The Life of Jesus - Quiz No.2

01

The first disciples chosen by Jesus were two pairs of brothers. What were the names of the four, and what was their occupation? 

 

02

In which town on the shores of the Sea of Galilee did they live?

 

03

“Blessed are the meek, for they ... “ Complete this saying of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount.

 

04

“Think not that I came to abolish the law and the prophets: I have come not to abolish them but ...” Complete these words of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount.

 

05

To what was Jesus referring, when he spoke about “the law and the prophets”?  

 

06

“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even ... in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” To whom did Jesus allude by way of comparison?

 

07

To what does Jesus liken the man “who hears these words of mine and does them“?

 

08

What does Jesus instruct his disciples to seek first?

 

09

When Jesus was asleep in the boat on the Sea of Galilee, and a mighty storm arose, his disciples, fearful that they were about to capsize, awoke him with the words, “Save, Lord, we are perishing.” What was Jesus’ reply, and what did he do?

 

10

Four men brought to Jesus a man stricken with paralysis on a stretcher, but they were unable to get near him (in the synagogue) because of the throng. How did they manage to get Jesus’ attention for their friend?

 

11

What was the occupation of Matthew before he was called to become a disciple?

 

12

When Jesus was asked why the disciples of John and of the Pharisees practised fasting and his disciples did not, what was his reply?

 

13

Jesus raised from the dead the twelve year old daughter of the ruler of a synagogue. What was his name?

 

14

Who did Jesus say repented at the preaching of Jonah?

 

15

Who did Jesus say came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon?

 

16

When Jesus gave the parable of the sower, he spoke of four different types of ground upon which the good seed fell. How did Jesus define these four different types?

 

17

What was the fruit brought forth by the good soil?

 

18

In the final year of his ministry Jesus began to teach much more extensively by parables. Why did he say that he did this?

 

 

 

 

   (NB. Quotations are taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible.)

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