Mid-Term Flashcards
(111 cards)
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Who were Simon Peter and Andrew originally disciples of?
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John
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To whom was the title Rabbi given?
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To those who were to interpret the law of the Jews.
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Two meanings of Cephas
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Rock
Hiding place
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Who was the first person Jesus met in Galilee?
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Philip
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Who said it: “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?”
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Nathanael
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What did Jesus’ statement mean, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false.”?
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Christ revealed He knew intimate details about Nathanael’s life that He could state to authenticate His person if necessary.
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Jesus’ first recorded miracle
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Turned water into wine
8
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Wedding feasts lasted how long?
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2-7 days
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The depletion of wine indicated what?
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They exercised wine passionately, although it was an embarrassment.
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Jesus meaning behind, “My time has not come.”
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He was indicating that His time to bestow messianic benefits on the nation had not yet come.
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The jars Jesus desired filled were for what?
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Ceremonial purification
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How much water did the jars hold?
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20-30 gallons
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Difference between wine in Jesus’ day and now
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- Undrinkable by today’s standard
- Higher alcohol content today
- Wine was watered down then
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Two Disciples that were brothers who desired of Jesus’ teachings
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Simon Peter
Andrew
15
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6 Greek words for English word Miracle
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Teras Semeion Dynamis Endoxus Paradoxis Thaumasios
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Most prevalently used Greek word for miracle?
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Semeion
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Three Great Periods where miracles occurred
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Exodus
Days of Elijah and Elisha
God’s program for His covenant people Israel
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What was accomplished in Capernaum?
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Many mighty works
healing of Centurion servant, the noblemans son, Peter’s mother-in-law, and the paralytic
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Jesus used His time in Capernaum for what?
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Spend time with His new disciples before leaving for Judea for His first great public ministry.
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Purpose of the Temple
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A place of meeting between God and His people.
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What am had the temple become in Jesus’ day?
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A market-house
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Fairbairn’s statement regarding righteousness
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A character incapable of indignation is destitute of righteousness, without the will to give adequate expression to its moral judgements.a
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How was the cleansing of the temple interpreted?
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A demonstration of Messianic authority.
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What miraculous sign did Jesus give the people to prove His authority?
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A sign of death and resurrection.
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Jesus cleansing the temple brought the attention to whom?
Aristocrat Saduccees
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The miraculous signs performed in John 2:23 brought attention to whom?
Intellectual Pharisees
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Who was Nicodemus?
Ruler of the Jews
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Nicodemus' inquiry of Jesus was of what nature?
Personal rather than official
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Nicodemus' questions were of what nature?
Official
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What two elements are required to enter Jesus' kingdom?
To be born again of water and of spirit.
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What spirit is referred to in being born again of spirit?
The Holy Ghost
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No person can come to know God apart from what?
Baptism
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According to John 3:16, at what point does an individual become lost?
Christ made a plan that people are already lost.
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What was Jesus doing in the Judean country side in John 2:23?
Ministering
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What illustration did Jesus use to describe the relationship between His ministry and that of John the Baptist?
imagery of the wedding banquet of which the bride was praised in song and word to exalt the bridegroom to whom she belonged.
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Why was Christ superior to any earthly revealer?
He came from heaven and could communicate what He knew.
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Five truths that rejection from Christ would stem from.
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That Jesus came from heaven.
He knew the Father.
He had been sent by the father.
He had the fathers words.
He was empowered by the Holy Spirit.
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Why did Jesus withdraw from Judea to begin an extensive ministry in Galilee?
To prevent division between the pharisees and His disciples.
Herods imprisonment of John.
For political reasons.
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Where did Jesus go between Judea and Galilee?
Samaria
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Why had the Jews rejected the Samaritans?
As an impure race.
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What did Jesus contrast physical well water with?
Living water
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How many husbands did the woman at the well have?
5
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What title did the woman at the well place on Jesus?
Prophet
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What four revelations did Christ give to the woman at the well?
New life.
Need of the woman.
Nature of the father declaring that God is Spirit.
Himself as Messiah.
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Jerusalem was viewed as the center of what?
Wisdom and learning.
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The statement, "a prophet has no honor in his own country," prophesied what?
There was a reception of His message such as was evidenced in Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman, and the people of Sychar.
There was anticipation of the rejection of the message and the person of the messenger.
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How did Jesus authenticate the fact that He was the Messiah?
A multitude of miracles
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What type of ministry did Jesus perform in the synagogues of Galilee?
Taught
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What did Jesus primarily come to earth to do?
Be a teacher.
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The opposite of the Kingdom of Heaven would be?
The Kingdom of Earth.
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The opposite of the Kingdom of God would be?
Kingdom of evil.
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What miracle did Jesus perform in Cana? John 4:46-54
He rose a man from the dead.
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What does it mean when it says this man "took Jesus at his word"?
He believed Him.
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What two functions did Jesus perform in the synagogues?
It would appear that by our Lord rising, indicated that as a member of the synagogue of Nazareth He desired on the present occasion to undertake the office of maphtir, or the reader of the
lesson from the prophets.
From the attendant keeper of the sacred book but that with the privilege which the oral law conceded in the case of the lesson from the prophets.
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The Spirit of the Lord is on me...to...
Proclaim good news to the poor.
Proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind.
Set the oppressed free.
Proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
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What does Jesus illustrate that Israel often treated the prophets words with unbelief?
Israelites
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What was the ultimate response of those in the synagogue to the words of Jesus?
