Scripture Spring Final Flashcards
Jesus’ miracles gave his followers…
Credibility to his power over death, sin, and evil
One of the first to witness the resurrection
Mary Magdalene
John’s Gospel emphasizes Jesus’
Divinity through symbolic language.
Luke Chapter 16: 19-31
Story of Lazarus and the rich man–Your life on earth and actions on earth determine whether you go to heaven or hell. Stay true to the catholic teaching and remain faithful.
This Gospel is said to be last written…
John
Gospel time period-When were they written-from/to
AD 65-100; 70 years after Jesus’ lifetime
Which Gospel with an infancy narrative would have the most Jewish perspective
Matthew and Luke are the gospels that contain the infancy narratives and Matthew’s gospel is the one with the more Jewish point of view
Read Luke 15; 11-32
The story where the son asks for his inheritance from his father and leaves, once he loses it all he returns for his father seeking forgiveness. Father welcomes him home with a feast and the oldest sibling becomes upset.
Read John 9: 1-12
Jesus heals a man who was born blind.
Religious movement that claimed salvation comes from a secret way only for the elite…
Gnosticism
Read Mark 14: 32-42
This is the event known as the agony in the garden. The Garden is also referred to as Gesethemane. “The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak” was said by Jesus towards peter.
Synoptic Gospels
Matthew, Mark, Luke
Synoptic means similar and able to be seen together. Johns Gospel was written later and the way folks understood Jesus had changed
Who put together the 12 virtues of a teacher?
St. John Baptist De La Salle
This New Testament writer wrote 13 letters and compared the Christian community to the human body
St. Paul
Greek word for comparison
Parable
Two parts-one writer-in the New Testament-name author and works
Luke, his gospel and acts of the apostles
Why did the gospel writers write the gospels
the witnesses to Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection were passing away- old age- and Jesus had not returned yet. They wanted to Chronicle the story.
Infancy Narratives
Matthew and Luke. Matthew-exodus comparisons-Jewish again! Luke-child proclaimed in the heart of Jerusalem-concern for the poor