Final Exam

Match each gospel with the description of its unique way of relating the stories and teachings of Jesus:

There are no Greco-roman writers from the first century that mention Jesus Christ.

What was the intended audience of the gospels?

What is the meaning of the Greek word Kurios (here transliterated)?

Which of the following statements best describes the literary genre of the gospels, according to the lesson?

What suggestion does the lesson give in order to reconcile the apparent differences in the account of Jesus being anointed, where one gospels says it happened in the house of a Pharisee (Luke 7), and another gospel says it happened in the house of Simon the leper (Mark 14)?

What is the meaning of the Greek word Christos (here transliterated)?

Eusebius wrote that an important person approved the synoptic gospels. Who was that important person?

Which of the following was the prominent cultural orientation of the authors of the gospels, the culture in which the gospels are written?

What is the name of the Jewish historian from the first century who mentions Jesus?

What was the theme of most of Jesus’ parables?

How does the lesson explain the meaning of Matthew 4:17, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near?

Which of the following statements are true regarding Matthew’s job? Mark each correct answer.

How does the lesson answer those who think that the genealogy of Jesus does not prove anything about Jesus’ legal claims, since He was not really born of a human father?

What kind of terminology does Matthew use frequently to speak of God’s people and their relationship with Him?

As the kingdom of heaven began to spread because of Jesus’ miracles, how did most people react

Matthew was one of Jesus’ twelve disciples.

According to the lesson, when did Matthew probably write his gospel?

What was Matthew’s other name?

What is the Greek word for assembly?

According to the lesson, what is the centerpiece of the Gospel of Mark?

According to the lesson, why did Jesus not speak clearly from the beginning about his role as the Messiah?

Jesus’ family were the first people to understand that He was the Messiah.

Mark was one of the twelve apostles.

What response did Mark want to produce in the readers of his gospel? Select the best answer, as taught in the lesson.

Which of these are phrases used in the lesson to describe the major themes of the Gospel of Mark? Mark each correct answer.

Where did Jesus concentrate His early ministry?

Who was Rufus, mentioned in the gospel of Mark?

According to the lesson, what ending phrase may have led scribes to add a new portion to the original text of the Gospel of Mark?

According to the lesson, what was the worst part of the suffering of Jesus?

Arrange the five major sections of the Gospel of Luke in their proper order.

According to the lesson, what is the special focus of the Gospel of Luke?

According to the lesson, what was it that most upset Jesus when He entered the temple and cleansed it of the money changers and salesmen? Select the best answer.

Which of the following groups are included as surprising types of people that are saved, according to the Gospel of Luke? Mark each correct answer as given in the lesson.

Which of the following is valid evidence that Luke was the author of Luke and Acts, according to the lesson?

Match the names with the corresponding description.

How did Jesus answer the disciples of John the Baptist when he sent them to ask Jesus if He was the Messiah?

Which of the following are valid facts about the person to whom the gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts were addressed?

Why do most scholars think that the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts were written by the same person? Mark each correct answer.

Which of the following statements best explains why Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist?

There is a word that John uses 106 times, and that the other three gospels only use 34 times all together. What word is it?

The name of John is not mentioned in the fourth gospel that bears his name.

Which of the following is a quote that scholars have said about the contents of the Gospel of John?

What does Rabbi mean?

Many references in the fourth gospel show that the author was an eye witness to the events of the life of Christ.

What is the name of the Greek king who massacred many Jews in Jerusalem during the second century before Christ, desecrated the temple, and ordered the Jews to worship Zeus?

What other New Testament books did the author of the Gospel of John write? Mark each correct answer.

Which of the following best describes the probably audience to whom John was especially addressing his gospel?

Which of the following statements are valid descriptions of the life of John, the author of the fourth gospel? Mark each correct answer.

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the gospel of John?