By the Numbers
The number of books in the New Testament.
What is, 27?
Name the four Gospels.
What are, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John?
Because they present similar stories of Jesus' life, these three Gospels are called the Synoptics (which means "same view").
What are, Matthew, Mark and Luke?
Most of the New Testament books were probably written by the end of the ___st century, A.D..
What is the 1 (First)?
The word Gospel means this.
What is, "good news?"
Of the 21 Letters in the New Testament, he is believed to have written 13 of them.
Who is, St. Paul?
Though he started out as a persecutor of Christians and never met Jesus, (except as the risen Lord), he was the greatest convert to Christianity and missionary of the early church.
Who was St. Paul?
This Gospel is considered the first to have been written.
What is the Gospel of Mark, written around the years 63-70 A.D.?
The ___ of the Apostles is the book that tells the story of the early church.
What is Acts?
The word synoptic means this.
What is same view?
____ is the author of the Bible.
Who is God?
He was a tax collector, and an Apostle whose Gospel was written for Jewish converts to Christianity.
Who was St. Matthew?
Written by a companion of St. Peter, it is fast-moving and the shortest Gospel.
What is the Gospel of Mark?
The Gospels are not biographies, but documents of f_ _th.
What is, faith?
A long speech in a gospel is called a ______.
What is, discourse?
The number of Gospels.
What is, four (4)?
He was a Greek doctor, Gentile (non-Jewish) and companion of St. Paul who wrote the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles.
Who was St. Luke?
The Gospel that shows Jesus as friend to all, including sinners and women, and is the only Gospel containing the infancy stories of Jesus.
What is, the Gospel of Luke?
The last book of the Bible, a symbolic book about the end of the world.
What is the Apocalypse, or Book of Revelation?
The action of the Holy Spirit that moves people to communicate what God wants made known.
What is inspiration?
The other two "books" in the New Testament.
What are, the Acts of the Apostles and the Book of Revelation?
He was the only Apostle who did not die a martyr's death, and wrote the fourth Gospel and the Book of Revelation.
Who was St. John.
The symbol of its Evangelist is an eagle.
What is the Gospel of John?
They tell us about the life, Death, Resurrection and teachings of Jesus.
What are the four Gospels?
The authors of the four Gospels are called the _____ because they were "proclaimers of the Good News."
What are, Evangelists?