They were enraged.
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Why did Jesus select Capernaum as a residence in the phase of His ministry?
For its centrality, for its populous activity, and for its admirably adapted for the ministry which fulfilled that prophesied in Isaiah.
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What miracle did Jesus perform which proved He had authority over nature?
He let them catch more fish than they could handle.
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What was significant about the miracle of letting them catch more fish?
He was showing them that they could be fishers of men rather than fishers of fish, and that He would give them direction.
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What was Peter's response to the miracle of catching the fish?
He sought to go away from Him but He called him to follow Him.
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What promise did Jesus make to Peter?
"I will make you a fisher of men"
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Who also left with Peter to follow Jesus?
John and James the son of Zebedee.
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Who was the chief ruler of the synagogue in Capernaum?
Jairus
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How were the people in the synagogue amazed at Jesus?
The content of the words He spoke.
| They were amazed because of the authority of which He taught.
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What is the scribal method of teaching?
To quote the ancient teachers and compare them.
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How was Jesus' teaching different from the scribes?
He did not quote the rabbinical forebears.
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What took place to show Christ's authority?
He cast a demon out of a man.
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What did the demon recognize in Jesus?
that Jesus was the judge.
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Who did Jesus heal, showing He had authority over sickness?
Peter's mother-in-law
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How did Jesus heal Peter's mother-in-law?
He rebuked the fever.
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What did Jesus arise early to do?
To pray
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What reason did Jesus go to the nearby village for?
So He can preach.
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How was leprosy viewed in the OT?
A slowly progressing disease that couldn't be cured.
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How long was leprosy hereditary to according to Geikie?
To the fourth generation.
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What request did the leper make of Jesus?
To make him whole.
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Jesus went against what Jewish tradition?
To not touch an unclean thing.
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Who made up the crowd in the house where the paralytic was?
Pharisees and teachers of the law.
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The confrontation with the paralytic gave Christ what opportunity?
To demonstrate He was Messiah.
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With what words did Jesus respond to the paralytic?
Friend, your sins are forgiven.
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How did the Pharisees respond to Jesus' words to the paralytic?
accused Jesus of blasphemy.
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What was a physical infirmity a sign of according to rabbinical theology?
A sin.
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How did Jesus show He had authority to forgive sin?
Told the man to get up and walk.
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Matthew was also known as....
Tax-collector
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Matthew collected a type of tax known as the Mockhes which was associated with.....
Oppression and injustice.
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What was Matthew hated by the Jews?
They hated the most direct officials.
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What authority did Matthew see was greater than the authority of Rome?
The authority of Christ.
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What definitive statement did Jesus make as to why she would fellowship with sinners?
He would rather seek their fellowship than that with whom He was eating.
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How did Jeuss address the question of His disciples not fasting?
Told a story of a wedding feast and said that He would be fasting to Himself.
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When according to Jesus would it be appropriate to fast?
At His departure.
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What two parables did Jesus use during his example of His authority over tradition?
The old garment and the marriage feast.
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What was the underlying conclusion to His parables during his example of His authority over tradition?
He did not come conform the old but to introduce new.
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Jesus' lack of popularity in Jerusalem broke out over what question?
Sabbath question.
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What year of ministry was Jesus in when Christ showed His authority over the Sabbath?
2nd
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Why was antagonism veiled in Galilee?
Due to His great popularity as a result of His teaching and miracles.
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The unnamed Jewish feast was probably what feast?
Passover feast.
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What was the nature of the Sabbath in Jesus' day?
A day of rest where you must do no work.
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What act did Jesus command that violated the Pharisaic tradition and brought the rebuke of the Pharisees?
He healed a man by the pool.
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What was Jesus' defense to performing work on the Sabbath?
My Father is always at work even on this very day, so I too will work.
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What two things did Jesus do that the Jews tried to kill Him for?
They said He had broken the Sabbath and that He had made Himself equal to God.
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What witnesses did Jesus present?
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John the Baptist
Testimony of His works
The Father
The Scriptures
Testimony of Moses
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What occasioned the second accusation of Sabbath-breaker against Jesus?
The disciples were hungry so they picked up grain.
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According to Edersheim what two sins took place in the accusation of Sabbath-breaker?
That of plucking of an ear of corn and rubbing them together.
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How did Jesus defend himself against this accusation of Sabbath-breaking?
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Their ignorance of the scripture.
Showed them that in it permitted men to work they were involved in worship.
The interpretation of Hosea 6:6.
The original purpose of the Sabbath.
The authority of the Messiah Himself.
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What was the third occasion where Jesus was attacked over the Sabbath?
Healing the man with the withered hand.
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How did the Pharisees respond to Jesus over the Sabbath question?
They were furious.
Began to plot His death.
Entered into alliance with Herod.
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What important development marked the Sabbath controversy?
The opposition of the Pharisees was no longer valid but open.
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Multitudes followed Jesus into Galilee. Jesus taught, healed, and performed miracles. This is in fulfillment of what OT scripture?
Isaiah 42:1-4
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List the disciples according to Matthew
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Simon Peter
Andrew
James the son of Zebedee
John
Philip
Bartholomew
Thomas
James son of Alphaeus
Thaddaeus
Simon the Zealot
Judas Iscariot
Matthew
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What is different about the word "apostle" when compared with disciple?
Apostle means sent one, disciple doesn't necessarily mean that.
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How many authors recorded the list of disciples of Jesus?
4
