John 1&2
"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was ______." John 1:1 (Fill in the blank) (50 points)
Who is the Word referring to? (50 points)
Blank: God
Referring to: Jesus
When this Pharisee met Jesus at night, Jesus told him , "Unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God." John 3:1-3
Who was this Pharisee?
Nicodemus
What would happen at the pool of Bethesda whenever an angel of the Lord stirred the waters? (John 5:3-4)
The first person into the water would be healed
Jesus chose not to walk publicly to Judea for the feast of booths, because He knew the Jewish people were seeking to kill Him, and He knew it was not yet time for Him to be crucified.
Jesus' brothers told him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world. For not even His brothers were ____ in Him. John 7:3-5
Bonus 100 points: What emotions were Jesus' brothers likely feeling when they told Him to publicly go where they knew people wanted to kill him?
Blank: believing
Bonus possible answers: jealousy over the attention Jesus received when people were healed by Him, embarrassment over their brother proclaiming to be the Messiah, anger over having people judge their whole family for his declarations of being God's own Son
"Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, 'I am the ____ of the ______; he who follows Me will not walk in the ______, but will have the Light of _____.'" John 8:12
Blank 1: Light (25 points)
Blank 2: world (25 points)
Blank 3: darkness (25 points)
Blank 4: life (25 points)
"The _____ shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." John 1:5 (100 points)
Who is this referring to? (100 points)
Blank: Light
Referring to: Jesus
Jesus' words to Nicodemus, “For God so _____ the world, that He gave His only begotten ____, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal ____." John 3:16
First blank: loved
Second blank: Son
Third blank: life
How long had the man been sick who waited by the pool of Bethesda and was never able to make it into the pool first? (John 5:5)
Bonus 100 points: What does Bethesda mean?
38 years!
Bonus: House of Mercy
In John 7:14 where did Jesus go during the feast, AND what did He do while He was there?
Jesus went to the temple. (100 points)
While he was there, He began to teach. (100 points)
In John 8:18, who did Jesus say testifies about who He is?
Jesus gave 2 answers to this question. Who are they?
"I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.” John 8:18
2 answers: Jesus and the Father who sent Jesus (100 points each)
"He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light." John 1:7-8
Who was the witness testifying about the Light?
John the Baptist
In John 4:3-8 What did Jesus ask the Samaritan woman to give him?
Hint: He met her at Jacob's well
A drink of water
What did Jesus say to the man at the pool of Bethesda that caused him to be healed?
"Jesus *said to him, “Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day." John 5:8-9
"The Jews then were astonished, saying, 'How has this man become learned, having never been educated?'" John 7:15
In Verse 16, where did Jesus say He got His teachings from?
"So Jesus answered them and said, 'My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.'"
So, His teachings came from the Father.
In John 9:6-7, what did Jesus do to heal the man who was born blind?
Where did Jesus send the man to clean his eyes?
Answer 1: He spat in the dirt, made a clay with it, and rubbed the clay in the man's eyes. (150 points)
Answer 2: He sent the man to the pool of Siloam (meaning sent), to wash the clay out of his eyes. When the clay was removed, the man could see! (150 points)
The first miracle Jesus ever performed was at the wedding in Cana. His mother, Mary, requested He do something to help save her friends from embarrassment after running out of something for the wedding guests. What miracle did Jesus perform at this wedding? (John 2:1-11)
He turned water into wine
What caused the Samaritan woman to believe Jesus when he told her He was the Messiah? (John 4:16-19)
He knew her past and her present sins, even though this was His first time meeting her. He knew she had multiple husbands throughout her life and was currently living with a man who was not her husband.
How many loaves of bread and how many fish did Jesus multiply to feed the 5,000 men, their wives and their children? John 6:9
Loaves: 5
Fish: 2
In John 8:1-12 What did the Scribes and Pharisees want to do with the woman who was not faithful to her husband? (200 points)
What did Jesus say to her accusers after writing in the dirt? (200 points)
Answer 1: The scribes and Pharisees wanted to throw stones at her until she died.
Answer 2: But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Why did the Pharisees not believe the man had been born blind when they first spoke with him after the neighbors brought him to them for questioning? (200 points)
Who did the Pharisees call to ask if the man really had been born blind? (200 points)
Answer 1: They didn't believe it was possible for the man's eyes to be healed by Jesus. So, they assumed the man had to be lying about being born blind.
Answer 2: The man's parents
"And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables." John 2:14
What did Jesus do to these people after this?
He made a whip, chased them out of the temple with it, poured their money on the ground and overturned their tables
What made the Samaritans believe Jesus was the Messiah? There are two answers. First one thing, and then another. (John 4:39-42)
The Samaritan woman's testimony of Jesus knowing her past and present.
Then, the words of Jesus after He spent two days with them. They no longer believed because of her testimony alone, but because of Jesus' Words.
In John 6:17-21 why were the disciples frightened while crossing the sea at night in a boat?
Bonus 100 points: What happened as soon as Jesus joined them in the boat?
Answer 1: Jesus was walking on the water, in the dark, in the middle of the sea!
Bonus: The boat and everyone in it suddenly teleported to the other side of the sea! They were suddenly at their destination, when they had only been a few miles across the sea when Jesus joined them.
"Straightening up, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, 'I do not condemn you, either. ___. From now on ___ no more.'" John 8:10-11
Blank 1: Go (250 points)
Blank 2: Sin (250 points)
In John 9:24-34, what did the man who used to be blind do to get kicked out of the temple where the Pharisees had been questioning him?
He told them Jesus had to be good and from God because He healed him. He also gave the Pharisees a hard time about not listening when he explained the first time.