New Testament quiz 2
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
