___, and ___.

A

balance, journey

77
Q

When Jesus does something for a ___ he also does something for a ___. (three examples)

A

Jew, Gentile
man, woman
rich, poor

78
Q

Jesus begins his ministry in ___, in the northern part of the country

A

Galilee

79
Q

He travels around the northern part of the country and then he “sets hi face toward ___”

A

Jerusalem

80
Q

Jesus died in ___ (place)

A

Jerusalem

81
Q

The ___ theme is continued in Luke’s second volume, ___

A

journey, Acts of the Apostles

82
Q

When we look at Matthew, Mark and Luke, we see that these three gospels are remarkably similar; they often follow the same ___, and include the same ___ in Jesus’ life and ministry

A

Pattern, incidents

83
Q

Comparing the gospels, Mark’s is ___ and contains __, which leads scholars to believe that Mark was written ___ and then used as a ___ for the other two.

A

shortest, fewest details, first, source

84
Q

In the stories that the three gospels have in common, Mark;s version seems to always contain ___ in comparison to Matthew’s and Luke’s stories

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scant details

85
Q

The Gospel of John is __ compared to the other three

A

different

86
Q

John emphasizes the role for Jesus as the ___ of God in creation when he writes his ___.

A

Word, prologue

87
Q

No “miracles” - rather John calls them “___”, and there are ___ of them. What does this number signify?

A

signs, 7

wholeness, completeness

88
Q

There are __ “I am “ sayings, what are they?

A

7

1) vine, you are the branches
2) the gate
3) bread of life
4) light of the word
5) good shepherd
6) resurrection and life
7) way and the truth and the life

89
Q

The ___ of Jesus Christ is further illustrated in John.

A

divinity

90
Q

Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, “I am,” which means that Jesus ___ before His human life on earth.

A

existed

91
Q

When Jesus says “I am” in Aramaic, he is saying ___

A

Ywh

92
Q

Gospel means ___

A

Good News

93
Q

NT authors redefined the term gospel to mean “____”

A

good news about Jesus

94
Q

A gospel in the NT is an ___ about Jesus

A

historical narrative

95
Q

The gospels were ___ the first writings in the NT

A

not

96
Q

Paul’s letters were the __ writings in the NT

A

first

97
Q

Timeline for Jesus in scope of OT and NT

A 
Abraham Stories
Babylonian Exile
Herod the Great
Jesus is Born
Jesus' ministry begins
Jesus Dies
Paul writes letters
Mark 
Matthew
Luke
John
98
Q

Entire NT was written by about ___ (date)

A

100 AD

99
Q

5th - 6th century AD - ___lives, writes his rule

A

St. Benedict

100
Q

The opening of Paul’s letters contain:

A

author
authority
audience
greeting

101
Q

Body of letter: whatever ___ are being addressed

A

subjects

102
Q

Often in Paul’s letters, he is responding to a __ or ___ ; giving ___ , ___ or ___; usually gives some kind of ___

A

question, problem
encouragement, reprimand, resolution to conflict
ethical teaching

103
Q

Closing of letter: Paul sends ___ to individuals members of the ___, offers to ___, asks for___, sends ___

A

greetings, community
pray for them
prayers
greeting from whomever is with him

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