Greek, Roman, and Israeli Influence on Christianity & Jesus' Ministry, Exercises of English

Download Greek, Roman, and Israeli Influence on Christianity & Jesus' Ministry and more Exercises English in PDF only on Docsity! Week 8 1. Three great nations contributed significantly to the preparation of the coming of Christ in the new testament.  Greece  Rome  Israel  Ephesus 2. Greeks contributed their culture which gave Christianity its language—Greek, the language of its writings - TRUE 3. Israel-The Jews contributed their religion to the growth of Christianity. - TRUE 4. Roman road network simplified commercial activities in the empire; the roads linked various cities, continents and settlements and aided the rapid spread of the gospel and gave the faith numerous converts - TRUE 5. The circumstances of the birth of Jesus is unique due to the following factors:  Announced by the angel Gabriel  Virgin birth  Fulfills prophecy in the OT to be born In Bethlehem 6. In The baptism of Jesus the three persons of the trinity was displayed ; identify the three persons of the trinity (Luke 3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. Tempted by Satan)  Holy Ghost (bodily shape like a dove)  God the Father (a voice name came from heaven)  Jesus (the beloved son) 7. Jesus was led by the Spirit to the wilderness to pray and fast for forty days while he was tempted byu Satan. - TRUE 8. Two people got saved upon meeting Jesus. One was a religious rabbi and another was an immoral woman. Both of them experienced what Jesus calls being born again. - TRUE Week 9 (Jesus Minister) 1. REJECTION Jesus returned to Nazareth, the town of his youth. He spoke in the synagogue, but the townspeople did not like what he said. They hurried him unceremoniously out of the town. - TRUE 2. Selection Jesus Christ selected the 12 apostles from among his early followers to become his first followers closest companions. - TRUE 3. Jesus taught by telling earthly stories with heavenly meaning. - FABLES 4. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. - LUKE 19:10 5. Thirty miracles are recorded in the gospels. They can be categorized as: - ALL OF THE ABOVE 6. The Gospels relate that one day Jesus took three disciples up a mountain, where they witnessed his transfiguration into divine form: his face shone like the sun, his garments became brilliantly white, and a voice from heaven proclaimed that this was the son of God. - TRANSFIGURATION 7. He was a friend to Jesus and a brother to Mary and Martha.He died, was buried and was raised back to life by Jesus. - LAZARUS 8. Jewish tax collectors like Zacchaeus were scorned by their countrymen for a couple of reasons:  They were known for cheating the taxpayers  They worked for Rome