Gospels--People and Places

1. True or false? When the eleven disciples saw Jesus in Galilee after His resurrection, some worshiped but some doubted.

2. Question: Of whom was it predicted in the Old Testament: "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You"?

3. True or false? Jesus came from Nazareth to the Jordan to be baptized by John the Baptist.

1. True (Matt. 28:16,17). This was not the credulous group theorized by some skeptics who assume that the disciples created the Resurrection story because they so desperately wanted to believe it.

 

 

 

2. John the Baptist  (Mark 1:2-4). Both Isaiah and Malachi predicted the ministry of John the Baptist (Is. 40:3; Mal.3:1).

 

 

3. True. (Mark 1:9). 

Gospels--People and Places

1. True or false? Herod the tetrarch commissioned the guards who watched the tomb of Jesus .

2. Multiple choice: Who rolled back the stone from the door of Jesus tomb? (a) Several woman; (b) an angel; or (c) Jesus.

3. Question: Where did Jesus arrange to meet His disciples after His resurrection?

1. False. It was Pilate the governor (Matt. 27:65).

 

2. (b) An angel (Matt. 28:2).

 

3. Galilee (Matt.28:10).

Gospels--People and Places

1. Multiple choice: Which governor of Judea tried Jesus ? (a) Herod; (b) Agrippa; or (c) Pilate.

2. Question: How many  criminals were crucified with Jesus?

3. Who  went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus after He  had died on the cross?

1. (c) Pilate (Matt. 27:2)

 

 

2. Two (Matt. 27:38)

 

 

3. Joseph of Arimathea (Matt. 27:57, 58)

Gospels-- People and Places

1.Multiple choice: Who was the high priest when Jesus was tried and condemned  to death? (a) Annas; (b) Pilate; or (c) Caiaphas.

2. Question: What sign did Judas use to identify Jesus to the mob sent to capture Him?

3. Multiple choice: To whom did Jesus say, "Hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven"? (a) Nicodemus; (b) the high priest; or (c) the repentant thief.

1. (Caiaphas (Matt. 26:57). Caiaphas was the son-in -law of Annas who had been high priest and who still exercised behind- the- scenes power over Caiaphas (cf. John 18:13).

 

 

2. A kiss (Matt. 26:48).

 

 

3. (b) The high priest (Matt. 26:64). Jesus word made reference to one of Daniel's prophecies about the Son of Man who would establish an eternal kingdom (Dan. 7:13,14).

Gospels--People and Places

1. Multiple choice: What did a woman do to Jesus at the house of Simon the leper in Bethany?
(a) Anoint Him with costly oil; (b) touch the hem of His garment; or (c) ask for crumbs from the table.

2. True or false? Judas Iscariot asked the chief priests how much they would give him for delivering Jesus to them.

3. Question:Who did Jesus predict would deny Him three times?

1. (a) Anoint Him with costly oil (Matt. 26:7).Jesus interpreted her behavior as preparation for His  burial (v.12).

 

2. True (Matt. 26:15). The betrayal was initiated by Judas rather than by the chief priests (v.14).

 

 

3. Peter (Matt.) 26:34).

Gosples-- People and Places

1. Multiple choice: Who did Jesus say would sit on His right and left hands in His kingdom?
(a) James and John; (b) His mother and brothers; or (c) those for whom the Father prepares those places.

2. Who were the sons of Zebedee? (a) Simon and Andrew; (b) James and John;or (c) Luke and Theophilus.

3. Which Jewish sect did not believe in the resurrection from the dead? (a) The Herodians; (b) the Pharisees; or (c) The Sadducees.

1. (c) Those for whom the Father prepares those places (Matt. 20:23).

 

 

2. (b) James and John  (Matt.4:21). Before becoming disciples of Jesus, James and John worked with their father in a family fishing business.

 

 

3. (c) The Sadducees (Matt.22:23).

Gospels--People and Places

1. Question: Two Old Testament characters appeared on the Mount of Transfiguration to converse with Jesus. Who were they?

2. How many disciples accompanied Jesus to the Mount of Transfiguration?

3. True or false? Jesus told His disciples three times that He was going to Jerusalem where He would be put to death and rise again.

1. Moses and Elijah (Matt. 17:3).

 

 

2. Three--Peter, James, and John (Matt. 17:1).

 

 

3. True (Matt. 16:21; 17:22, 23; 20:17-19).