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).