Questions for Study
| 4.1
Literary Forms |
4.2
Mark |
4.3
Matthew |
4.4
Luke |
4.5
John |
____ #. (4.1) According to the NOSB3
(nt:3) article, the gospels have some affinity with the ancient biography
form called bios (biov" = life).
a) True
b) False
____ #. (4.1) According to the NOSB3
(nt:3) article, the gospels are closer in form to
a) Ancient bios forms such as Xenephons Agesilaus
b) Jewish accounts of Moses, Elijah etc.
____ #. (4.1) According to the NOSB3
(nt:4) article, the second century Church Father, Justin Martyr, labeled
the canonical gospels as uJpomenhvmata (hypomenemata,
memoirs).
a) True
b) False
#. (4.1) List the two categories of sub-genre that surface in the synoptic gospels:
1) 2)
#. (4.1.1) List the three narrative sub-genre found in the synoptic gospels especially.
1) 2) 3)
____ #. (4.1.1.1) According to Vernon
Robbins, ____ briefly sketches a setting for a dramatic saying.
a) Pronouncement Story
b) Miracle c) Hero Story
____ #. (4.1.1.1) According to Vernon
Robbins, _____ analyze pronouncement stories involving Jesus not just
to determine what he said, but to learn more about the situation of followers
who told these stories about him.
a) Form Critics
b) Redaction Critics
____ #. (4.1.1.1) According to Vernon
Robbins, _____ analyze the different versions of pronouncement stories
to clarify the distinctive traits of each writer's perspective on Jesus.
a) Form
Critics
b) Redaction Critics
____ #. (4.1.1.2) According to the
listing at Cranfordville.com,
the four canonical gospels record ___ specific miracles performed during
Jesus earthly ministry.
a) 12
b) 24
c) 35
____ #. (4.1.1.2) According to the
listing at Cranfordville.com,
during which phase of the Galilean ministry did Jesus perform the greatest
number of recorded miracles?
a) Phase One
b) Phase Two
c) Phase Three
#. (4.1.1.2) List the threetypes of miracle narratives found in the canonical gospels.
a) b) c)
____ #. (4.1.1.2) The Meriam-Webster
definition of miracle as an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention
in human affairs represents
a) a modern western view of the miraculous.
b) an ancient Jewish view of the miraculous.
____ #. (4.1.1.2) According to
Fa. Felix Just, the ____ record(s) the greatest number of miracles.
a) synoptic gospels
b) Johannine gospel
____ #. (4.1.1.2) According to
Fa. Felix Just, the ____ consistently emphasize(s) that faith is prerequisite
for Jesus to be able to perform a miracle.
a) synoptic gospels
b) Johannine gospel
____ #. (4.1.1.2) According to
Fa. Felix Just, the ____ consistently emphasize(s) that faith is the
outcome of Jesus performing a miracle.
a) synoptic gospels
b) Johannine gospel
____ #. (4.1.1.3) The ____ emphasizes
the victory of the central character over a villainous foe whether human
or supernatural.
a) Pronouncement Story
b) Miracle
c) Hero Story
____ #. (4.1.1.3) ______ is a good
example of a Pronouncement Story.
a) Jesus feeding of the 5,000
b) Jesus temptation experience
c) The raising of the Centurians daughter
#. (4.1.2) List the two basic categories of Sayings materials in the synoptic gospels.
a) b)
____ #. (4.1.2) Sayings materials
focus on what Jesus did rather than what Jesus said.
a) True
b) False
____ #. (4.1.2.1) The most famous
Logion of Jesus found outside the canonical gospels but elsewhere in the
New Testament is
a) Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
b) Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
c) It is more blessed to give than to receive. "
____ #. (4.1.2.2) The dominate category
of the Sayings of Jesus is that of the
a) Logia
b) Parables
____ #. (4.1.2.2) A parable is essentially
a comparison.
a) True
b) False
____ #. (4.1.2.2) According to The
Guidelines for Exegeting Parables on Cranfordville.com, the first point
in understanding the meaning of a parable is
a) DETERMINE THE TERTIUM COMPARATIONIS OF THE PARABLE.
b) DETERMINE THE PROPER CLASSIFICATION OF THE PARABLE.
c) DETERMINE THE SITZ IM LEBEN OF THE PARABLE.
d) DETERMINE THE PROPER GROUPING OF THE PARABLE.
#. (4.1.2.2) According to The Guidelines for Exegeting Parables on Cranfordville.com, the proper grouping of the parable means that it will fall into one of the four categories. List these categories:
a) b)
c) d)
____ #. (4.1.2.2) All the parables
of Jesus provide some insight in the Kingdom of God.
a) True
b) False
____ #. (4.2.1.1) According to
tradition, who wrote the gospel of Mark?
a) Matthew
b) Mark
c) Luke
____ #. (4.2.1.1) Since Mark's gospel
was the first to be written, this means that his gospel is the first document
in the New Testament to be written.
a) True
b) False
____ #. (4.2.1.1) Why is Eusebius' statement below about the church leader Papias around 140 AD important?
"This, too, the presbyter used to say, `Mark, who had been Peter's interpreter, wrote down carefully, but not in order, all that he remembered of the Lord's sayings and doings. For he had not heard the Lord or been one of his followers, but later, as I said, one of Peter's. Peter used to adapt his teachings to the occasion, without making a systematic arrangement of the Lord's sayings, so that mark was quite justified in writing down some things just as he remembered them. For he had one purpose only to leave out nothing that he had heard, and to make no misstatement about it.'"
