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)