Who is Jesus Christ Introduction to the Gospels

Who is Jesus Christ Introduction to the Gospels

Jesus’ Divine Origins The Start of Jesus’ Mission The Sermon Geography in on the Israel Mount Jesus’ Adult Life 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500

Question 1 - 100 This Gospel focuses on Jesus’ divine origins.

Answer 1 – 100 The Gospel of John

Question 1 - 200 This is the genre of the first chapter of the Gospel which focuses on Jesus’ divine origins.

Answer 1 – 200 Poem

Question 1 - 300 This phrase from the first chapter of the Gospel which focuses on Jesus divine origins describes Jesus becoming a human being.

Answer 1 – 300 “The Word became flesh. ”

Question 1 - 400 When he’s twelve years old, Jesus travels with his family to the Temple for this Jewish holiday.

Answer 1 – 400 Passover

Question 1 - 500 When Mary and Joseph find Jesus in the Temple, he asks them this question.

Answer 1 – 500 “Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house? ”

Question 2 - 100 Jesus goes to this place (1) to be baptized by this person (2).

Answer 2 – 100 1) Jordan River 2) John the Baptist

Question 2 - 200 John reacts in this way when Jesus asks for Baptism.

Answer 2 – 200 He tries to resist

Question 2 - 300 This two miraculous things happen when Jesus is baptized.

Answer 2 – 300 1) The Father speaks 2) The Spirit descends

Question 2 - 400 We talked about this as one way we could answer the question “Why does Jesus want to be baptized? ”

Answer 2 – 400 To identify with humanity

Question 2 - 500 Jesus goes out into the desert for 40 days after His baptism; it’s reminiscent of this event from the Old Testament.

Answer 2 – 500 The Israelites in the desert for 40 years

Question 3 - 100 Name two of the three temptations Jesus faced in the desert.

Answer 3 – 100 1) Stones to bread 2) Power over the nations 3) Throwing himself down from the Temple

Question 3 - 200 This is what the three temptations in the desert have in common.

Answer 3 – 200 Seeming shortcuts to Jesus’ mission.

Question 3 - 300 In depicting Christ as preaching from a mountain, Matthew wants to present Jesus as the new version of this figure.

Answer 3 – 300 Moses

Question 3 - 400 Jesus worked his first public miracle on this occasion.

Answer 3 – 400 The Wedding Feast at Cana

Question 3 - 500 This was Jesus’ first public miracle.

Answer 3 – 500 Turning water into wine.

Question 4 - 100 Jesus begins his Sermon on the Mount with this set of sayings.

Answer 4 – 100 The Beatitudes

Question 4 - 200 Jesus uses a metaphor in comparing his disciples to these two images.

Answer 4 – 200 Light and Salt

Question 4 - 300 Jesus uses which two verbs to describe what He has come to do with regards to the Jewish Law.

Answer 4 – 300 “[not to] abolish, ” “fulfill”

Question 4 - 400 This is the two-part phrase Jesus uses to introduce each of His new teachings on the Law.

Answer 4 – 400 “You have heard it said…but I tell you…”

Question 4 - 500 In the case of retaliation, Jesus uses two well-known phrases: (1) this is the Old Testament standard and (2) this is the New Testament standard.

Answer 4 – 500 1) “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” 2) “Turn the other cheek”

Question 5 - 100 This is the river which constitutes the eastern border of Israel.

Answer 5 – 100 The Jordan River

Question 5 - 200 This is the body of water into which the river along the eastern border of Israel flows.

Answer 5 – 200 The Dead Sea

Question 5 - 300 This is the new name for the northern kingdom of Israel (after the exile of its elite): Jesus tells a parable about one of its “Good” citizens.

Answer 5 – 300 Samaria

Daily Double! Category: The Superbowl

Daily Double Clue This is the combined number of touchdowns which Tom Brady has thrown in all of his Superbowl appearances combined (+/- 2).

Question 5 - 500 This is the small mountain located immediately east of Jerusalem.

Answer 5 – 500 The Mount of Olives