____ #. (4.2.1.1) While Papias claimed that Mark's gospel was drawn primarily from the single source of Peter, most modern scholars have found substantial indication within the Marcan gospel that a variety of sources were used in the composition of the gospel document.
a) It tells us little reliable information about the authorship of the second gospel.
b) It expresses the early church tradition about who wrote the second gospel and its apostolic connections to Peter as a basis of the document's inclusion in the NT canon.
c) It is an example of the imaginative conceptions of early Christianity about the origin of the gospel documents, and thus has no historical significance.
____ #. (4.2.1.1) The early church
tradition of Markan authorship of the second document can be verified because
there is a specific statement inside the document specifying Mark as the
author.
a) True
b) False
____ #. (4.2.1.1) The early church
tradition about Mark's gospel suggests that it was composed in Syria or
Palestine rather than in Rome as most modern scholars are convinced.
a) True
b) False
____ #. (4.2.1.2) The validation
of the Papias tradition asserting Markan authorship of the second gospel
has to be established by comparing the author profile developed from a
careful study of the gospel contents with what we know about the person
by the name of John Mark.
a) True
b) False
____ #. (4.2.1.2) Which of the following thematic emphases in Mark's gospel would suggest a date of composition during the first Jewish revolt against Rome in 66-73 AD?
a) Jesus demands a willingness to suffer for one's faith.
b) Jesus' family members were generally hostile to his mission.
c) The Twelve closest to Jesus express an amazing level of misunderstanding of Christ.
II. Jesus ministered and taught in Galilee. 1:14-6:29
Answer the following questions from the above outline:A. Jesus began his ministry with authority. 1:14-451. The Gospel of the Kingdom (vv. 14-15)B. Jesus encountered controversy. 2:1-3:35
2. Four fishermen called (vv. 16-20)
3. Miraculous Healings (vv. 21-45)a) Sabbath exorcism at Capernaum (vv. 21-28)
b) Peter's mother-in-law and others healed (vv. 29-34)
c) Preaching and healing tour in Galilee (vv. 35-39)
d) Leper cleansed (vv. 40-45)1. Paralytic healed and forgiven (2:1-12)C. Jesus taught about the kingdom in parables. 4:1-34
2. Calling of Levi (2:13-17)
3. Question about fasting (2:18-22)
4. Plucking grain on the Sabbath (2:23-28)
5. Man with withered hand healed (3:1-6)
6. Withdrawal and more healings (3:7-12)
7. The Twelve chosen (3:13-19a)
8. Beelzebub accusation (3:19b-30)
9. True kinship (3:31-35)1. Parable of the sower (vv. 3-9)D. Jesus ministered with miraculous power. 4:35-5:43
2. Purpose of parables (vv. 10-12)
3. Parable of the sower explained (vv. 13-20)
4. Candle under a bushel (vv. 21-25)
5. Parable of the seed growing secretly (vv. 26-29)
6. Parable of the mustard seed (vv. 30-32)
7. Use of parables (vv. 33-34)1. Calming the storm (4:35-41)
2. Gadarene demoniac healed (5:1-20)
3. Ruler's daughter and a woman healed (5:21-43)
E. Jesus was rejected at Nazareth. 6:1-6
F. Jesus sent the Twelve out into Galilee. 6:7-13
G. John's death signalled new hostility. 6:14-29
#. (4.2.2.1)
From
the above outline of Mark's gospel in comparison with the summary
outline of Christ's life identify the two main themes of Mark's narration
of the first phase of Jesus' Galilean ministry.
(1)
(2)
____ #. (4.2.2.1) The summary nature of Mk. 1:14-15 provides an important summation of the key themes of Jesus' preaching and teaching ministry in Galilee.
Mk 1:14-15. "Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God and saying, `The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.'"____ #. (4.2.2.1) Mark brackets the Galilean ministry proper of Jesus (Mk 1:14; 6:14-29; phases one and two in the outline) with references to the arrest and execution of John the Baptist.a) True b) False
____ #. (4.2.2.1) Most of the controversies
in Mark 2:1-3:35 related to Jesus doing things prohibited on the Sabbath
Day.
a) True
b) False
____ #. (4.2.2.1) During the period
of withdrawals in Jesus' Galilean ministry, he spent virtually all of his
time ministering inside the political province of Galilee.
a) True
b) False
____ #. (4.2.2.1) The miracle that
Jesus performed in Mk. 1:21-28 is categorized as
a) Healing
miracle
b) Exorcism
c) Nature miracle
____ #. (4.2.2.1) The miracle that
Jesus performed in Mk. 1:40-45 is categorized as
a) Healing
miracle
b) Exorcism
c) Nature miracle
____ #. (4.2.2.1) The miracle that
Jesus performed in Mk. 4:35-41 is categorized as
a) Healing
miracle
b) Exorcism
c) Nature miracle
____ #. (4.2.2.1) In the ancient
world Jesus is the only religious leader who is supposed to have performed
miracles.
