Exam 1 Flashcards
(11 cards)
What about the Roman Centurion in Capernaum impressed Jesus and what warnings does he issue? (Matthew 8:5-13)
- Impressed bc the centurion knows he is not worthy of Jesus’s healing and believes that JC can heal by just saying a word
- warnings is that some non-jews have more faith and will enter the kingdom of heaven over them
What does Jesus’ parable of the laborers in the vineyard convey about the Kingdom of God? (Matthew 20:1-16)
- welcoming to anyone who has faith, time doesn’t matter
- everyone who has faith is treated the same by God
- everyone is treated generously
How specifically does Satan put JC to the test in the wilderness, and how does Jesus respond to him? (Matthew 4:1-11)
all responses are quoting scripture
tests him by telling him to turn the stones into bread and eat it
- response: man lives on God’s word not bread
tests him by telling him to throw himself off the temple
- response: do not test the lord
tests him by saying he will give JC all the kingdoms if he worships him
- response: away with you satan, worship the lord
Why, as a matter of Jewish Law, was it problematic for JC to touch a leper? What was the result when he does? (Mark 1:40-42)
- problem to touch bc the leper is seen as having a dirty soul and touching them will do the same to you
- result was the leper was healed
How did JC respond to the scribes angered over his response to the paralytic lowered through the roof? (Mark 2:1-12)
- JC forgave the paralytic for his sins, sick bc of sins
- JC senses them questioning and rebukes them, saying it is easier to forgive sins than telling him to stand up
Analyze and explain Jesus’ encounter with the Syrophoenician woman in Tyre (Mark 7:24-30). Consider the cultural context: location, class, ethnicity. This scene is jarring at first; why? What does it tell us both about Jesus and the woman herself?
- meets a gentile woman who is asking JC to heal her daughter’s unclean sprirt, she bowed at his feet
- In gentile land, but she has higher class
- Jarring bc JC doesn’t help her at first bc he doesn’t know if she has faith
- JC says that children (Jews) need help before dogs (Gentiles)
- She says dogs eat childrens’ crumbs and JC heals
- tells us about JC’s willingness to help anyone as long as they have faith
- tells us that anyone can have faith and be healed by JC
Discuss Jesus’ encounter with Jairus, the hemorrhaging woman, and then Jarius’s daughter, (Mark 5:21-43). Consider questions of social status, ritual purity, and expressions of faith. How does JC interact with the different people in these encounters?
- All encounters show total faith in JC
Jarius throws himself at JC’s feet, pleading, Jarius is high status
- this shows total expression of faith in JC, this is a sign of lowering ones social status
Hemorrhaging woman believes that if she touches him, she will be healed (true)
- she is seen as being ritually unpure, she expresses faith by believing that she just needs to touch him
JC brings the daughter back to life
- has Peter, James, and John to follow
- tells everyone to stop crying bc sh is not dead
Analyze and explain Jesus’ time of prayer in the garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-46). What do we learn of Jesus’ relation to his Father? What role do his disciples play in this scene? What does it reveal about Jesus as he faces the prospect of the cross?
- JC brings people to pray, they fall asleep
- this happened a second and third time
- Proclaims he is betrayed by sinners, betrayer is at hand
- Jesus is obedient to his Father’s plan and knows what he has to do
- JC fears suffering but will sacrifice himself
- disciples falling asleep represents human weakness, contrasts JC’s total commitment
- JC is willing to suffer for humanity
Mark 8:27-38; Peter’s declaration and Jesus foretells death
- Peter recognizes Jesus as the Messiah but misunderstands what this entails.
- When Jesus explains he must suffer and die, Peter rebukes him, prompting Jesus to sharply correct Peter (Get behind me, Satan).
- Peter’s view of a triumphant Messiah could be seen as tempting Jesus away from his true mission.
- Jesus then explains that being the Messiah means self-denial and sacrifice, not worldly power.
- Peter is tempting Christ to not suffer
Mark 10:17–27 – The Rich Man’s Challenge to Eternal Life
- A rich young man’s inquiry about eternal life sets the stage for a profound teaching on discipleship and attachment.
- Jesus responds with a blend of compassion and challenge, urging him to part with his possessions as a precondition for following him.
- His advice exposes the inherent conflict between material wealth and the demands of a spiritually centered life.
- The young man’s struggle to accept this counsel reveals how deeply entrenched worldly attachments can be, often hindering spiritual progress.
- This passage ultimately underscores that the path to the Kingdom of God requires a radical reordering of one’s priorities, placing spiritual commitment above all else.
Matthew 26:14-16 & Matthew 27:3-10; Judas’s betrayl/suicide
- Judas’s decision to betray Jesus for silver appears rooted in a complex mix of ambition, disillusionment, and perhaps a misguided belief that initiating a chain of events could serve a greater, though twisted, purpose.
- His later repentance—evidenced by returning the money and confessing his sin—suggests that the weight of his guilt eventually overwhelmed any rationalizations he had constructed.
- This internal conflict reveals a man torn between the lure of material gain and an inherent moral compass that ultimately rejects his actions.
- His suicide can be seen as the tragic culmination of his internal torment, where despair and irreconcilable remorse left him with no path to redemption.
- By attempting to see the world through Judas’s eyes, we recognize the profound human vulnerability and conflicting impulses that drove him to a catastrophic and sorrowful end.
