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HOW READEST THOU?

Test Questions


This does not purport to be an in–depth study of the life of Christ, but is designed to induce Christians to read carefully the records by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and to stimulate interest in the study and application of practical lessons drawn from Jesus' life and teachings.





Guy V. Caskey

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LIST OF WORLD RULERS IN THE TIME OF CHRIST
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Augustus
(27 B.C. – 14 A.D.)

Tiberius
(14 A.D. – 37 A.D.)

Caius Caligula
(37 B.C. – 41 A.D.)

Claudius
(41 A.D. – 54 A.D.)

Nero
(54 A.D. – 68 A.D.)

Galba
(68 A.D. – 69 A.D.)

Otho
(69 A.D.)

Vitellius
(698 A.D.

Vespasian
(69 A.D. – 79 A.D.)

Titus
(79 A.D. – 81 A.D.)

Domition
(81 A.D. – 96 A.D.)

Nerva
(96 A.D. – 98 A.D.)

Trajan
(98 A.D. – 117 A.D.)

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LIST OF LOCAL RULERS IN THE TIME OF CHRIST
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THE HERODIAN FAMILY TREE

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Archaelaus, son of Herod the Great, ethnarch (ruler of the people) of Judaea and Samaria, was called to Rome for his misgovernment in 6 A.D. and was deposed. In his stead were placed Roman procurators, of whom Pontius Pilate was the seventh. In later New Testament history, Felix and Festus became governors of this territory.

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LESSON ONE

Study: Matthew 1–5; Mark 1; Luke 1–5; John 1

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the correct word or words.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. Matthew omitted the names of Bible women from his genealogy, because to include them was not compatible with custom.
T F 2. Luke is the only biographer of the New Testament who relates the birth of Christ in detail.
T F 3. In fact, Mark and John do not so much as mention the birth of Jesus.
T F 4. Elisabeth insisted upon naming their child Zacharias for his father.
T F 5. John baptized all the Pharisees and Sadducees from Jerusalem, Judea, and the region round about Jordan.
T F 6. Matthew relates that when Mary was found with child, Joseph though her to be an adulteress.
T F 7. By reading all four accounts of the gospel, we learn that the shepherds from Bethlehem and the wise men from the east were the same characters.
T F 8. Long before Jesus was baptized, God acknowledged him as his Beloved Son.
T F 9. John affirmed the deity of Jesus when he stated that Christ was, in the beginning, with God.
T F 10. Paul referred to Jesus as “the lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world.”

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LESSON TWO

Study: Matthew 1–5; Mark 1; Luke 1–5; John 1

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the correct word or words.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. Jesus began his personal ministry when he was about thirty years old.
T F 2. Andrew had been a disciple of John the Baptist..
T F 3. The Sadducees were strong believers in the resurrection of the dead and in the existence of angels and spirits.
T F 4. Luke informs us that, as a child, Jesus was weak and frail.
T F 5. Under the law of Moses, when a male child was born a sacrifice of a pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons was compulsory.
T F 6. We have learned that Luke traced the genealogy of Christ back to Adam.
T F 7. Jesus did not perform many miracles during the early part of His ministry.
T F 8. Because of the promiscuous living of the Jews, Jesus positively refused to teach in their synagogues.
T F 9. Leprosy is a defect of the eyes closely akin to astigmatism.
T F 10. Philip's home was Bethsaida, “the city of Andrew and Peter.”

