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In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus tells three parables in a row to the listening Pharisees and sinners.  These parables are ____, the Parable of the Lost Coin, and the Parable of the Prodigal Son.

Which of the following rulers of God’s people tried to force them to become Hellenized?

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of Revelation discussed in class?

In all four gospels, who are the first people to find that Jesus has been resurrected?

In class discussion, it was suggested that many Jews had certain expectations for the role of God’s Savior – they seemed to have expected a ____.

This disciple betrayed Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.

How does James describe the relationship between faith and works?

What changes between the end of the gospels and Acts 2 that allows someone like Peter, an uneducated Galilean fisherman, to preach powerful sermons that convince thousands that Jesus is God’s Messiah?

Paul defines ___ as “a person’s acceptance of God’s free and undeserved gift of covenant relationship.”

Which of the many “Judaisms” that existed in the 1st century was characterized as: aristocratic members of the priesthood, who were more conservative?  The Temple was central to this group’s existence.