On the Way to Jerusalem
Riding a donkey into Jerusalem while the crowds spread their cloaks and branches on the road and shouted "Hosanna!" — this is what we call that day.
What is "the Triumphal Entry" (Palm Sunday)? (Matthew 21:1-11)
This disciple went to the chief priests and asked, "What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?"
Who is "Judas Iscariot"?
This is the governor who questioned Jesus and then washed his hands in front of the crowd.
Who is "Pontius Pilate"?
Jesus rose on this day of the week.
What is Sunday?
This disciple walked on the water toward Jesus, and then began to sink.
Who is "Peter"?
Jesus drove the money-changers out of the temple, saying God's house shall be called a "house of prayer, but you make it a den of _______."
What is "robbers"? (Matthew 21:13)
This is the sign by which Jesus was betrayed.
What is a kiss?
This is the prisoner the crowd demanded Pilate release instead of Jesus.
Who is "Barabbas"?
To make the tomb secure, the chief priests sealed the stone and set this there.
What is "a guard" (soldiers)? (Matthew 27:65-66)
Jesus says a tree is known by this.
What is "its fruit"? (Matthew 12:33)
Handed a coin, Jesus says, "Render to ______ the things that are ______'s, and to God the things that are God's."
Who is "Caesar"? (Matthew 22:21)
Jesus took bread and a cup with the twelve that night. This is the feast they had gathered to keep.
What is "the Passover"?
Peter denied knowing Jesus three times, and then this happened — exactly as Jesus had said it would.
What is "a rooster crowed"? (Matthew 26:74)
When Jesus died the tombs were opened, and after his resurrection these came out and went into the holy city.
What are "the bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep" (holy people raised to life)? (Matthew 27:52-53)
These two Old Testament figures appeared and talked with Jesus when his face shone like the sun.
Who are "Moses" and "Elijah"?
DAILY DOUBLE
Asked which is the great commandment, Jesus gives two. Name BOTH.
What are "love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind"; and "love your neighbor as yourself"? (Matthew 22:37-39)
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Praying in Gethsemane: "My Father, if it be possible, let this ______ pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as ______ will."
(BONUS 400 if you can cite the passage)
What is "cup" and "you"?
BONUS: Matthew 26:39
DAILY DOUBLE
Jesus' cry from the cross: "My God, my God, why have you ______ me?"
BONUS 400 if you can cite the original language
What is "forsaken"?
BONUS: "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?"
This man asked Pilate for the body of Jesus and laid it in his own new tomb.
Who is "Joseph of Arimathea"? (Matthew 27:57-60)
Jesus says that John the Baptist, "if you are willing to accept it," is this prophet who was to come.
Who is "Elijah"? (Matthew 11:14)
In Matthew 25, Jesus says the King will separate the nations the way a shepherd separates these two animals.
What are "the sheep from the goats"? (Matthew 25:32)
DAILY DOUBLE
This is the amount the chief priests paid to Jesus' betrayer; this is what he did with the money.
What is "thirty pieces of silver"
At the moment Jesus died, this is what happen to the temple curtain — this is what is symbolized.
What is the curtain was torn in two; the division between God and His people was now gone.
DAILY DOUBLE
"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." In the Great Commission, name TWO of the three things Jesus tells them to do (for 500) name all three (for 1000).
What are "go and make disciples of all nations"; "baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"; and "teach them to observe all that I have commanded you"? (Matthew 28:19-20)
DAILY DOUBLE
In the parable of the sower, name all four kinds of ground the seed falls on.
What are "the path," "rocky ground," "thorns," and "good soil"?