Q31: What was their expectation? (John 12:13)

Q32: With deliberate symbolism, Jesus obtained a donkey and entered Jerusalem riding on it, fulfilling prophecy, as John points out. What was required before the disciples understood the meaning of this? (John 12:14-16)

Q33: How does the passage about the stone the builders rejected summarize the parable of the vineyard? (Matt. 21:33-42)

Q34: Who was the cornerstone? Who were the builders? (Matt. 21:42)

Q35: What will happen to those who possess the Kingdom of God as Jesus speaks? Who are the people to whom it will be given? (Matt. 21:43)

Q36: Who are the two classes of people, those who fall on the stone and those who are crushed by it? (Matt. 21:44)

Q37: What particular belief of the people caused the chief priests and Pharisees to fear the consequences of taking Jesus into custody? (Matt. 21:46)

Q38: What source did Jesus cite? (Mark 12:10)

Q39: In this reversal of fortune, who has done it? Is it amazing? (Mark 12:11)

Q40: "They" were evidently the Pharisees and the Temple rulers. How did they perceive the parable? (Mark 12:12)

Q41: Why did they not simply seize Jesus immediately? (Matt. 21:45; Mark 12:12)

Q42: After Jesus affirmed the conclusion of the parable, what response of the people did Luke record? (Luke 20:16)

Q43: Did they understand the parable? (Luke 20:16)

Q44: The people's expression, "May this never be!" ("God forbid", AV), shows that they didn't believe Jesus. How did He convince them? (Luke 20:17)

Q45: Did what Jesus implicitly predicted happen? (Luke 20:18)

Week 5. Who is Jesus: the Evangelists on Jesus

        Welcome to the Quotations Bible Study blog. This is the fifth week's posting. Each week a new set of posts will be made available. For more information on the Quotations Bible Study, see the home page.
        Below is a list of posts giving the questions posed in the fifth week. Feel free to respond with your own answers. Anonymous comments are permitted. Discussions are encouraged.
        So, enjoy exploring the word together.

Q1: The LORD is speaking to Isaiah: who is the servant, chosen? (Isa. 41:8,9)

Q2: But is the LORD speaking about a group or a particular person? (Isa. 42:1)

Q3: How does the LORD feel about the Servant? (Isa. 42:1)

Q4: What will the LORD send the Servant? (Isa. 42:1)

Q5: The descriptions in Isa. 42:2,3 concern the obedience of the Servant to the LORD’s will. What four behaviors will mark the Servant?

Q6: What will be the result of the Servant’s faithfulness? (Isa. 42:3)

Q7: Is the Servant immune to ordinary failings? (Isa. 42:4)

Q8: Is the Servant’s calling just to Israel? (Isa. 42:4)

Q9: How will the “islands” (Scofield says the Hebrew word means “coasts”; does this mean the whole Mediterranean world? it might) look on the Servant? (Isa. 42:4)

Q10: When we last saw Jesus, His family had settled in Nazareth. (Matt. 2:23). Now He appears before John the Baptist as a full-grown adult. Is the Gospel of Matthew a biography?

Q11: John the Baptist soothed his listeners with comforting words and gentle sayings—true or false? (Matt. 3:7-10)

Q12: John distinguishes himself from the one to come. What four distinctions does John cite? (Matt. 3:11,12)

Q13: Where did Jesus come from? (Matt. 3:13)

Q14: John at first refused to baptize Jesus. Why? (Matt. 3:14)

Q15: On what grounds did Jesus persuade John to baptize Him? (Matt. 3:15)

Q16: What three signs of Jesus initiation into His divine mission followed His baptism? (Matt. 3:16,17)

Q17: Where did Jesus come from? (Mark 1:9)

Q18: What three signs were given immediately after Jesus’ baptism? (Mark 1:10,11)

Q19: John the Baptist presented an agreeable manner—true or false? (Luke 3:7-9)

Q20: John distinguishes himself from the one to come. What four distinctions does John cite? (Luke 3:16,17)

Q21: John, like the legendary old preacher, had “quit preaching and gone to meddling.” What happened with Herod? (Luke 3:19,20)

Q22: What three signs of Jesus initiation into His divine mission follow His baptism? (Luke 3:21,22)

Q23: How old was Jesus by then? (Luke 3:23)

Q24: What three important points about who Jesus is are recorded in the mouth of John the Baptist? (John 1:15,17,18)

Q25: John the Baptist distinguishes himself from the one to come. What distinctions does John cite? (John 1:26,27)

Q26: John the Baptist gives the reason for water baptism. What is it? (John 1:31)

Q27: John records John the Baptist’s testimony as though he had been talking directly to him (which he might well have done). What happened at Jesus’ baptism? (John 1:32,33)

Q28: Who informed John the Baptist of Jesus’ identity and the meaning of what he saw? (John 1:6,34)

Q29: What was the people’s attitude towards the Servant? (Isa. 53:3)

Q30: What did the Servant bear? (Isa. 53:4,5)

Q31: What is the Servant likened to? (Isa. 53:7)

Q32: What did the Servant’s life become? (Isa. 53:10)

Q33: How important was the One to follow, in John’s opinion? (John 1:27,30)

Q34: Why was John baptizing? (John 1:31)

Q35: Where did John get his information? (John 1:33,34)

Week 4. Messenger: Jesus on John the Baptist

        Welcome to the Quotations Bible Study blog. This is the fourth week's posting. Each week a new set of posts will be made available. For more information on the Quotations Bible Study, see the home page.
        Below is a list of posts giving the questions posed in the fourth week. Feel free to respond with your own answers. Anonymous comments are permitted. Discussions are encouraged.
        So, enjoy exploring the word together.

