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Quiz F: The New Testament

1. The Gospel of Matthew says that Jesus’ mission was to:

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2. Matthew’s story about Jesus birth in Bethlehem gives Jesus the same birthplace as:

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3. The Christian icon of the Incarnation depicts the birth of Jesus. If we divide the icon into top, middle, and bottom thirds, what creatures fill the top third?

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4. In what third of icons of the Incarnation do we find Jesus and Mary?

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5. In the opening chapter of The Gospel of John, what term (or title) refers to Christ?

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6. What is the sentence in the first chapter of John that confronts the reader with a challenge to ordinary logic?

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7. Most modern Bible scholars date the Gospel of John in or after what year?

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8. According to the Gospel of John, whose mission was to warn the Jews that messiah was about to appear?

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9. In the Gospel of John Jesus readily admits that he is the:

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10. Matthew usually refers to the people who criticized Jesus’ behavior as:

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11. In John, Jesus’ antagonist are usually referred to as:

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12. What did Jesus do on the Sabbath day that especially irked his antagonists?

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13. What event in the Gospel of Matthew becomes the basis for the Christian ritual of communion?

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14. After praying in the Garden in Gethsemane, Jesus is arrested by whom?

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15. In Matthew, after Jesus is resurrected, the first people to speak with him are:

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16. In Letter to the Romans St. Paul warns Christians that by passing judgment on others, they do what to themselves?

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17. In Romans, St. Paul answer the question of who is righteous by saying:

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18. Paul claims that the only way to become righteous is through:

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19. Paul claims when Christians are baptized, they are baptized into the death of Jesus, and are thus dead to:

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20. What does Paul say will eventually motivate the Jews to embrace Christ?

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