Unit 1a (The Gospels) Pretest

What are the Gospels?

• Books about Moses and the Israelites

• Records of Jesus' life and ministry

• Music that you sing at church

• Stories about how to be a good person

Who is the Messiah?

• A music composer from Germany

• The awaited savior of the human race

• Moses's brother who became the first Israelite priest

• Samson's cousin who was killed by the Philistines

Jesus is....

• Second Person of the Trinity

• Just a nice guy

• A Jewish rabbi and prophet

• The founder of Islam

Answer explanation

Jesus is God, as is the Father and the Holy Spirit!

Which of these people is an author of one of the Gospels?

• Jeremy

• Tiffany

• Jesus

• Matthew

The Gospels were written around what time period?

• 500 BC

• 1000 AD

• First century AD

• During the life of Jesus

What does the word "synoptic" mean?

• General summary from a similar point of view

• Difficult to understand because it's old

• Written in Greek and Hebrew

• Spoken instead of written

The infancy narrative refers to what event?

• The weather in Israel

• The birth of Jesus

• The parting of the Red Sea

• When the Reds won the World Series

Christ's passion is a description of what?

• Jesus' teachings about loving your neighbor

• Jesus' love for people

• The trial, crucifixion, and death of Jesus

• Jesus' performing of mircales