a) True
b) False
____ #. (4.2.2.1) At the heart of
the idea of a parable is a comparison between an earthly reality and a
spiritual truth.
a) True
b) False
____ #. (4.2.2.1) Parables existed
in the ancient world only in the early Christian writings.
a) True
b) False
____ #. (4.2.2.1) The central spiritual emphasis of all of Jesus' parables related to
a) the second coming of the Son of Man____ #. (4.2.2.1) All of Jesus's parables have a similar literary structure and length.
b) the nature and role of the church
c) the Kingdom of God
____ #. (4.2.2.2) The use of the term `Son of Man' in the following Markan text underscores Jesus as
Mark 8:31. "And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again."____ #. (4.2.2.2) The use of the term `Son of Man' in the following Markan text underscores Jesus asa) an earthly figure who teaches with authority
b) a servant who embraces suffering
c) a future eschatological judge
Mark 2:10. "But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" he said to the paralytic "___ #. (4.2.2.2) The use of the term `Son of Man' in the following Markan text underscores Jesus asa) an earthly figure who teaches with authority
b) a servant who embraces suffering
c) a future eschatological judge
Mark 8:38. "For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."___ #. (4.2.2.2) Mark is the first ancient writer to use the term `son of man.'a) an earthly figure who teaches with authority
b) a servant who embraces suffering
c) a future eschatological judge
____ #. (4.2.2.2) Which of the following verses relates most directly to the Markan messianic secret?
8:29 And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ." 8:30 And he charged them to tell no one about him.____ #. (4.2.2.2) In the messianic secret teaching in Mark's gospel, which of the following verses in Mark 8:29-33 relates to the principle emphasized in Mark 1:34?
8:31 And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 8:32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 8:33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are not on the side of God, but of men."a) 8:29 b) 8:30 c) 8:31
Mark 1:34. "And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him."____ #. (4.2.2.2) Most scholars are convinced that Mark emphasizes the messianic secret motif becauseMark 8:29-33. 8:29 And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ." 8:30 And he charged them to tell no one about him. 8:31 And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 8:32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 8:33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are not on the side of God, but of men."
a) 8:29 b) 8:30 c) 8:31
a) Mark wanted to stress the ignorance of the people's response to Jesus' teaching.____ #. (4.2.2.2) Which of the following passages underscores the eschatological urgency typical in Mark's gospel?
b) Mark stressed that Jesus himself never claimed to be the messiah.
c) Mark emphasized Jesus had to be crucified as God's mission and the people's failure to understand Jesus helped insure that Christ would suffer and die.
a) Mk 1:14-15. "Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God and saying, `The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.'"____ #. (4.2.2.2) Which of the following texts portrays Jesus' family in a more negative light?b) Mk. 1:35. "In the morning, while it was still very dark, he [Jesus] got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed."
c) Mk. 3:19b-21. "Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, `He has gone out of his mind.'"
a) "While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, `Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.' But to the one who had told him this, Jesus replied, `Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?' And pointing to his disciples, he said, `Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.'"___ #. (4.2.2.2) Mark is the only gospel writer to portray Jesus' family in a negative role as a comparison between Mk. 3:19b-21, 31-35 and John 7:1-9 indicates.b) "Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, `He has gone out of his mind.'. . . Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, `Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.' And he replied, `Who are my mother and my brothers?' And looking at those who sat around him, he said, `Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.'"
c) "Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. And he was told, `Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.' But he said to them, `My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.'"
Mk. 3:19b-21,31-35. "Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, `He has gone out of his mind.'. . . Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, `Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.' And he replied, `Who are my mother and my brothers?' And looking at those who sat around him, he said, `Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.'"___ #. (4.2.2.2) Which of the following narratives paints a more negative picture of the disciples?John 7:1-9. "After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He did not wish to go about in Jude because the Jews were looking for an opportunity to kill him. Now the Jewish festival of Booths was near. So his brothers said to him, `Leave here and go to Jude so that your disciples also may see the works you are doing; for no one who wants to be widely known acts in secret. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.' (For not even his brothers believed in him.) Jesus said to them, `My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil. Go to the festival yourselves. I am not going to this festival, for my time has not yet fully come.' After saying this, he remained in Galilee."
a) True b) False
a) "And when they [Jesus and Peter] got into the boat, the wind ceased. And those [the disciples] in the boat worshipped him, saying, `Truly you are the Son of God.'"#. (4.2.2.2) Which of the following interpretations of Mark's negative portrayal of people closest to Jesus appeals to you and why?b) "And he got into the boat with them [the disciples] and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened."
c) "Then they [the disciples] were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going."
a) "Mark's antipathy toward the historical Jesus' closest associates and the original Jerusalem church is puzzling. Does this apparent hostility mean that the group for which Mark wrote wished to distance itself from the Jerusalem community, whose founders included Jesus' closest family members, Mary and James (Acts 1:14; 12:17, etc.)? Does Mark's negative attitude represent a power struggle between his branch of Gentile Christianity and the Jewish-Christians who (until 71 C.E.) headed the original church?" [Stephen L. Harris, The New Testament: A Student's Introduction, 2nd ed. (Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1995), 85-86.]____ #. (4.2.3) The earliest and most reliable manuscripts of Mark's gospel end the gospel atb) "First, there is the fact, to which reference has already been made (see sec 5 above), that some statements in Mark that could offend or perplex are either omitted or softened down in Matthew and/or Luke....There is also the fact (mentioned in sec 5 above) of Mark's retention of the pre-Resurrection mode of address, which contrasts with the use of `Lord' in Matthew and Luke. These two features not only point of the priority of Mark; they also suggest that Mark was strikingly frank." [The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, 1962 ed., s.v. "Mark, Gospel of," by C.E.B. Cranfield.]
