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Jesus and the Gospels
New Testament Stuff
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/13/2010

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There are four NT Gospels, each named after an early Christian person: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. Which two are names included in early lists of Jesus' twelve disciples (apostles)?
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Matthew, John
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Which NT Gospel is named after a companion of Peter?
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Mark, known as John Mark.
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Which NT Gospel is named after a companion of Paul?
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Luke
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Which NT Gospel is volume one of a two volume work in the NT?
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Luke
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What is the name of volume two that "Luke" wrote after writing "the Gospel of Luke"? 
(Gospel of John; Acts of the Apostles; 2 Corinthians; 
2 Peter; 2 John)
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Acts of the Apostles
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Which one of the four NT Gospels is not a "Synoptic" Gospel?
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John
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Why are Matthew, Mark, and Luke called “Synoptic Gospels”?
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Because when “viewed” (Greek: optic) “with” (Greek: syn) one another, they have many of the same words and phrases.
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Which NT Gospel starts with: "The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God"?
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Mark
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Which NT Gospel begins "An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham"?
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Matthew
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Which NT Gospel begins "Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us … I too decided … to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus…"?
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Luke
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Which NT Gospel begins "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God"?
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John
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Which NT Gospel ends with "While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven"?
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Luke
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Which NT Gospel ends with: "Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…."?
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Matthew
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Which NT Gospel ends, in the earliest manuscripts, with "So they [the women] went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid"?
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Mark
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Which NT Gospel ends with "This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written down, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written"?
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John
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John used a "signs" gospel as a source
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Matthew and Luke used Mark and a Q source
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