New Testament quiz 2

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Jesus' last words on the cross in the Gospel of Mark are:

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me"

In the Greco-Roman world, the term "Christ" referred to:

A person who had been rubbed down with oil

What genre do the Gospels most closely fit?

Greco-Roman biography

In what language were the New Testament Gospels written?

Greek

In Mark, what is Jesus' response to his impending death?

He seems to doubt his mission

Identify one discrepancy in the Gospel accounts about Jesus' last meal.

Identify one discrepancy in the Gospel accounts about Jesus' last meal.

The Gospel of Mark begins with:

Jesus' baptism by John

The phrase "Jesus' Passion" refers to:

Jesus' suffering

Which Gospel was probably written last?

John

All of the following figures recognize Jesus in Mark except:

John the Baptist

Who is the earliest of the New Testament writers?

Paul

Ancient biographies are most concerned with which of the following?

Portraying essential character traits

Why did God instruct Moses to have every Israelite family sacrifice a lamb and paint their doorframes with its blood?

So the angel of death would pass over those houses

Which group of Jews ran the Temple and held the most power in Judea during Jesus' lifetime?

The Sadducees

How did pagan literature of the first century refer to Jesus?

There weren't any references made to him in pagan literature

In first-century apocalyptic Judaism, the term "Son of Man" referred to

a cosmic figure

When Jesus is baptized, the Spirit of God descends on him in the shape of:

a dove

In pre-Christian Jewish circles, the term "messiah" referred to all of the following except:

a persecuted person

In non-Christian Jewish circles, the term "Son of God" referred to:

a person especially close to God

Nearly all biblical scholars agree that the Gospel of Mark was most likely written when?

around 70 CE

In Mark, the Temple curtain rips:

at Jesus' death

John, the forerunner of Jesus, proclaims forgiveness of sins and performs:

baptsims

At Jesus' trial in Mark, the Sanhedrin charges him with:

blasphemy

The Gospel of Mark was written within a decade of Jesus' life.

false

The New Testament Gospels all have Jesus getting crucified at the same time of day.

false

Throughout the Gospel of Mark, Jesus' disciples understand who he is and that he must suffer and die.

false

Mark suggests that the Jewish authorities opposed Jesus because they believed:

he did not keep Jewish Law

Biographies written by Christians put a significant amount of emphasis on what event in Jesus' life, which was very unusual for ancient biographies?

his death

Which of the following Gospels was written during Jesus' lifetime?

none of them (from Mark, Matthew, Thomas)

The Christian mission was conducted primarily:

person to person

One of the most popular pagan authors of the second century, Plutarch, wrote fifty biographies of prominent Greek and Roman men. His main aim in these accounts was to:

reveal their characters

In Mark, when Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Salome discover the empty tomb, they:

say nothing

According to Mark, the messiah must:

suffer and die

According to the Gospel of John, Jesus died:

the day before the Passover meal

The New Testament Gospels were written anonymously.

true

In the Greco-Roman world, stories about a god having the power to heal:

were relatively common


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