Jesus Is Rejected in Nazareth
Jesus read from which Old Testament book in the synagogue: Isaiah, Jeremiah, or Ezekiel?
Isaiah
What did Jesus use to drive the merchants and animals out of the temple?
A whip!
What incurable disease forced people in Jesus’ day to be isolated and untouched by others?
Leprosy
Why were tax collectors considered traitors by other Jews?
Because they collected money from their own people to give to the Romans.
Whose Gospel often gives different accounts than the other three?
John’s
What did the people of Nazareth try to do to Jesus?
They tried to kill him by throwing him off a cliff.
How is Jesus like the bronze serpent?
He was lifted up on the cross to die and save people from spiritual death just as the serpent was lifted up on a pole to save people from physical death.
Why was it surprising that Jesus touched the leper?
Jews avoided touching lepers for fear of getting the disease and because it made them unclean. Jesus didn’t have to touch him to heal him.
Why did Matthew hold a great feast for Jesus?
He had been transformed by Jesus’ grace, and he wanted everyone he knew to meet this Jesus he now followed.
Whom did Jesus choose to speak to at the pool of Bethesda?
A man (invalid) who couldn’t walk for 38 years.
What miracle did Jesus do for the official from Capernaum?
Jesus healed his son.
Which five disciples were with Jesus for his first miracle at Cana?
Andrew, Peter, John, Philip, Nathanael.
Name one of the attributes of God that Jesus showed through his miracles of healing.
Omnipotent, sovereign, gracious, loving, and merciful.
Why did the Pharisees think they were better than tax collectors and everyone else?
Because they followed all the rules and did not see themselves as sinners.
What did Jesus ask the invalid man laying at the pool of Bethesda?
If he wanted to be healed.
Who disrupted a synagogue gathering in Capernaum by crying out things about Jesus?
A demon-possessed man.
What quality did Jesus see in the paralytic and his four friends when they came to him?
Faith.
What did Jesus first say to the paralytic man?
Your sins are forgiven.
How was Matthew’s response to Jesus different from the Pharisees’ response?
Matthew knew he was a sinner; he accepted Jesus and followed him. The Pharisees thought they were righteous; they rejected Jesus.
For what two reasons did the Jews seek to kill Jesus?
Healing on the Sabbath and claiming to be God.
What did the demon call Jesus, which showed he knew who he was?
The Holy One of God.
Which gate of Jerusalem was the pool of Bethesda close to?
Sheep Gate.
What type of blaspheming was Jesus accused of: a man cursing God, a man claiming to be God, or a man telling lies in God’s name?
A man claiming to be God
When did Jesus say his disciples would fast and mourn?
When Jesus was taken away from them.
In response to the Pharisees accusing his disciples, what did Jesus say about the Son of Man?
He is lord of the Sabbath.