Mark
Hastily penned during Nero’s reign it was mean’t to appeal to Christian ______.
Martyrs
A geneaology that ends at Abraham meant that it was to appeal to this type of reader.
Who are Jewish - Christians
This genealogy ends at Adam thus signifying a universality for these believers.
Who are Gentiles
A prologue that equates Jesus with no beginning or end tells us that he is the ____ of ____.
Son of God
Genesis saw the banishment of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, yet Jesus and the New Covenant insure this outcome.
What is salvation.
He was famously known to fiddle as Rome burned.
Who is Nero
Herod enacts an edict to execute all male children under the age of 2 years old. Joseph and the family flee to this country to escape it.
What is Egypt
At birth he is placed in this vessel as a resting place and a symbol of our spiritual nourishment.
What is manger
Instead of an infancy narrative, the structure of this gospel contains -
A prologue, book of signs, book of glory and an epilogue.
The Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount are reminiscent of this Old Testament hero.
Who is Moses
He claimed to be unfit to tie the straps of the sandals of the one who comes after him.
John the Baptist
They bear gifts for the newly born “messiah.”
Who are magi
Humble and caring individuals were told by the angel to visit the savior.
Who are shepherds
The human Jesus is considered divine as defined by this word.
What is incarnate.
Jesus traces his lineage in Matthew’s Gospel to this great Israelite leader.
Who is David
Religious group made of scribes, scholars and teachers of the law.
Sanhedrin
Just as Moses received the Law on Mount Sinai, so to does Jesus teach about the Law of Love. Jesus is know as the ____.
The New Law Giver.
Stories that feature Zaccheus, the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son offer a portrait of this Jesus.
Who is the compassionate savior.
A distant cousin of Mary, the child she carried jumped for joy as she approached.
Who is Elizabeth
In the transfiguration, Jesus is seen on a mountain top in the company of these famous individuals.
Who is Elijah and Moses.
He initiated the “Pax Romana” and insured the welfare of the empire during Jesus’ time.
Who is Augustus
Geographically speaking, Jesus’ ministry begins here and ends in Jerusalem.
Galilee or North near Samaria
During the Passion, Jesus journeys to Jerusalem to celebrate what Jewish holiday?
What is Passover
How many signs are performed in this gospel?
What is seven.
This ruler’s dream interpretation foretold of a kingdom ruled by the Son of Man that would supersede all others.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar.