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Cedarville NT exam 1 Dr. McKay Questions & Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Verified & Updated 2025 | Guaranteed Success How many years were the documents of the New Testament in the making? - ✔✔40 Matthew's purpose is to connect Christ with what Old Testament expectations? - ✔✔Messiah from the line of David God being with the people. A new Moses The Pharisees understanding of the Messiah was NOT based on the Old Testament. - ✔✔False Early church historians claim that Mark recorded the testimony of which apostle? - ✔✔Peter What is the difference between Peter's understanding of Messiah and Jesus' understanding of Messiah in Mark's Gospel? - ✔✔A victorious Jewish king versus suffering servant. What does Jesus' cleansing of the Temple signify? - ✔✔Jesus demonstrates that he is the rightful king by judging the practices in the Temple.
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How many years were the documents of the New Testament in the making? - ✔✔ 40 Matthew's purpose is to connect Christ with what Old Testament expectations? - ✔✔Messiah from the line of David God being with the people. A new Moses The Pharisees understanding of the Messiah was NOT based on the Old Testament. - ✔✔False Early church historians claim that Mark recorded the testimony of which apostle? - ✔✔Peter What is the difference between Peter's understanding of Messiah and Jesus' understanding of Messiah in Mark's Gospel? - ✔✔A victorious Jewish king versus suffering servant. What does Jesus' cleansing of the Temple signify? - ✔✔Jesus demonstrates that he is the rightful king by judging the practices in the Temple. Without a story (i.e., background context), it is impossible to determine whether a behavior is "good" or "evil." - ✔✔True
What parts of God's narrative are we covering in this course? - ✔✔Act 6: Return of the King Act 5: Spreading the News of the King Interlude Act 4: Coming of the King What prompted the beginning of the formation of the Sadducees, the Pharisees, the Zealots, and the Essenes? - ✔✔various reactions to Hasmonean and foreign rule. Jesus lived through the period of the Maccabean Revolt? - ✔✔False Select all responses which apply: What are the characteristics of the Gospel genre which we discussed? - ✔✔They are testimony. They are informative They are similar to ancient Greek biographies They are written to be read in light of the Old Testament They are transformative In our study of Matthew's Gospel, what portrait of Jesus is Matthew presenting? - ✔✔Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Testament expectations. Based on the handout "The Gospels as Stories," what response below is NOT part of a narrative analysis? - ✔✔cultural background information
Matthew and Luke both present the identical genealogy of Jesus; however, it is in reverse order. - ✔✔False Which Gospel is the only Gospel to contain a narrative of Jesus as a child? - ✔✔Luke How does Luke portray the arrival of the Holy Spirit in his Gospel? - ✔✔the Holy Spirit is the coming of the New Age predicted by Ezekiel's New Covenant. How does Mark portray that Jesus is God? - ✔✔Indirectly through Jesus' miracles over creation. Directly through Jesus' use of the OT about himself. Through the proclamation of unclean spirits/demons. When was John's Gospel most likely written? - ✔✔AD 95 When Jesus claims "I am the good shepherd" what is he stating when read in light of the OT? - ✔✔that he is Israel's true King. Matthew - ✔✔Authorship: Anonymous - early church taught Matthew Date: prior to AD 70 - difficult to be exact Audience: not clearly stated - OT references imply Jewish people Purpose: writing to demonstrate that Jesus is the fulfillment of OT expectations
Mark - ✔✔Authorship: Anonymous - early church taught John Mark Date: late AD 50's Audience: unknown - early church taught that Mark wrote in Rome to roman churches Purpose: to present Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God Luke - ✔✔Authorship: Luke the physician Date: early AD 60's Audience: Theophilus - also broader audience Purpose: to provide an orderly account about Jesus John - ✔✔Authorship: Anonymous - early church identified John Date: circa AD 95 Audience: no specific Purpose: so that the reader may believe and have life - John 20:30- 31 Even though most Jews lived outside of Israel, they distinguished themselves through what? - ✔✔circumcision, Sabbath worship, and maintaining food laws What are the parts of the OT cannon? - ✔✔Torah (law), Nevi'im (prophets), and Ketuvim (writings) What are the parts of the NT cannon? - ✔✔the Gospels, Pauls letters (plus hebrews), Acts and the general epistles, and the Revelation to John