Your choice and why:________________________________________________________________
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____ #. (4.2.3) Why was Mark 16:9-20 added to the gospel account many years after Mark wrote his gospel ending it at 16:8?
a) Later readers didn't like the way Mark's story ended at 16:8.
b) Later copyists of Mark's gospel wanted it to end with resurrection appearances in a similar manner to Matthew and Luke.
c) The later prejudice against women led writers to include appearances to men rather than just women by Jesus.
a) It's the longest one of the four gospels and the sequence of listing is the longest to the shortest.___ #. (4.3.1) The fourth century church father Augustine believed that Matthew's gospel was the very first one of the four to be written.
b) it links Jesus very closely with the Old Testament.
c) it's the shortest one of the four gospels and the sequence of listing is the shortest to the longest.
___ #. (4.3.1) The procedure to
identify the author of the first gospel is similar to the one with Mark
and Luke: develop an author profile from the contents of the document (internally)
and then compare it with early traditions about authorship (externally).
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.1.1) Matthew is identified as the author of the first gospel listed in the New Testament by
a) a direct reference to him as the author inside the gospel text.___ #. (4.3.1.1) Papias' statement in 140 AD, "Matthew compiled the Sayings [Greek, logia (logiva)] in the Aramaic language, and everyone translated them as well as he could," is understood by most of modern scholars to refer to the text of the Gospel of Matthew as we now have it.
b) early church tradition.
c) the majority of modern scholars.
___ #. (4.3.1.1) Papias' statement
in 140 AD,"Matthew
compiled the Sayings [Greek, logia (logiva)]
in the Aramaic language, and everyone translated them as well as he could,"
was traditionally understood to indicate that Matthew first wrote his gospel
in Aramaic rather than Greek.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.1.1) Which ancient city
is associated most often with the composition of Matthew's gospel?
a) Rome
b) Antioch
c) Jerusalem
___ #. (4.3.1.2) One of the problems
with accepting the early church tradition identifying Matthew as the author
of the first gospel is the incongruity of a Jewish tax collector on the
fringe of established religion having had the opportunity to develop the
advanced interpretative skills comparable to the rabbis in using OT texts.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.1.2) A midrash means
a) a rash in the middle of one's stomach.___ #. (4.3.1.2) Matthew apparently refers to Jerusalem's destruction as an accomplished fact, thus suggesting a composition date for the gospel after 70 AD.
b) the development of an interpretation of Pentateuchal texts either the legal code sections or the rest of the material.
c) a commentary only on the legal code of the book of Leviticus.
___ #. (4.3.1.2) Matthew presents
Jesus as a decisive 'man of action' and thus doesn't include much of what
Jesus said in his gospel story.
a) True
b) False
#. (4.3.2)
One
of Matthew's goals in incorporating the large blocks of `speech' materials
into his gospel is to
___ #. (4.3.2.1) Matthew's organizing
his story of Jesus largely around five large `speeches' of Jesus was a
novel literary approach not found in other ancient literature.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.2.1) The five large
`speeches' of Matthew's gospel parallels the `five books of Moses' in the
Old Testament.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.2.2.1) Which gospel
writer uses more Old Testament quotes to demonstrate that Jesus fulfilled
OT prophecy?
a) Matthew
b) Mark
c) Luke
___ #. (4.3.2.2.1) Matthew always
used the Hebrew text of the Old Testament for his quotes of the OT text
when he wrote his gospel.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.2.2.1) Matthew makes
very ____ use of Mark's gospel as a source.
a) little
b) extensive
___ #. (4.3.2.2.1) Matthew uses
the Markan outline and incorporates into it five large blocks of teaching
material.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.2.2.1) Which one of the following OT texts is Matthew using to demonstrate the virgin birth of Jesus in Matt. 1:22?
a) Isa. 11:1. "Then a shoot shall grow from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall spring from his roots."
b) Hos. 11:1. "When Israel was a boy, I loved him; I called my son out of Egypt."
c) Isa. 7:14. "A young woman is with child, and she will bear a son and will call him Immanuel."
