The Resurrection and the Ascension

What does the term resurrection mean

• Rising from the dead

• An event recorded in all four gospels and the central belief in Christianity.

• Jesus rising from the dead on Easter day

• All of the above

What does the term ascension mean?

• Rising from the dead

• The event 40 days after the resurrection when Jesus returned to God, the Father in heaven.

• belief that God became flesh in the form of Jesus

• That God is all powerful

How many of the Gospels record the account of Jesus' resurrection

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

All four of the Gospel accounts are identical?

• True

• False

All four Gospels name ________ as one of the first people to discover that Jesus' body was missing.

• Peter

• Mary Magdalene

• Judas

• Mary the mother of Jesus

All four of the gospels make it quite clear that Jesus' body was....

• Lying in the tomb

• nowhere to be found

Each accounts mentions that after discovering that Jesus' body was missing they meet a man or two men who could have been angels, who told them that Jesus had risen from the dead

• True

• False

Only ______ and ______'s gospel mention the ascension and that Jesus left them for the last time.

• Matthew and John

• Mark and Matthew

• Mark and Luke

• Luke and John

Christians believe that Jesus rose from the dead after how many days?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 1

__________________________ were left in the tomb.

• Strips of cloth

• his body