Matthew
The earliest year Matthew's Gospel could have been written.
What is 40AD?
The number of chapters in Mark's gospel.
What is 16?
Luke's source for his Gospel.
Who are eye-witnesses of Jesus?
What is 21?
The Latin equivalent of what Thomas said when he saw Jesus for the first time, also found on coins from the reign of Emperor Domitian.
What is Dominus et Deus.
The source of Matthew's Gospel.
Who is Matthew?
The supernatural nature of Jesus, the Son of God.
What is Mark's purpose for writing his Gospel?
The number of chapters in Luke's Gospel?
What is 24?
The Word became flesh.
What is a summary of the introduction of John's Gospel?
The testimony of all the early church fathers regarding who wrote each of the Gospels.
What is unanimous/all agree? There is no disagreement as to who wrote any of the gospels from the early church fathers.
The number of chapters in Matthew's gospel.
What is 28?
The full name of the person whom Peter considered a "son," was a cousin of Barnabas, and traveled with Peter and Paul in their travels.
Who is John Mark?
The person Luke is writing to in the introduction of his Gospel.
Who is Theophilus?
Who is John the son of Zebedee?
70AD
When was the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple?
Two lines of evidence that Matthew is writing to a Jewish audience.
What are Jewish customs and terms are not explained, opens with a genealogy, Jesus fulfills OT prophecy, bribing the guards at the tomb, and Jesus' mission to the Jews?
The source of Mark's Gospel.
Who is Peter?
The prevalence of the Holy Spirit, emphasis on prayer, and woman who traveled with Jesus.
What are distinctive features of Luke's Gospel?
The oldest papyrus segment of the Gospels we have and contains a portion of John's Gospel.
What is the Rylands Greek papyrus segment dated from 90-175AD?
How we know Jesus' public ministry was about 3 years.
What are three Passovers mentioned in John's gospel?
ekklesia
What is the Greek word for "church" and only used in Matthew's gospel?
The audience of Luke's Gospel.
What is a Gentile audience, supported by a theme of salvation for all?
Source of John's Gospel.
What is John as he was an eye-witness?
Polycarp and Ignatius of Antioch
Who are early church fathers that were directly discipled by the Apostle John?
The name of the ending of Matthew's Gospel.
What is the Great Commission?
The specific Gentile audience Mark has in mind with his Gospel and support for this.
What is a Roman audience, supported by explanation of Hebraic expressions, Latinisms and parallels between the coronation of Roman emperors and Jesus' crucifixion?
57-59AD
The 7 miracles/signs, 7 "I AM" statements of Jesus, and no parables.
What are the distinctive features of John's Gospel?
The Gospel quoted the most in the early church fathers.
What is John?