Matthew: Mark:
Luke:
John:
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I. Background and preparation for ministry
1:1-2:23 -
1:1-2:52 1:1-18
(4%)2
(11%) (2%)
II. Beginning of public ministry
3:1-4:11 1:1-13
3:1-4:14 1:19-4:54
(3%)
(2%)
(5%)
(16%)
A. The public ministry of John the Baptist
3:1-12 1:1-8
3:1-20
-
B. The Beginning of Jesus' Public Ministry
3:13-4:11 1:9-13
3:21-4:13 1:19-4:45
III. Galilean ministry
4:12-18:35 1:14-9:50
4:14-9:56 4:46-7:9
(51%)
(53%)
(24%) (15%)
A. Phase One: To the Choosing of the Twelve
4:12-12:21 1:15-3:19a
4:14-7:50 4:46-5:47
B. Phase Two: To the Withdrawals from Galilee
12:22-14:12 3:19b-6:29
8:1-9:9
-
C. Phase Three: To the Departure to Jerusalem
14:13-18:35 6:30-9:50
9:10-56 6:1-7:9
IV. Later Judean-Perean ministry
19:1-20:34 10:1-52
9:57-19:28 7:10-11:54
(6%)
(8%)
(35%) (28%)
A. Early Judean Phase
-
-
9:57-13:21
7:10-10:39
B. Early Perean Phase
-
-
13:22-17:9
10:40-42
C. Later Judean Phase
-
-
- 11:1-54
D. Later Perean Phase
19:1-20:34 10:1-52
17:11-19:28
-
V. Final Week and Crucifixion
21:1-27:66 11:1-15:47
19:29-23:56 11:55-19:42
(34%)
(34%)
(20%)
(33%)
A. Friday, arrival at Bethany
-
-
- 11:55-12:1
B. Saturday, prophetic anointing
26:6-13 14:3-9
- 12:2-11
C. Sunday, Messianic Manifestation
21:1-11 11:1-11
19:29-44 12:12-19
D. Monday, Messianic Authority
21:12-19 11:12-18
19:45-48 12:20-50
E. Tuesday, Controversy and Teaching
21:20-26:16 11:19-14:11
20:1-22:6
-
F. Wednesday, rest (no record)
G. Thursday, farewells
26:17-46 14:12-42
22:7-46 13:1-18:1
H. Friday, Redemptive Accomplishment
26:47-27:61 14:43-15:47
22:47-23:56 18:2-19:42
I. Saturday, Guard posted at the Tomb
27:62-66
-
-
-
VI. Resurrection appearances and ascension
28:1-20 16:1-20
24:1-53 20:1-21:25
(2%)
(3%)
(5%)
(6%)
A. The Empty Tomb
28:1-8 16:1-8
24:1-12 20:1-10
B. The Appearances to His Disciples
28:9-20 [16:9-20]
24:13-53 20:11-21:25
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1Taken from Lorin L. Cranford, A Study Manual of the
New Testament, 2 vols. (Fort Worth: AlphaGraphics, 1981), 1:36-37.
All rights reserved.
2Per cent (%) of verses in this section to total verses
of the book.
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Answer the following questions from the above outline.
___ #. (4.3.2.1) Matthew adds to
the Markan framework the infancy stories about Jesus' beginnings.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.2.1) Luke devotes more
space to the Galilean ministry of Jesus than Matthew does.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.2.1) Matthew climaxes
his gospel story with accounts of the appearances of Jesus to the disciples
in Jerusalem.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.2.1) Matthew follows
the lead of Mark in 16:7-8 instructing the disciples to meet Jesus in Galilee
after the resurrection by including the resurrection appearance of Jesus
to his disciples in Galilee.
a) True
b) False
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___ #. (4.3.2.3) Matthew's use of
the so-called Q-source is primarily to incorporate narrative events from
Q into his gospel story.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.2.3) In a careful analysis
of Matthew's sources, one concludes that he used only two sources, Mark
and Q, since there is no uniquely Matthean material in the gospel.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.2.3.1) In Matthew's
editing of Mark as a source, he ______ the supernatural element in the
story of Jesus.
a) de-emphasizes
b) heightens
c) ignores
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Matthew 4:23-7:29 Model Prayer 6:9-13 6:5-15 Almsgiving Fasting 6:2-4 6:16-18 Practice your piety 6:1 C (6)Love for Enemies S P Treasure in Heaven (1) D O 5:43-48 6:19-21 (=6:9b)I N E S T (5)Retaliation R Light of the Body(2) T R 5:38-42 S 6:22-23 (=6:10a) I A N S (4)Oaths E A God & Mammon (3) C T 5:33-37 6:24 (=6:10b) T H I W (3)Divorce Y Anxiety (4) V I 5:31-32 T 6:25-34(=6:11) E T L H (2)Adultery I I Judging (5) Y 5:27-30 7:1-5(=6:12) O T N L (1)Anger N Pearls (6) E D 5:21-26 N 7:6(=6:13) W
The Law A
G Pray
Mission Golden Rule (relational) (relational) 5:13-16 7:12 Introduction: Conclusion Beatitudes 3 Figures 5:3-12 7:13-27 Narrative Narrative Setting Climax 4:23-5:2 7:28-29 |
| Source: Lorin L. Cranford, Study Manual of the Sermon on the Mount: Greek Text (Fort Worth: Scripta Publishing Inc., 1988), 320. Adapted from Gunter Bornkamm, "Der Aufbau der Bergpredigt," New Testament Studies 24 (1977-78): 419-432. |
Answer the following questions from the structural outline of the Sermon on the Mount.