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LESSON THREE

Study: Matthew 5; Mark 2; Luke 5; John 2–3

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the correct word or words.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. Jesus performed his first miracle when He turned water into wine at the marriage feast.
T F 2. When Jesus made a scourge of small cords, He drove out of the temple “those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money,” he was not manifesting the Spirit of God..
T F 3. Inasmuch as Christ's Sermon on the Mount was preached to the Jews under the law of Moses, it is not applicable to us in this age.
T F 4. Jesus ought to have known that it is not possible for us to love our enemies.
T F 5. A Christian is to rejoice and be exceedingly glad when his good name and reputation are evil spoken of.
T F 6. Jesus' primary purpose while on the earth was to destroy the law of Moses.
T F 7. The disciples of Jesus fasted often while He was on the earth.
T F 8. The man sick of the palsy (paralysis), who was let down through the roof of the house wherein Jesus taught, was healed because of his great faith.
T F 9. It was a violation of the law of Moses for the disciples of the Lord to pluck and eat the grains of corn on the Sabbath day.
T F 10. Peter and his companions caught two shiploads of fish at the same time.

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LESSON FOUR

Study: Matthew 6-7; Mark 3; Luke 6; John 4

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the correct word or words.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. It is right to pray for our daily bread.
T F 2. Though Jesus often rebuked the religious groups of His day, He never became angry with them.
T F 3. He who blasphemes the Holy Spirit shall never be forgiven, but is in danger of everlasting condemnation.
T F 4. Inasmuch as the blood of Christ is all–powerful, man has committed no sin for which he cannot be forgiven.
T F 5. Evidently the names of Judas, Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, found in the lists of the twelve apostles refer to the same person.
T F 6. In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus made it abundantly clear that the way to heaven is not easy.
T F 7. But He further emphasized that for one to be saved from his past sins, he need do no more that call upon the name of Jesus.
T F 8. The Pharisees heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, yet the Lord baptized no one with His own hands.
T F 9. A prophet is not without honor save in his own country.
T F 10. A parable is a brief narrative, true or fictitious, used to illustrate some moral or spiritual truth.
T F 11. The woman with whom Jesus talked at Jacob's well in Galilee was a polygamist.
T F 12. The mountain in Jerusalem upon which the Jews worshipped was Sinai — sometimes called Horeb.

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LESSON FIVE

Study: Matthew 8; Mark 4, Luke 7, John 6

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the correct word or words.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. If the centurion had only believe in the Lord, there is no doubt but that He would have healed his paralytic servant.
T F 2. After reading with care and watchfulness all of the records concerning the brief periods of the life of Christ and His apostles, one soon concludes that all of the Twelve were celibate (unmarried).
T F 3. It is interesting to note that Jesus did much of his teaching of his disciples and the multitudes from a sitting posture.
T F 4. John the Baptist seemed to doubt (considering the questions he asked) that Jesus was the promised Messiah.
T F 5. Jesus, in discussing John with others, likened him to a reed shaken by the wind.
T F 6. Among those born of women, no prophet was greater than John; yet, he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
T F 7. The Pharisees referred to John as “a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.”
T F 8. In the parable of the sower, the seed is the word of God, and the soils are the hearts of men..
T F 9. No man has seen God at any time.
T F 10. People should not each hog meat today, for Jesus suffered (allowed) the devils to enter the herd of swine.

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LESSON SIX

Study: Matthew 9; Mark 6; Luke 8, John 6

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the correct word or words.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. In the parable of the sower, the seed which fell by the wayside represent those people with good and honest hearts who are gladly receptive of the truth.
T F 2. When Jesus came to raise from the dead the daughter of Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, the people laughed Him to scorn.
T F 3. The Sea of Galilee is also called the Sea of Tiberius.
T F 4. When the Lord sent his disciples out on the lesser commission, he instructed them to carry ample supplies that they be in need of neither food nor dress.
T F 5. The five loaves and two fishes with which Jesus fed the multitudes were, no doubt, purchased from a lad.
T F 6. The man whose name was “Legion” was so called because only a few devils were entered into him.
T F 7. Many people follow the Lord, not for spiritual food, but for the loves and fishes.
T F 8. Jesus taught that physicians in the Christian era would not be needed and should not be used..
T F 9. Andrew and Philip were two brothers.
T F 10. Upon hearing and considering some “hard sayings” of Jesus, many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him.

