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LUKE 23:34
LUKE 23:34
In Luke 23:34, Jesus, while being crucified, prays "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing, what is happening to Him?
A) He's at the Mall
B) He's being crucified
C) He's reading the newspaper
Answer: B) He's being crucified
In Luke 23:43, Jesus assures the repentant thief on the cross, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise," meaning that:
A) 32 virgins await him
B) He's going to Disneyland
C) His Salvation is assured
Answer: C) His Salvation is assured
In John 19:26-27, as Jesus hung on the cross, he entrusted his mother, Mary, to the care of the disciple John, stating, "Woman, behold your son!" and to John, "Behold your mother.
A) Take care of my Aunt
B) Take care of my my Grandmother
C) Take care of my Mother
Answer: C) Take care of my Mother. Jesus, facing his death on the cross, was still thinking of his mother's future well-being.
Jesus cries out "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" which is Aramaic for "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Is a fulfillment of prophecy?
True or False
Answer: True
John 19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
True or False
Answer: True
John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. What was "finished"?
A) His suffering
B) His redemptive work
C) Fulfillment of prophecy
D) All the above
Answer: D) All the above. Jesus has fulfilled the works necessary for us to be with God.
In Luke 23:46, Jesus, as His last words on the cross, cries out, "Father, into your hands I commit My Spirit," signifying His trust in God and the completion of his mission.
True or False
Answer: True
In Luke 23:34, Jesus, while being crucified, prays "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing, this is His _____________?
A) Complaint
B) Prayer
Answer: B) Prayer
"Today":
A) Emphasizes the immediate nature of the promise
B) The thief's salvation and entrance into paradise will occur on the same day of his death
C) All the above
Answer: C) All the above
Entrusting Mary to John, the disciple had to fulfill the request of:
A) Joseph
B) Joshua
C) Jesus
Answer: C) Jesus
Jesus cries out "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" which is Aramaic for "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
A) Express the immense suffering of Jesus
B) The weight of humanity's sin placed on Jesus
C) His anguish and despair
D) All the above
Answer: D) All the above
What scripture is the fulfillment of prophesy based upon?
A) Psalms 69:21
B) Psalms 23:6
C) Psalms 34:4
Answer: A) Psalms 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
When Jesus died on the cross, God's will was accomplished by:
A) People could stop picking on Jesus
B) He was dead and started to rot
C) His perfect obedience to the Father was completed
Answer: C) His perfect obedience to the Father was completed. John 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
This is a model for believers to trust in God even in death.
True or False
Answer: True
Who is Jesus praying for?
A) His Disciples
B) His Mother Mary
C) His Tormentors, those who are crucifying him.
Answer: C) His Tormentors, those who are crucifying him.
"With me":
A) This signifies he is the "ride or die buddy"
B) This signifies the intimate and blessed fellowship the thief will have with Jesus in paradise
C) This signifies Margarita-vill awaits them
Answer: B) This signifies the intimate and blessed fellowship the thief will have with Jesus in paradise
The verse states, "From that time on, this disciple took her into his home," indicating that John immediately took Mary into his care, fulfilling Jesus's request
John was being ___________to Christ.
Answer: Obedient
Jesus dying on the cross allows us to be:
A) Sad for Him
B) To be reconciled to God
C) Glad it wasn't me
Answer: B) To be reconciled to God. Rom 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
When Jesus said, I thirst: He was expressing this from:
A) A Godly perspective
B) Humanity perspective
C) Fulfillment of prophesy
D) All the above
Answer: All the above. The apostle John links Jesus’ statement “I thirst” to the fulfillment of Scripture. There were, in fact, at least twenty Old Testament prophecies fulfilled during the twenty-four hours surrounding the Lord’s death. By highlighting how Old Testament Scriptures were fulfilled throughout Jesus’ crucifixion, John showed that everything was happening according to God’s plan.
en Jesus states, "It is finished", what scripture supports this?
A) 1Pe 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
B) Tit 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
C) 2Co 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
D) All the above
Answer: D) all the above
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: Is an expression of:
A) Complete trust in God, even unto death
B) His earthly mission is completed
C) an example that believers can also trust our spirit to God's care
D) All the above
Answer: D) All the above. Psalms 31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
"They do not know what they are doing":
A) Acting out of malice
B) Acting out of ignorance
C) Acting out of love
Answer: B) Acting out of ignorance
"In Paradise":
"Paradise" refers to a place of eternal happiness and joy, a state of bliss with God
True or False
This verse is often interpreted as a demonstration of God's grace and the assurance of salvation through faith in Christ, regardless of one's past sins.
Answer: True
Even on the cross Jesus demonstrated____________ for His Mother
Answer: Love
This is a quote from Psalm _______ and is understood as Jesus's cry of anguish and a fulfillment of prophecy during his crucifixion
A) Psalm 22:1
B) Psalm 23:6
C) None of the above
A) Psalm 22:1
When Jesus said, I thirst, where is the only place we can witness his suffering as it is written by David?
A) Psalm 34
B) Psalm 22
C) Psalm 71
Answer: Psalm 22. Key verse: In Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
What was the purpose of Jesus dying on the cross?
A) Because he was guilty of a crime
B) He was lynched
C) He came to save mankind
Answer: C) He came to same mankind. Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Amidst all the pain He was enduring, He knew the Father ________ Him. And then He was trusting in the Father's hands.
A) the Father Loved Him
B) Was disappointed in Him
C) Turned His back on Him
Answer: A) the Father Loved Him. Psalms 31:15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
In Luke 23:34, Jesus, while being crucified, prays "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing," demonstrating profound compassion and forgiveness even for those who are responsible for his death, highlighting his love and the transformative power of forgiveness.
True or False
Answer: True
The thief's salvation is a powerful example of how God's _______ and _______ are available to all who repent and trust in Jesus
Answer: Grace and Mercy
Was the term "Woman, behold your son" disrespectful to Mary?
Yes or No
Answer: No, Joh 2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. The address may sound disrespectful in English, but not in Greek. Woman was, in fact, “a highly respectful and affectionate mode of address” (Marvin Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1887, entry for Jn. 2:4). The Amplified Bible translates it as “[Dear] Woman.”
Jesus cries out, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" which translates to:
A) "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
B) "My God, my God, are you jumping ship?
C) None of the above
Answer: A) "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
John 19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. What prophecy did this scripture accomplish?
A) Psalms 22:15
B) Psalms 69:21
C) All the above
Answer: C) All the above.
Psalms 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
WHAT WAS THE WORK WHICH CHRIST FINISHED BY HIS DEATH?
A) He was obedient to the Father
B) He was sinless
C) He satisfied the wrath of God
D) All the above
Answer: D) All the above. Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Jesus's words serve as an example for believers on how to face death with faith and trust in God.
True or False
Answer: True, Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.