___ #. (4.3.3) The above outline
understands the arrangement of the material in Matt. 5-7 as a
a) chiasm
b) antithetical parallelism
___ #. (4.3.3) The beatitudes form
an introduction to the sermon just as the three warnings in 7:13-27 form
the climatic conclusion to the sermon.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.3) The eight beatitudes
in 5:2-12 divide into a twofold structure (divine to human; human to human)
just like the ten commandments in the Old Testament.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.3) Which part of the sermon does the following text come from?
"You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men."You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."
a) Beatitudes (5:3-12) b) Mission (5:13-16) c) Golden Rule (7:12)
___ #. (4.3.3) Which part of
the sermon is characterized by the structure "You
have heard it said...But I say to you..."?
a) Beatitudes
(5:3-12)
b) Mission (5:13-16)
c) Antithesis (5:21-48)
___ #. (4.3.3) In the first major
division of the body proper of the sermon (5:17-48), Jesus sets his view
of the kingdom of God and discipleship in stark contrast to either the
Old Testament law or else how that law was understood in his day.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.3) In the second major
division of the body proper of the sermon (6:1-18), Jesus contrasts his
view of piety with that of the scribes and Pharisees of his day.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.3) In the third major
division of the body proper of the sermon (6:19-7:11), Jesus uses each
of the six petitions of the model prayer as a basis for comment on discipleship
obligations.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.3.3) Identify the petition of the model prayer with the appropriate comment.
"Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name."___ #. (4.3.3) Identify the petition of the model prayer with the appropriate comment.a) "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
b) "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, `What shall we eat?' or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day."
"Give us this day our daily bread"a) "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
b) "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, `What shall we eat?' or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day."
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| 3Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
20bBlessed are you who are poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God. |
| 4Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted. |
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| 5Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth. |
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| 6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled. |
21Blessed are you who are hungry
now,
for you will be filled. |
| 7Blessed are the merciful,
for they will receive mercy. |
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| bBlessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh. |
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| 8Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God. |
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| 9Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God. |
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| 10Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness'
sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
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11Blessed are you
when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. |
22Blessed are you
when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man, 23Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ances tors did to the prophets. |
| 24But woe to you who
are rich,
for you have received your consolation. |
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| 25Woe to you who
are full now,
for you will be hungry. |
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| Woe to you who are laughing
now,
for you willmourn and weep. |
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| 26Woe to you
when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets. |
Answer the following questions from the above texts of Matthew and Luke:
___ #. (4.3.3) Which gospel account
has the shorter version of this part of the sermon?
a) Matthew
b) Luke
#. (4.3.3) Match by indicating the verse reference the correct parallel between the beatitudes of Matthew and Luke in the Sermon on the Mount.
Luke's: Parallel in Matthew:___ #. (4.3.3) Which beatitude of Luke is unique to Luke's account?___ 5:3
___ 5:6
___ 5:11
___ #. (4.3.3) How do the `woes' of Luke compare to his `beatitudes'?
a) They have no connection.___ #. (4.3.3) The beatitudes which are common to both Matthew and Luke are taken from the Q source.
b) They parallel one another by emphasizing the opposite perspective.
c) They emphasize separate themes.
___ #. (4.3.3) How does Matthew edit his fourth (Mt. 5:6) beatitude in comparison to the Lukan parallel?
a) He leaves it unmodified from its original form in Q.___ #. (4.3.3) When carefully analyzing the Lukan forms in comparison to Matthew's, which gospel writer has a more negative attitude toward the rich?
b) He changes dramatically the thrust of it in comparison to Luke which is the original form in the Q source.
c) He adds "for righteousness" from the Q form which spiritualizes the beatitude.
___ #. (4.4) The two books, Luke-Acts,
comprise a full third of the entire volume of the New Testament.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.4.1.1)
Early
church tradition identifies the author of the third gospel with Luke the
physician who travelled with Paul to take care of Paul's health problems.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.4.1.1) According to most
scholars, Luke-Acts was written after 70 AD, when Jerusalem was destroyed
by the Roman armies.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.4.1.2) Luke reveals an awareness of a military tactic of the Roman used in the conquest of Jerusalem in 68-70 AD by his statement (19:43-44) "For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will cast up a bank about you and surround you, and hem you in on every side, and dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of your visitation."
a) True b) False
___ #. (4.4.2.1) Which ancient city
plays a very significant symbolical role in Luke's gospel?
a) Capernaum
b) Corinth
c) Jerusalem
___ #. (4.4.2.1) Luke does something
similar to Matthew in using the Markan source: frame the Markan narrative
with infancy stories and resurrection appearances.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.4.2.1) In contrast to
Matthew and Mark, Luke doesn't present Jesus in terms of images and themes
drawn from the Hebrew Bible.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.4.2.2.1) Which gospel
writer places the greatest emphasis on the leadership of the Holy Spirit
in Jesus' ministry?
a) Matthew
b) Mark
c) Luke
___ #. (4.4.2.2.2) Although Luke
especially emphasizes the role of prayer in his gospel, he doesn't discuss
it hardly at all in Acts.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.4.2.2.3) In Luke Galilean women not only follow Jesus on the path to Jerusalem but also financially support him and his male companions, as reflected in 8:2-3: "and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means."
a) True b) False
___ #. (4.4.2.2.4) Which gospel
stresses Jesus' compassion for the poor and outcast and thus makes it a
favorite text for liberation theologians?