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LESSON SEVEN

Study: Matthew 10; Mark 7–8; Luke 9–10; John 7–8

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the correct word or words.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. It was John who confessed, “Thou art the Christ.”
T F 2. Jesus told his disciples that the kingdom of God would come before the death of some of them..
T F 3. When the Lord told His disciples that He would be raised from the dead the third day, He meant three days containing twenty-four hours each..
T F 4. Jesus said that a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Gaza, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and departed, leaving him half dead.
T F 5. But a certain Levite, as he journeyed, came where he was; and, when he saw him, he had compassion on him.
T F 6. Martha and her sister, Mary, lived in the city of Jerusalem.
T F 7. For a long time, the Lord's own brothers did not believe Him..
T F 8. When the scribes and Pharisees brought unto Jesus a woman taken in adultery, he stooped down and, with His finger, wrote on the ground, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.“
T F 9. The Jews accused the Lord of being a Samaritan..
T F 10. The feast of Pentecost was also called the feast of tabernacles, because the people during this celebration dwelt in tents.

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LESSON EIGHT

Study: Matt. 11–12; Mark 9–10, Luke 11–12; John 9–10

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the correct word or words.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. The twelve apostles were sometimes referred to as the disciples of the Lord.
T F 2. Tyre and Sidon were two among the most faithful disciples of the Lord.
T F 3. The Jewish Sabbath, the seventh day of the week, corresponds to our Saturday.
T F 4. The disciples of the Lord plucked and ate of the ears of corn on the Sabbath, though the law of Moses strictly forbade their doing so.
T F 5. The blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men.
T F 6. Jesus said, “The queen of the south came up from Nineveh to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.”
T F 7. The rich man said to his soul, “Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die.”
T F 8. On the road from Jericho, Jesus healed a blind man whose name was Bartimaeus.
T F 9. The Lord said that the kingdom of God would come during the lifetime of some then living.
T F 10. ”I am the good husbandman, and know my sheep,” said Jesus.

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LESSON NINE

Study: Matthew 13; Mark 11; Luke 13; John 11

Multiple–choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the blanks.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. Jesus did not often teach His disciples by parables, because they were not easily understood.
T F 2. The little town of Bethany stood on the summit of Mount Olives outside of Jerusalem.
T F 3. The prophets often referred to Mount Olivet as Mount Zion.
T F 4. Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair.
T F 5. Caiaphas was the high priest the same year Jesus was crucified.
T F 6. According to the chronology of affairs, the Lord's triumphant entry into Jerusalem occurred shortly before the decapitation of John the Baptist.
T F 7. Though many so believe, Jesus was not the son of a carpenter, but of a very humble husbandman.
T F 8. Only a few miracles were performed by the Master in His home city because of their unbelief.
T F 9. Lazarus had been dead four days when the Lord came to raise him.
T F 10. In reality there are only three records of the gospel, since John wrote primarily for the church.

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LESSON TEN

Study: Matthew 14–15; Mark 12; Luke 14; John 12–13

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the correct word or words.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. The fourth watch of the night was from 12:00 o'clock until 3:00 o'clock.
T F 2. It was a violation of the law of Moses to eat food with unwashed hands.
T F 3. The Master taught His disciples to “render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's”.
T F 4. In the resurrection they shall neither marry nor give in marriage.
T F 5. To a scribe that reasoned discreetly about the love of God, Jesus said: “Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.”
T F 6. The poor widow who cast into the treasury one mite, gave more that all who cast in of their abundance.
T F 7. One must despise, yea, literally hate father, mother, wife, children, brethren, sisters, and self, before he can be a disciple of the Lord.
T F 8. The chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus, whom the Lord had raised from the dead, to death.

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REVIEW LESSON

MULTIPLE–CHOICE: Underline the correct answer.

COMPLETION: Fill in the correct word.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. Christ was, in the beginning, with God.
T F 2. Jesus performed his first miracle when he turned water into wine at the marriage feast..
T F 3. It is right to pray for our daily bread.
T F 4. All of the apostles were celibates (unmarried).

