The Gospels/John Review

When Jesus said, "I am the good shepherd," which of the following was he communicating?

• I am God.

• I am the Messiah-King descendant God promised to David

• I am literally a shepherd. And I am really good at it.

What was the first miracle that Jesus performed?

• healing a blind man

• raising Lazarus from the dead

• giving water to the woman at the well

• turning water into wine

When Jesus turned ceremonial cleansing water into wine, what statement was he making?

• he had come to do in reality what the ceremonial washing laws had done metaphorically: cleanse people from sin

• he didn't want people to get sick from the water--it had parasites

• he was making it clear that God had never actually asked people to participate in ceremonial washing

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects what John says about "the Word"

• "the Word" is the Eternal God who created everything that exists

• "the Word" entered his own creation in human form and was known as Jesus of Nazareth.

• "the Word" is someone God created

• Jesus was an ordinary man, and at some point, God's Word entered him and gave him power.

Which statement is most accurate according to the Gospel of John?

• Jesus tried not to offend people or get them too upset.

• Jesus made controversial claims about himself, pushing people to decide who they thought he was.

• People were drawn to Jesus's teachings, because he generally said things they most people could agree with.

Why was the woman at the well an unlikely prospect for following Jesus or becoming an evangelist?

• She was a Gentile who had never heard the prophesies about Jesus.

• She came to see Jesus at night, because she was embarrassed to be seen with him.

• She was demon-possessed.

• She was a woman, she was a despised minority ethnic group, and she was well-known for her sexual sin.

What did Jesus tell the woman at the well that he could give to her?

• permission to keep living with her boyfriend, as long as she was otherwise a good person

• a religion to follow that would help her feel better about herself

• an eternal spring of living water that wells up inside her, and constantly satisfies her deepest thirsts

When the woman at the well asked for living water, Jesus gently turned the subject to her live-in boyfriend and her string of ex-husbands. Why?

• He communicated his detailed knowledge of her past/present sin, because he wanted to make her feel guilty so she would stop having sex outside of marriage.

• He communicated his detailed knowledge of her past/present sin to make it clear that his offer of living water didn't hinge on her own "righteousness," and helped her see her need to repent of her sin so she could receive this gift of living water.

• He communicated his detailed knowledge of her past/present sin, knowing that it would help her recognize and believe that he was the Messiah

How did the woman at the well respond when Jesus brought up her sketchy past/current live-in boyfriend?

• She got angry and defended her right to do whatever made her happy.

• She brought up a hot political subject that seemed likely to bait Jesus into an argument and keep the focus off of her.

Jesus told the woman at the well that he was the promised Messiah, and based on her interaction with him, she believed he was. What did her faith/belief inspire her to do?

• Sing a song

• become a nun

• run back to her village, shouting to everyone that she had found the Messiah; she was no longer worried about what people thought of her

• go back to the village and start living according to the law of Moses so that she could earn the right to be forgiven