Q1: Whatever the timeframe, the LORD is speaking as though the people are in captivity. The imperative "comfort" is plural. Whom is the LORD speaking to? (Isa. 40:1)

Q2: What comfort has the LORD to offer? (Isa. 40:2)

Q3: How much has Jerusalem been punished? (Isa. 40:2)

Q4: What is the "way of the LORD"? (Isa. 35:8-10)

Q5: If the geographical images in Isaiah 40:3,4 are applied to the
strata of human society and the landscape of human affairs, what is going to happen?

Q6: Who is "all mankind"? (Isa. 40:5)

Q7: What is the "glory of the LORD" that "all mankind" will see? (Isa. 40:5)

Q8: To what is the transience of man compared? (Isa. 40:6-8) Who else suggested this? (Matt. 5:17,18, James 1:10)

Q9: Who is the shepherd? (Isa. 40:11, John 10:11-16)

Q10: In all that will happen, who will survive? (Isa. 40:31, Hab. 2:4)

Q11: Where was John preaching? (Matt. 3:1)

Q12: What was John preaching? (Matt. 3:2)

Q13: What does Matthew claim about John? (Matt. 3:3)

Q14: John dressed oddly, didn't he? (2 Kings 1:8; Matt. 3:4)

Q15: John's message attracted attention. Where did people come from to hear him? (Matt. 3:5)

Q16: What did John do to those who came to him? (Matt. 3:6)

Q17: Whom did John condemn? (Matt. 3:7)

Q18: Whom did John announce? (Matt. 3:11,12)

Q19: What was the other baptism? (Matt. 3:11)

Q20: What does Mark claim about John? (Mark 1:2,3)

Q21: Where was John preaching? (Mark 1:4)

Q22: What was John preaching? (Mark 1:4)

Q23: What did John do to those who came to him? (Mark 1:4)

Q24: John's message attracted attention. Where did people come from to hear him? (Mark 1:5)

Q25: Whom did John announce? (Mark 1:7)

Q26: What was the other baptism? (Mark 1:8)

Q27: What does Luke claim about John? (Luke 3:2)

Q28: Where was John preaching? (Luke 3:3)

Q29: What was John preaching? (Luke 3:3)

Q30: Whom did John condemn? (Luke 3:7)

Q31: Whom did John announce? (Luke 3:16)

Q32: What was the other baptism? (Luke 3:16)

Q33: Who came to quiz John and where were they from? (John 1:19)

Q34: Whose identity did John deny for himself? (John 1:20,21)

Q35: What was John doing? (John 1:26)

Q36: Whom did John announce? (John 1:26,27)

Q37: John the Baptist's witness to Jesus is very detailed. How did he know Jesus? (John 1:33)

Q38: What will the messenger do? (Mal. 3:1)

Q39: What happens after the messenger completes his task? (Mal. 3:1)

Q40: Who is the messenger of the covenant? (Mal. 3:1)

Q41: How bad will it be? (Mal. 3:2,3)

Q42: John heard about what Christ was doing. What had he been doing? (Matt. 11:1,5; Luke 7:14,15)

Q43: Why did John doubt? (Matt. 11:2; Luke 7:19)

Q44: What works did Jesus point out to John's disciples? (Isa. 35:5,6; Matt. 11:5; Luke 7:22)

Q45: Jesus discussed the role of John in the Kingdom, describing him with irony. What did "a reed shaken by the wind" mean? (Matt. 11:7; Luke 7:24) Hint: was John a popular figure?

Q46: Why did Jesus refer to fine clothes? John was not a snappy dresser (Matt. 3:4) Hint: John was unjustly a king's prisoner. (Matt. 11:8; Luke 7:25)

Q47: Jesus said John was more than a prophet. (Matt. 11:9; Luke 7:26) What could be more than a prophet? (Matt. 11:10; Luke 7:27)

Week 3. Temptations: Jesus in the Wilderness

        Welcome to the Quotations Bible Study blog. This is the third week's posting. Each week a new set of posts will be made available. For more information on the Quotations Bible Study, see the home page.
        Below is a list of posts giving the questions posed in the third week. Feel free to respond with your own answers. Anonymous comments are permitted. Discussions are encouraged.
        So, enjoy exploring the word together.