a) Matthew
b) Mark
c) Luke
___ #. (4.4.2.2.5) Luke's beginning
of Jesus' genealogy with Adam rather than with Abraham is one indicator
that Luke's gospel emphasizes Jesus as the deliverer of
a) the Jewish
nation b) all humanity
c) true disciples
___ #. (4.4.2.2.7) Luke's use of
the term `Savior' (Swth'r) is uniquely Christian
because the term in the surrounding society was only used as a religious
term.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.4.2.3) One significant
Lukan modification of the Markan narrative is the addition of two extensive
sequences of teaching material: the so-called `lesser interpolation' of
6:20-8:3 and the `greater interpolation' of 9:51-18:14.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.4.2.3) The `greater interpolation'
material of 9:51-18:14 is composed of
a) exclusively
Markan source material.
b) purely
Q source material.
c) primarily
a mixture of Q and L source materials.
___ #. (4.4.2.3) In his use of Mark's
gospel as a source, Luke omits several large units of Markan material such
as Mk. 6:45-8:26 and 9:41-10:12.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.4.2.3) The raising of
the son of a widow in the Galilean village of Nain (Luke 7:11-17) is drawn
from
a) Mark material
b) Q material
c) L material
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Answer the following questions from the prologue of the gospel of Luke.
___ #. (4.4.3) In the two source
hypothesis which of the following materials is clearly included in Luke's
statement "many have undertaken to compile a narrative"?
a) Matthew
b) Mark
c) Gospel of Thomas
#. (4.4.3)
List
the two criteria indicated from Luke 1:1-4 that guided Luke in his use
of sources:
a)
b)
___ #. (4.4.3) The Lukan prologue
suggests that Luke
a) had
only casually checked his sources.
b) had
made a carefully study of the issues related to telling the story of Jesus.
c) didn't
consider any of the previous accounts of Jesus' life worth reading.
___ #. (4.4.3) Which of the following quotes expresses the purpose of Luke's writing his gospel?
a) "Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us"___ #. (4.4.3) Who was Theophilus (Qeovfile)?
b) "just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word"
c) "that you may know the truth concerning the things of which you have been informed."
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___ #. (4.5.1.1) The early church
tradition about John the apostle as the author of the fourth gospel indicated
that he wrote the gospel while he was living in
a) Galilee
b) Jerusalem
c) Ephesus
___ #. (4.5.1.1) The writer of the
fourth gospel is identified in early church tradition as the same person
who wrote
a) 1,2,3
John
b) Book of Revelation c) both
a) & c)
___ #. (4.5.1.1) Most contemporary
scholars doubt that the apostle John wrote the fourth gospel.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.5.1.2) The reason we can
believe that the apostle John wrote the fourth gospel is because it contains
a verse stating that he was the author.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.5.1.2) The nearest thing
to an internal identification of the author of the fourth gospel is a series
of references to the `beloved disciple' whom the early church identified
as the apostle John.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.5.1.2) The following quote creates a clear impression that
John 21:20,24-25. "Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved, who had lain close to his breast at the supper...This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written."a) the writers of John 1-20 and 21 were one and the same person, the beloved disciple.
b) the writer of John 21 is referring to the beloved disciple as the writer of chapters 1-20.
___ #. (4.5.2.2.1) Why was the
theme of the logos (lovgo") so important to
the writer of the fourth gospel?
a) It was a fascinating idea to the gospel writer.___ #. (4.5.2.2.1) The Greek philosophical understanding of the logos (lovgo") principle was
b) It provided him a way to address ideas common to both the Greco-Roman culture as well as the Jewish religious tradition.
c) It was such a non-Jewish concept that he could use it against the Jewish religion.
___ #. (4.5.2.2.3) A very likely
dynamic driving the fourth gospel writer to his unique way to narrating
the story of Jesus was the growing misunderstanding about Christ coming
from the Gnostic teachings influencing the late first century Johannine
community of faith.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.5.2.2.3) The term Gnosticism
comes from the Greek word gnw'si" (gnosis)
which means knowledge.
a) True
b) False
#. (4.5.2.2.3)
Why
would the gnostic teachers in late first century Christian circles have
trouble accepting the humanity of Jesus?
___ #. (4.5.2.2.3) Christian Gnosticism
in the late first century had been influenced ____ by Platonism.
a) very
little
b) greatly
c) not at all
___ #. (4.5.2.2.3) The branch of
Gnosticism called Docetism argued that Christ, being good,
a) could
also be human.
b) only
seemed to have a physical body.
c) was
both divine and human at the same time.
