9 - NT - MARK

Which of the following events is NOT found in the Gospel of Mark?

Scholars locate Mark’s community in ___________, during the persecutions of Nero, or in Syria

In the parable of the Lamp, Jesus asks his disciples if a lamp is put under a ____ or a bed, instead of a lampstand.

The Greek word for Gospel is ________________, which means Good News.

The Paschal __ reveals the saving love of God through the life, Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ

At the crucifixion, Jesus’ only sympathetic companions are women: Mary Magdalene, ________, and Mary the mother of James

From the Greek word for “teaching,” the ______ refers to:  teaching directed to Christians who have accepted the Gospel

___ was probably the first Gospel to be written down, cuz it's the shortest, and the other Synoptics draw from it

The literary style of Mark’s Gospel suggests that it was written from the perspective of ______________

The ___ is the dogma that God’s eternal Son assumed a human nature and became man. Literally, “taking on flesh"

The ___ Gospels can be “seen together” in parallel columns and mutually compared because of their similarities

The author of Mark was a clumsy writer, but we usually don’t notice, because _____ make it easier to read

“Q” stands for the German word “Quelle,” meaning ____

The author of Mark wrote in the Greek language, but also used some ______________ language phrases and words

The audience for this Gospel was largely ___________, “as they seemed to be unaware of the customs of the … Jews.”

“Q” stands for the German word “Quelle,” meaning ____

Teaching devices, these stories drawn from ordinary life that convey deep religious truths

The word parable comes from the Greek word ballo, meaning throw, and the preposition para, meaning:

The _____________ narrative takes up ⅓ of Mark’s Gospel, even though it only covers a few days.

Jesus compared the crowds who followed him to sheep without a shepherd, and invited them to consider God their _________

This millennial created a website promoting Eucharistic miracles, before passing away in 2006 from leukemia

Tradition associates Mark’s Gospel’s author with John Mark, an associate of St. _____________ and St. Barnabus.

Jesus compared the Word of God to seed sown on varying kinds of soil, a tiny ____________ seed that becomes a big plant

In Mark 4:10-13, Jesus explains that he uses parables to:

The “Two-Source Theory” proposes that both the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke used which two sources?