Empires
Conquered Judah
What is Babylon?
Each section of Matthew is divided into these two parts.
What is narrative and discourse?
Jesus strives against the devil.
What is the temptation in the desert?
Calls Jesus "the Christ, the Son of the Living God"
Who is Peter?
A literary device that emphasizes the middle term and has the form A, B, C, B', A'
What is a chiasm?
Emphasizes that Jesus will judge his disciples based on how they treated the poor, the needy, the imprisoned, the marginalized, etc.
What is the parable of the sheep and the goats?
Jesus walks on the water and says this.
"Take heart. I am/It is I. Do not be afraid."
What is the Roman empire?
This first discourse of Matthew includes the Our Father.
What is the Sermon on the Mount?
The heavens open and a dove descends on Jesus.
What is the baptism of Jesus?
Rides into Jerusalem on a donkey.
Who is Jesus?
A Latin phrase which means "the imitation of Christ"
What is imitatio Christi?
Parable(s) from Gospel of Luke that emphasizes the importance of rejoicing when people who are lost become found.
What are the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son (prodigal son)?
"Follow me, and I will make you ______________"
What is "fishers of men"?
Conquered Babylon
What is Persia?
The Sermon on the Mount begins with these.
What are the beatitudes?
Jesus is arrested in this garden.
What is the garden of Gethsemane?
Walks on water after Jesus tells him to come.
Who is Peter?
Jesus is crucified in this city.
What is Jerusalem?
These parables teach us about the value of the kingdom of heaven.
What are the parables of the pearl and the treasure hidden in the field?
Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest _____________________
What is to send out laborers into his harvest?
Conquered Persia
Who is Alexander the Great?
Jesus performs this many signs and wonders in Matthew 8-9.
What is 10?
After the resurrection, Jesus first appears to this group.
Who are the women?
Who is John the Baptist?
Greek word for "repentance"
What is metanoia?
These parables emphasize the mixed nature of the kingdom of heaven in this life.
What are the parables of the net and the parables of the wheat and the weeds?
"They need not go away. You yourselves give them __________________"
What is something to eat?
What is the Roman Empire?
Jesus feeds this many people, and this many people, with just a little food.
What are 5,000 and 4,000?
Jesus is arrested and brought to this man first.
Who is Caiaphas the High Priest?
Roman governor of Judea.
Who is Pontius Pilate?
What is 2 Samuel 7?
The definition of a parable.
What is a short, memorable story which teaches a lesson?
"Whoever would be great among you must _______________"
"be your servant"