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T F 5. Andrew and Philip were twin brothers.
T F 6. Martha and her sister Mary lived in the city of Jerusalem.
T F 7. Tyre and Sidon were two among the most faithful of the disciples of the Lord.
T F 8. Lazarus had been dead four days when the Lord came to raise him.
T F 9. The fourth watch of the night was from 12:00 o'clock until 3:00 o'clock.
T F 10. Matthew seems to suggest that when Mary was found with child, Joseph though her to be an adulteress.
T F 11. Jesus began His ministry when He was about thirty years old.
T F 12. Leprosy is a defect of the eyes closely akin to astigmatism.

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LESSON ELEVEN

Study: Matthew 16–17; Mark 13; Luke 15; John 14

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the blank.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. The younger son, who stayed at home, may well represent the self–righteous church member.
T F 2. If you love Christ, you will keep His commandments.
T F 3. There was another Judas among the apostles beside Iscariot.
T F 4. Jesus said there would be a few prophets in these last days who would know the hour of His coming.
T F 5. The boy who stayed at home, though self–righteous, did not resent the kindness his father showed his erring brother.
T F 6. Capernaum, a close frind to Nicodemus, and also a ruler of the Jews, became a disciple of Jesus shortly.
T F 7. In the parable of the lost coin, the ten pieces of money were silver.
T F 8. Jesus said that some were standing there who should not die until they had seen His kingdom come.

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LESSON TWELVE

Study: Matthew 18–19; Mark 14; Luke 15–16; John 15

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the blank.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. Jesus promised James and John, the sons of Zebedee, that they should be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
T F 2. “For where twor three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them,” said Jesus.
T F 3. Luke said that the story of the rich man and Lazarus was a parable.
T F 4. The rich young ruler gladly sold his possession, distributed them to the poor, and followed the Lord.
T F 5. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”.
T F 6. Occasionally we find that one of the gospel writers has recorded an event which none of the other three has mentioned.
T F 7. At the request of the rich man, Father Abraham sent one from the dead to warn his five brothers on the earth.
T F 8. The Lord did not institute the supper on the night of His betrayal, notwithstanding many so teach.

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LESSON THIRTEEN

Study: Matthew 20–21

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the blanks.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. Among those who were cleansed of leprosy was a Samaritan.
T F 2. Jesus said the time would come when man would think he was doing God's will to kill the disciples of the Lord.
T F 3. Jesus refused to heal afflicted people in the temple because the temple was a place of worship.
T F 4. Jesus inferred that we are not to forgive a brother who trespasses against us, unless he repents..
T F 5. The Holy Spirit and the Comforter are two different personages.
T F 6. No one ever questioned Jesus' authority because everyone knew whence it came.
T F 7. The disciples always understood everything that Jesus taught them.
T F 8. One of the outstanding lessons Jesus taught his disciples was humility; for all of them, it seems, had aspirations to become greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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LESSON FOURTEEN

Study: Matthew 22–23; Luke 18; John 17

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the blanks.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. Jesus emphasized that the law of Moses forbade the Jews to pay tribute to Caesar.
T F 2. He who would sacrifice here for the Lord's sake shall, in no wise, lose his reward.
T F 3. In the resurrection, people neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
T F 4. Only one time did Jesus refer to the scribes and Pharisees as hypocrites, and then He manifested regret that He had spoken so harshly.
T F 5. Those who were invited to the marriage feast of the king's son, but refused to come were, no doubt, the Jews.
T F 6. In the seventeenth chapter of John is the shortest recorded prayer of our Lord.
T F 7. Jesus' teaching never carried rebuke; it was wholly composed of kind persuasion and gentle exhortation.
T F 8. The Pharisees were the best friends Jesus had on earth.

