Matthew
What was Matthew’s occupation?
Bonus 100 - What race/ethnicity did Matthew belong to?
Tax collector
Jews/Jewish
Mark is the shortest Gospel. How many chapters is it?
Bonus - Which Gospel is the longest and how many chapters?
16 chapters
Matthew - 28 chapters
What was Luke’s occupation?
Bonus - what other Bible book did he also write?
Physician
Acts
How does the book of John begin?
Bonus - what is it referencing?
“In the beginning was the word”
Reference to Genesis 1
Which 3 Gospels are the synoptic Gospels?
Bonus 100 - What does “Synoptic” mean?Matthew, Mark, and Luke
“Seeing together”
What is the name of the message in Matthew 5-7 where Jesus teaches on the Beatitudes, adultery, love for enemies, fasting, etc.
The Sermon on the Mount
In Mark 4, we learn about the Parable of the sower. What are the 4 different kinds of seeds taught about?
Bonus - what do each of those seeds represent?
1. Fell along the path (people who hear the Word and Satan immediately takes it away)
2. Fell on rocky places (people who receive the Word with joy, but have no root)
3. Fell on thorns (people who receive the Word but who don’t apply it because of worries of life/deceitfulness, etc.)
4. Fell on good soil (people who hear the Word and apply it and produce a crop)
In the parable of the lost son, how did the Father respond when the lost son came back home?
Bonus - how did the other son (the lost son’s brother) respond?The Father ran to meet him and threw him a feast to welcome him home.
The other son became angry that the Father threw the lost son a feast and not him one.
In John 11, Jesus arrives to Lazarus’ tomb. How many days had Lazarus been in the tomb for?
Four days
Jesus does the same miracle when he first calls some of his disciples (Luke 5) and when he reappears to them a third time after his resurrection (John 21). What miracle was it?
Bonus - what is a major difference between the two miracles?
The miraculous catch of fish
The nets didn’t break in John 21 (after Jesus’ resurrection)
In Matthew’s genealogy, how many generations where there between Abraham to David, David to the exile to Babylon, and from the exile to the Messiah?
14 (each)
In Mark 6, Jesus sends out his disciples with nothing but a staff to take on their journey. What does Jesus instruct his disciples to do if they are not welcomed in a town?
Shake the dust off their feet as a testimony against them
The book of Luke is addressed to “most excellent Theophilus”. What does Theophilus mean?
Friend of God
In John 18, Jesus is being arrested. Which disciples cut off the high priest’s servant’s ear?
Bonus - what was that servants name?
Simon Peter
Malchus
Which Gospel is the only one to tell the story of Mary and Martha?
Luke (10:38-42)
In Matthew 4, Jesus is tempted by the Devil 3 times. What were the 3 temptations?
Bonus - What OT book does Jesus quote to refute the Devil’s claims?
1. Food (“tell these stones to become bread”
2. Biblical knowledge (“if you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written…”)
3. Power (showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world: “all this I will give you if you bow down and worship me”)
Bonus - Deuteronomy 6-8In Mark 5, Jesus raises a dead girl. What does he say to her?
Bonus - what is the Aramaic phrase?
“Little girl, I say to you, get up!”
Talitha koum
In Luke 13, Jesus uses 2 metaphors to explain the kingdom of God. What are the 2 items He compared the kingdom of God to?
Mustard seed and yeast
In John 19, right before Jesus died, he gets a drink. What is it that he drank?
Wine vinegar
Two of the Gospels tell the story of the 4,000 being fed. Which two Gospels is this story found in?
Matthew (15:32-39) and Mark (8:1-9)
Which OT prophet wrote:
“I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered”?
Zechariah (13:7)
Who were the three women specifically mentioned in Jesus’ crucifixion scene in Mark 15?
Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Joseph and Salome
In Luke 22, Jesus takes his disciples with him to pray on the Mount of Olives. What did Jesus tell his disciples to pray for?
“Pray that you would not fall into temptation”
At the end of John, Jesus reinstates Peter. What 3 commands does he give Peter?
2. Take care of my sheep
3. Feed my sheep
Which 2 Gospels tell the story of Jesus appearing to the disciples and Thomas?
Bonus - What was Thomas also known by?
Luke (24:44-49) and John (20:26-31)
Didymus