Which of the following best represents John's Baptism:
A. Jews needed to wash away their Roman culture
B. Jews needed to change as drastically as a Gentile converting to Judaism
C. Jews needed to confirm their temple status by washing in the Jordan
D. Jews needed to be healed by dipping into the Jordan river
B. Jews needed to change as drastically as a Gentile converting to Judaism
The book of Acts is a contituation of the Gospel of _?
Luke
Pilate become governor in Judea in about
26 A.D.
Paul wrote "Philemon" to the same destination (city) as which of his other letters?
Colossians
Pseudopigraphica is best defined as:
False writings; books the early church discarded as fake
What miracle is recorded in all 4 Gospels?
The feeding of 5000
Which best describes a Pharisee?
A strictly conservative Jew
The followers of Jesus were first called "Christians" at
Antioch
In the Greco- Roman World...
?
No Multiple Choice
The Book of Acts covers what material:
The early history of the Church
What is the technical term for Jesus' Supernatural acts?
Miracles
Non-Jewish adherents to the synagogue (not converts) were called
God-Fearers
According to Jesus' own testimony, the presence of the God's reign (Kingdom) thriugh his ministry was mainly exhibited by:
The Crucifixion
Which best describes the Synoptic Gospels
Gospels that contain a lot of similarity in wording
The letter carrier for both Colossians and Philemon was
Tychicus
Which is not one of the 1st-century Jewish beliefs about Messiah?
Messiah will save us from our sins
Hebrews is written by:
Someone who knew a lot about the Jewish temple
Even where Jesus' "face shone like the sun" is called?
Transfiguration
The phenomena of Pentecost did NOT include:
Uncontrollable laughing
What does Kyrios Christos mean?
Christ is Lord
Which is NOT true of Paul's letters?
Paul gave his secretaries complete freedom to compose the letters however they choose
The early church stops arguing about the canon around what year:
Just after the Council of Carthage; around AD 397
In the New Testament Jesus is given the title, meaning "anointed one"?
Christ
The church questioned 3rd John because:
It is short and not different from 1st John
According to scholars, Matthew, Mark, and Luke probably copied from:
A library of resources that included Jesus' words...