Bibl 110- Quiz: Gospels and Acts
Sources confirm that over ______ percent of the Gospel of John is unique from the Synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
90
The theme of which should be seen as three interrelated concepts: fulfillment of promise, experience of power, and expansion of the kingdom.
Acts
Which book has been commissioned because confusion exists, in part, concerning whether Gentiles are able to be a part of God's family without being circumcised or converting to Judaism?
Acts
Which book has the following as a key passage: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Acts
John ends with a Roman citizen in prison in Rome proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom of God to Gentiles in the heart of the empire.
False
Matthew was likely writing in the mid-60s AD to a man he identified as Theophilus.
False
The Gospel of Luke was written to a group of primarily Jewish Christians who were still clinging to the Old Testament.
False
The apostle John (the beloved) seems to have written this Gospel as early as the AD 50s. It is believed that this work was originally written in Rome.
False
Which book has the following as a key passage: "But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name."
John
____________'s Gospel alone emphasizes that Jesus Christ is "explicitly identified with God."
John
In _____________'s Gospel, it is most often those on the margins of society who are found ready.
Luke
Which Gospel author is the most intentional of the four Gospel writers to present the unfolding events as a continuation of humanity's history?
Luke
Which book has the following as a key passage: "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
Luke
A major theme in this Gospel is the discipleship call to follow the serving, suffering Savior.
Mark
Which book has the following as a key passage: "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Mark
While Jesus is presented as a powerful Messiah, he is also revealed as the Suffering One. For which Gospel is this statement true?
Mark
His former life of collecting taxes from the Jewish people to give to the Romans certainly allowed this Gospel writer to understand life from the perspective of being a marginalized Jew.
Matthew
Which book has the following as a key passage: "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
Matthew
________________, the tax collector in Capernaum, appears to have been writing before AD 70 to an emerging group that was in a strained relationship with the religious establishment.
Matthew
A major theme in Matthew is "lived righteousness as critical to the discipleship mandate."
True
For the book of Acts, Luke seems to have written before AD 70 to Theophilus.
True
John, the son of Zebedee and disciple of Jesus, wrote around AD 80.
True
Luke seems to arrange his Gospel account around one dominating theme: Jesus accomplishes the fulfillment of God's salvific promises.
True
Mark likely wrote down Peter's words in Rome. These two collaborated together to produce the Gospel of Mark.
True
Scholars point toward internal evidence that suggests John's audience to be Christians of the Diaspora, most likely Greek-speaking, Jewish believers.
True
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