Gospels---People and Places

1. Multiple choice: Whom did God send into the world to save it? (a) Elijah; (b) His Son; or His angels.

2. What did Jesus ask from the woman at Jacob's well? (a) Directions to Galilee; (b) a drank of water for Himself; or (c) food for His Disciples.

3. Fill in the blanks: Jesus ' speaking to the woman at Jacob's well was unusual because of the contempt His race held for hers. He was a --------, and she was a --------.

1. (b) His Son (John 3:17).

 

 

2. (b) A drink of water for Himself (John 4:7). In this way, Jesus both established  contact with the woman and raised the subject  of thirst which He would use as a metaphor for spiritual need.

 

 

3. Jew...Samaritan (John 4:9). This animosity dated back more than four centuries when the Samaritans opposed the Jewish reconstruction of Jerusalem under Nehemiah.

Gospels---People and Places

1. Sentence completion: "Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes..."

2. True or false? Nicodemus was a Pharisee.

3. Nicodemus recognized that Jesus was from God because of the signs He performed.

1. "With the Holy Spirit" (John 1:33).

 

2. True (John 3:1).

 

3. True (John 3:2).

Gospels---People and Places

1. Fill in the blanks: "And He found in the temple those who sold ------- and -------- and -------,
and the moneychangers doing business."

2. Multiple choice: Of whom did John the Baptist prophesy, "He who comes after me is preferred before me"? (a) The Holy Spirit; (b) the Word become flesh; or (c) Simon Peter.

3. Which Old Testament prophet identified John the Baptist with this description; "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord"? (a) Jeremiah; (b) Isaiah; or (c) Malachi.



1. "Oxen...sheep...doves" (John 2:14). These commercial ventures were contrary to the spiritual purposes of the temple, and they deeply offended Jesus' sense of devotion to the will of His Father (v16).

2. (b) the Word become flesh (John 1:14,15). Jesus  was the "True Light" and John was functioning as a "witness of that Light" (vv. 8,9).

3. (b) Isaiah (John 1:23).

Gospels--People and Places

1. Fill in the blanks: The woman at the well said to Jesus, "---------- is coming ...He will tell us all things."

2. When there was nothing left to drink at the wedding in Cana, Jesus mother said to Him,  "They have no --------- ."

3. Multiple choice: For what Jewish observance had Jesus gone up to Jerusalem when He cleansed the temple? (a) Passover; (b) Yom Kippur; or (c) Pentecost.

1. "Messiah" (John 4:25).

 

 

2. "Wine (John 2:3).

 

 

3. (a) Passover (John 2:13).

Gospels--People and Places

1. Fill in the blanks: Jesus turned the water into wine at the wedding in -------- of -------.

2. John the Baptist identified himself to the priests and Levites from Jerusalem as  "the voice of the one crying in the  ---------."

3. When Jesus revealed to the Samaritan woman that He knew all about her marital status, she thought He must be a  ---------.

1. Cana...Galilee (John 2:1).

 

 

2. "Wilderness" (John 1:23).

 

 

3. Prophet (John 4:19).

Gospels---People and Places

1. Fill in the blanks: When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, He said, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is  no -------!"

2. True or false? Nathanael recognized Jesus as the Son of God and the King of Israel.

3. Question: In what city did Jesus cleanse the temple during the Passover?

1. "Guile" (John 1:47).

 

 

2. True (John 1: 49).

 

 

3. Jerusalem (John 2:13-16 ).

Gospels---People and Places

1. Fill in the blanks: Two of John the Baptist's disciples addressed Jesus as  "Rabbi", which means
---------.

2. "And the --------- became -------- and dwelt among us,..."

3. "I saw the -------- descending from heaven like a --------, and He remained upon Him."

1. Teacher (John 1:38). This form of address revealed that Andrew and Peter sensed a shift in their discipleship from John to Jesus.

 

 

 

2. "Word...flesh" (John 1:14). This is one of the key statements in the  New Testament

about the incarnation of the second Person of the Trinity.

 

 

3. "Spirit...dove" (John 1:32). This was the testimony of John the Baptist concerning the baptism of Jesus.