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LESSON FIFTEEN

Matthew 24–25; Luke 19–20, John 18

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the blanks.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. Peter was the only disciple that followed Jesus to the palace of the high priest.
T F 2. It was not lawful for the Jews to try any man and put him to death because they did not have the authority.
T F 3. All the Jews who hated Christ thronged into Pilate's judgment hall to accuse Him.
T F 4. Jesus described the destruction of Jerusalem as very mild in comparison to wars that were to come.
T F 5. Because some of the virgins refused to wear wedding garments to the marriage, they were called foolish.
T F 6. It is true that Christ was both David's son and his Lord.
T F 7. The Lord abundantly blessed the man who had hidden his talent in the earth because he had preserved it until his return.
T F 8. Jesus condemned the Pharisees and Scribes to their faces.

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LESSON SIXTEEN

Study: Matthew 26; Mark 15; Luke 21–22; John 19

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

Completion: Fill in the blanks.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. Darkness was upon the earth for three hours, from the sixth to the ninth hour, while Jesus was hanging upon the cross.
T F 2. Perhaps Jesus would have lived longer than six hours on the cross had not the soldiers broken his legs.
T F 3. Pilate refused to change the superscription he had placed over the Lord's cross.
T F 4. On the night Jesus instituted the supper, a young man named Eutychus having fallen asleep, fell from a window in the upper chamber where Jesus and his disciples were, and was taken up dead.
T F 5. But Jesus fell on him and embraced him and brought him back to life.
T F 6. The Lord shed his blood for the remission of sins.

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LESSON SEVENTEEN

Study: Matt. 27–28; Mark 16, Luke 23–24; John 20–21

Multiple–Choice: Underline the correct answer.

  • When they lead Jesus out to (Mars', Golgotha's, Olivet's) hill to crucify Him, they gave Him to drink (vinegar mingled with gall, wine mingled with bitter herbs, water mingled with salt).
  • “Now when Jesus was risen early the (first, seventh, fourth) day of the week, he appeared first to (Mary the mother of James, Salome, Mary Magdalene).”
  • Herod was exceedingly glad when Pilate sent Jesus to him, for he wanted the pleasure of (scourging Him, setting Him at nought and mocking Him, seeing him perform some miracle).
  • (Barabbas, Barnabs, Barsabas) who was guilty of (adultery, disrespect of Jewish traditions, sedition and murder) was released.
  • There seems to be only (two, three, four) reports of the Great Commission.
  • Jesus promised His disciples that after He arose from the dead He would appear unto them in (Jerusalem, Galilee, Corinth) as he had appointed.
  • When they were told that the Lord's body had been removed from the sepulchre, (Peter, James, John) came first to the sepulchre, but (Peter, James, John) went in, while (Peter, James, John) remained outside.
  • As Mary turned from the tomb weeping and saw Jesus, she thought him to be (an angel, the gardener, one of His disciples).
  • “but (Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew), one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.”
  • Jesus asked of (Peter, Nathanael, Zebedee) (One, two, three) times: “Do you love me more than these?”

Completion: Fill in the blanks.

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True–False: Put a ring around the correct answer.

T F 1. Had Pilate been more than a puppet of his wicked wife, he would have released Jesus.
T F 2. While Jesus as hanging on the cross, the earth quaked and the graves were opened, and the bodies of the saints which slept arose after He arose.
T F 3. The keepers of the tomb were paid huge sums of money to falsely report that the body of Jesus had been stolen.
T F 4. The name of the malefactor who besought the mercy of Christ was John, while the name of the other is not given.
T F 5. None of the disciples of the Lord went fishing after He made them fishermen of men..
T F 6. After reading carefully our lesson, we should conclude that the sea of Tiberias and the sea of Galilee are names referring to the same body of water..
T F 7. The saying went abroad among the brethren that John should not die.
T F 8. The book of John contains more chapters than any of the other four records.
T F 9. The apostles thought Jesus was a spirit as He suddenly stood in their midst on one occasion following the resurrection.
T F 10. Jesus never indicated in his discussion with His disciples with what fate any of them should meet..

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