___ #. (4.5.2.2.3) Although he uses
typically Gnostic terms, John avoids Gnosticism's extremes by insisting
on Jesus' physical humanity.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.5.2.2.3) In spite of the
fourth gospel's strong anti-gnostic position, this gospel became very popular
and widely used in gnostic circles in the second century.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.5.2.3) The fourth gospel
writer made use of the same two sources, Mark and Q, that Matthew did in
composing his gospel story.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.5.2.3.1) John's `Book
of Signs' source covers chapters ___ of the gospel.
a) 1
b) 2-11
c) 12-20
___ #. (4.5.2.3.2) John's `Book
of Glory' source covers chapters ___ of the gospel.
a) 1
b) 2-11
c) 12-20
___ #. (4.5.2.3.3) The passion narrative
in the fourth gospel is ____ those in the synoptic gospels.
a) very similar
to
b) very different from
___ #. (4.5.2.3.3) When one carefully compares the fourth gospel to the three synoptic gospels, the conclusion is that
a) the writer of the fourth gospel made extensive use of the synoptic gospels.#. (4.5.2.3.3) Which of the following reasons in Harris regarding the difficulty of relating the fourth gospel to the synoptic gospels makes most clearly supports the position of the independence of the fourth gospel from the synoptic gospels and why?
b) the synoptic gospels contain many direct quotes from the fourth gospel.
c) the fourth gospel makes no use of the synoptic gospel materials.
(1) John contains no record of Jesus' baptism by John, emphasizing Jesus' independence of and superiority to the Baptist.
(2) John never mentions Jesus' exorcisms, preferring to show Jesus' overcoming Evil through his personal revelation of divine truth.
(3) John presents Jesus' teaching in a form radically different from that of the Synoptics. Both Mark and Matthew state that Jesus `never' taught without using parables, but John does not record a single parable of the Synoptic type (involving homely images of agricultural or domestic life).Choose the best argument of these three and explain why you chose it: Which one?
Why? ____________________________________________________________________________
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(4.5.3) John
1:1-18
Literary Structural Outline
A 1-5
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning
with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one
thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the
life was the light of all people. The light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
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A 14
And the Word became flesh and
lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a fathers
only son, full of grace and truth.
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Analysis of the Text:
| A
Logos
light
B John/witness C received light |
| A
Logos
grace and truth
B' John/witness C' received grace and truth |
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Answer the following questions from the above John 1:1-18 text:
___ #. (4.5.3) The literary function of the prologue (1:1-18) to the rest of the gospel document is to
a) create an eye-catching introduction to the book.___ #. (4.5.3) Which of the following sections matches up to 1:1-5 in the parallelistic structure?
b) introduce the sources used by the author in the writing of the book.
c) summarize the key themes and issues to be addressed in the remainder of the book.
___ #. (4.5.3) What key word(s)
serves as a `header' to introduce the two sections of the parallelism:
1:1-13; 1:14-18?
a) Logos
b) witness
c) Light
d) Grace & Truth
___ #. (4.5.3) What key word(s)
serves as an `inclusio' (boundary marker) for the first section of the
parallelism (1:1-13)?
a) Logos
b) witness
c) Light
d) Grace & Truth
___ #. (4.5.3) What key word(s)
serves as an `inclusio' (boundary marker) for the second section of the
parallelism (1:14-18)?
a) Logos
b) witness
c) Light
d) Grace & Truth
___ #. (4.5.3) The phrase "in the
beginning" (1:1) refers to
a) the
beginning of Jesus' ministry.
b) the
beginning of time as described in Genesis 1:1.
c) the beginning of the end of time.
___ #. (4.5.3) Which term provides
the basis of Harris' title `Hymn to the Logos'?
a) Word
b) God
c) Flesh
___ #. (4.5.3) Which of the declarations would John's gnostic opponents have been most uncomfortable with?
a) 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.___ #. (4.5.3) The statement (1:4b) "the life was the light of men" means
b) 1:3 all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.
c) 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
a) The Logos provides intellectual insight to humanity.___ #. (4.5.3) The double-entendre use of the verb in 1:5b means that it (katevlaben) signifies that the darkness did not _______ the Word.
b) The Logos is the source of enlightenment about life.
c) The Logos gives saving illumination to all humanity.
___ #. (4.5.3) Who is the John in
1:6?
a) John
the Apostle b) John
the brother of James
c) John
the Baptist
d) John the son of Zebedee
___ #. (4.5.3) Does the emphasis
of 1:6-8 suggest that some tendency to confuse the roles of John and Jesus
existed in early Christian circles?
a) yes
b) no
___ #. (4.5.3) The statement of
1:7 indicates that John's role was to foster faith in the Logos.
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.5.3) The thought structure
of 1:9-13 is twofold: (1) the power of the incarnated true light to salvationally
illumine every person (1:9) and (2) the responses to that light, both negative
and positive (1:10-13).
a) True
b) False
___ #. (4.5.3) The language of 1:14b,c
"dwelt among us...we have beheld his glory" alludes to
a) Jesus
growing up in Nazareth.
b) The
Logos making his home base of operations in Jerusalem.
c) the
manifestation of the divine presence in the wilderness tabernacle.
___ #. (4.5.3) The contrast of 1:17
means that
a) the
Old Testament Torah is superior to the wisdom of the Logos.
b) religious
experience through the Logos is superior to the legal code basis in Moses.
c) religious
belief must be based upon Moses and the Logos.
___ #. (4.5.3) The assertion in
1:18, "No one has ever seen God" underscores that the OT encounters with
God enabled the individuals, like Moses, to
a) only
`see' God in a spiritual vision.
b) just
visually observe evidences of God's presence but not actually see God.
c) the
gospel writer hadn't read his OT very well because several individuals
in the Old Testament did visually see and talk to God.
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