NBST 515 Quiz 2

NBST 515 Quiz: The Four Gospels

Covers the Learn material from Module 3: Week 3 – Module 4: Week 4.

1. According to Elwell, the Gospel writer who may have had contact with Mary, Jesus’ mother, as he was compiling his Gospel was
2. The only Gospel to allude to Jesus’ virgin birth was Matthew.
3. Who is the only Gospel writer to have composed a sequel?
4. According to Elwell, the Gospel composed by a close friend and traveling companion of the Apostle Paul was
5. According to the presentations, John employs three Christological images for Jesus in his Gospel: Word of God; Lamb of God; and Son of God.
6. According to Elwell, Mark’s Gospel emphasizes the teachings of Jesus rather than his ministry.
7. According to the presentations, the earliest and most reliable manuscripts of Mark’s Gospel end the Gospel at chapter 16 verse 8.
8. According to the presentations, Matthew alone among the Gospel writers uses the phrase “kingdom of Heaven,” rather than kingdom of God.”
9. According to the presentations, how many “I Am” sayings are there in the Gospel of John?
10. According to the presentations, God’s personal name, YHWH, is best translated “I Am.”
11. According to the presentations, Mark’s Gospel presents Jesus as the “new Moses” and the church as the “new Israel.”
12. According to the presentations, the four Gospels are like four different photographs of Jesus, alike in every detail.
13. According to Elwell, which Gospel emphasizes the place of women in Jesus’ ministry?
14. According to Elwell, the most likely place of composition of Mark’s Gospel was
15. According to the presentations, which Gospel is commonly considered to have been composed by a Gentile?
16. According to Elwell, the traditional dating of the Gospel of Matthew places it sometime prior to AD 70.
17. According to Elwell, the emphasis sometimes referred to as “the messianic secret” is associated with which Gospel?
18. According to Elwell, when composing his Gospel, Mark relied on information from this apostle, since Mark himself was not an eyewitness.
19. According to the presentations, only Mark, among the Gospels, uses the word “church.”
20. According to Elwell, the church fathers attest to the apostle Matthew as being the author of the first Gospel.

Set 2

1. According to Elwell, Mark was
2. According to Elwell, the most likely place of composition of Mark’s Gospel was
3. According to Elwell, Mark’s Gospel emphasizes the teachings of Jesus rather than his ministry.
4. According to the presentations, Mark appears to emphasize Jesus’ role as Davidic King by calling him“Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”
5. According to Elwell, the noun “faith” never occurs in the Gospel of John.
6. According to the presentations, Immanuel is Hebrew for “God with us.”
7. According to the presentations, Jesus’ most prominent miracles in the Gospel of Mark were
8. According to Elwell, the most distinctive feature of the Gospel of John is the fact that it contains a number of unique parables of Jesus.
9. According to Elwell, whose studies suggest the Gospel titles, including each author’s name, were used from the very beginning?
10. There is no birth narrative in the Gospel of Mark.
11. According to Elwell, the Gospel that depicts Jesus as a new Moses is
12. According to the presentations, which Gospel is arranged into two distinct parts: Part 1 (The Word Revealed and Rejected) and Part 2 (The Word Glorified)?
13. According to the presentations, which Gospel is “preoccupied with the cross?”
14. According to the presentations, which Gospel is commonly considered to have been composed by a Gentile?
15. According to the presentations, which Gospel says that Jesus was praying when he was baptized by John?
16. According to the presentations, the Latin word for “cross” is crux and was an obscene word in the ancient world, not spoken in polite company.
17. According to Elwell, the Gospel writer who may have had contact with Mary, Jesus’ mother, as he was compiling his Gospel was
18. According to the presentations, the necessity of the cross, both for Jesus and his disciples, is an important emphasis in which Gospel?
19. According to the presentations, Matthew alone among the Gospel writers uses the phrase “kingdom of Heaven,” rather than kingdom of God.”
20. According to the presentations, the word “to save” and its cognates (savior and salvation) occur more frequently in this Gospel than any other.