Prophets and Gospels Test

Question 1

Gospels and their dates written

Answer 1

John: 90-100 AD
Matthew: 80-100 AD
Mark: 65-70 AD
Luke: 85 AD

Question 2

Matthew’s Portrayal of Jesus

Answer 2

Teacher, Messiah, Parallel with Moses

Question 3

Mark’s Portrayal of Jesus

Answer 3

Full of Emotion, healer

Question 4

Luke’s Portrayal of Jesus

Answer 4

Compassionate healer, Savior, physician

Question 5

John’s Portrayal of Jesus

Answer 5

His divine sonship

Question 6

Matthew’s audience

Answer 6

Jews

Question 7

Mark’s audience

Answer 7

Gentile Christians in Rome, Christians

Question 8

Luke’s audience

Answer 8

Gentile Christians

Question 9

John’s audience

Answer 9

Jews and Christians

Question 10

Mark’s image

Answer 10

Lion

Question 11

Matthew’s image

Answer 11

Human

Question 12

Luke’s image

Answer 12

Calf

Question 13

John’s image

Answer 13

Eagle

Question 14

Matthew other

Answer 14

Sermon on the Mount, new moses

Question 15

Mark other

Answer 15

Messianic secret, encourages that people are suffering with Jesus.

Question 16

Luke other

Answer 16

Wrote acts of the Apostles, Directed at the poor, Mentions women the most, Addresses the dangers of death.

Question 17

John other

Answer 17

“I AM” statements

Question 18

Who does Matthew and Luke trace their genealogies back to? Why?

Answer 18

Mathew’s genealogies go back to Abraham.

Luke’s genealogies go back to Adam.

Question 19

Identify characteristics of each stage of the gospel development. What are the three stages of Gospel development?

Answer 19

1. LIfe and Teaching
2. Oral Tradition
3. The written Gospels

Question 20

What is the Q source? Which evangelists used the Q source? How do scholars hypothesize this?

Answer 20

The Q source or the Quelle is a theoretical document the scholars believed was a source that Matthew and Luke used, information that isn’t in Mark’s Gospel.

Question 21

Which evangelists used Mark as their source? How do we know this?

Answer 21

Matthew and Luke used Mark as a source. We know this because Matthew, Luke , and Mark are the 3 synoptic gospels.

Question 22

How many books are in the New Testament?

Answer 22

27 books

Question 23

What are the different sections of the New Testament? What does each section focus on? (Gospels, Acts, Letters, Revelation)

Answer 23

1. The first 4 books are the Gospels: Mark, John, Luke, Matthew. They focus on the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
2. The 5th book is the Acts of Apostles which focus on after Jesus’ death and resurrection where the apostles preach and the early church.
3. 6-26 are the Letters/Epistles and they focus on the early church communities, leaders, and people. They address problems and encourage people. Examples are Romans 1,2 Corinthius.
4. 27 is the Revelation which is a book of hope to early Christians.

Question 24

Be able to articulate which evangelist’s portrayal of Jesus most appeals to you and why.

Answer 24

Luke, because he pays special attention to the poor and mentions women the most, and also warns of the dangers of being rich.

Question 25

Review the basic concepts of Matthew and Luke’s infancy narratives. What is unique to each story? How are they similar? How are they different?

Answer 25

Both births take place in Bethlehem, Both stories have Mary, Jesus, and Joseph, Both mention an angel, and both have the Holy Spirit. Matthew targeted the Jews so made parallels between Jesus and Mose. Luke wanted to reach the poor so he showed that Jesus was from humble beginnings and was trying to help the oppressed.

Question 26

How is John’s gospel different from the synoptic gospels?

Answer 26

John's Gospel shows Jesus in his divine sonship rather than portraying him as a healer, savior, messiah, ect… John’s gospel also shows Jesus getting arrested before Passover instead of during Passover which shows him as the truly new Paschal lamb.

Question 27

What are the “I AM” statements of John’s Gospel? What old testament book does the phrase “I AM” come from?

Answer 27

The “I AM” statement is a parallel to Yahweh in Exodus.

Question 28

Resurrection

Answer 28

The process of rising or coming back from the dead, coming back to life after death.

Question 29

Infancy Narratives

Answer 29

Only the Gospels of Matthew and Luke contain Jesus’ Infancy narrative.

Question 30

Canon

Answer 30

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

Question 31

Gentile Christian

Answer 31

Non- Jewish?

Question 32

Evangelist

Answer 32

The authors of the four gospels: Mark, John, Luke, and Matthew

Question 33

Gospel

Answer 33

The first 4 books of the new testament including Mark, John, Luke, Matthew

Question 34

Kerygma

Answer 34

Prodamation or preaching because it is a proclamation and a message.

Question 35

Messianic Secret

Answer 35

When Jesus tells the demons to not tell people about how he is the Messiah (Mark's gospel)

Question 36

Q Source

Answer 36

Also known as the “Quelle source” assumed to be the source for information found in Matthew and Luke's Gospel, but not in Marks.

Question 37

Synoptic Gospel

Answer 37

Mark, Matthew, Luke

Question 38

logos/word

Answer 38

States the divinity of Jesus.

Question 39

light/darkness

Answer 39

Used in John’s Gospel the only

Question 40

I AM statements

Answer 40

John's gospel says it?