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FUN WITH BIBLE NUMBERS����� |
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NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS ON THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST |
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First is the life of Christ written by Matthew |
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| 315.���� _____� The generations listed by Matthew �from Abraham to David were 14, from David to the Babylonian captivity were 14, and from the Babylonian captivity to Jesus Christ were 14 (Matthew 1:17).� How many generations were listed in all? |
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| 316.���� _____� In Psalm 51:5, David said he was conceived in sin.� In Deuteronomy 23:2, the Law stated that if an illegitimate son was born, 10 generations following would be considered ceremonially unclean and not able to go to the Tabernacle (later, the Temple).� Judah had an illegitimate son named Phares.� His son was Esrom,� his son Aram, then Aminidab, Naason, Salmon, Boaz, Obed, Jesse and finally David.� What generation was David from Phares?� What generation built the Temple? |
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| 317.���� _____� At the time of Jesus' birth, wise men from the east saw the star and came to see Jesus (Matthew |
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| _____� 2:1, 2).� WISEMEN comes from the Greek word usually referring to astrologers in Persia (today's Iran).� Persia was about 1,000 miles from Bethlehem.� A day's journey was about 10 miles; but on a longer jopurney, it would be about 5 miles with herds for food and more supplies.� How many days did it possibly take the wise men to arrive in Bethlehem?� That's about how many months? |
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| 318.���� _____� Joseph was warned by God to flee Bethlehem and hide in Egypt since Herod would kill all babies under age 2 (Matthew 2:13).� It was approximately 100 milies to the border of Egypt from Bethlehem, and another 200 miles to the Nile River where most of the cities were.� How many miles away was their probable destination? |
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| 319.���� _____� With a day's journey averaging 5 miles, about how many days did it take them to travel? |
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| 320.���� _____� Herod was very jealous of his kingship, and even slew these members of his own family because they were getting too popular:� His brother-in-law, his grandfather-in-law, his favorite wife, his two sons (Josephus, pp. 317-355).� How many of his own family did he kill to protect his crown? |
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| 321.���� _____� Jesus was actually born BC 6 (the Christian calendar was a few years off), and late in BC 4 King Herod died.� �If this was the time Jesus was "called out of Egypt" (Matthew 2:15), he would have been how old then? |
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| 322.���� _____� After Jesus was grown and baptized by his second cousin John the Baptist, he fasted and prayed 40 days (Matthew 4:2).� About how many weeks did he go without food? |
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| 323.���� _____� Afterwards, Jesus went to the Sea of Galilee and called two brothers, Peter and Andrew, then two more brothers, James and John ~ all fisherman (Matthew 4:18~21).� How many of his 12 apostles were not fishermen? |
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| 324.���� _____� Jesus healed a woman with a flow of blood for 12 years (Matthew 9:20).� How many months was she ceremonially unclean and kept from Temple worship? |
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| 325.���� _____� Two sparrows were sold for a father (Matthew 10:28).� How many cents did one sparrow cost if one farthing is worth .08 cents? |
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| 326.���� _____� From 5 loaves and 2 fishes Jesus fed 5,000 men plus women and children (Matthew 14:17~21).� If there were as many women as men and as many children as men, how many people in all may have been fed? |
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| 327.���� _____� During the 4th watch of the night Jesus walked on the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 14:25).� The first watch started about 6:00 PM.� A watch lasted 3 hours.� What time did he walk on the water? |
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| 328.���� _____� Later, with 7 loaves and a few fishes, Jesus fed another crowd of 4,000 men plus women and children (Matthew 15:36~38).� If there were as many women as men and as many children as men, how many in all may have been fed? |
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| 329.���� _____� Jesus said we should forgive our brother (friend) 70 x 7 (Matthew 18:22).� If taken literally, how many times should we forgive one person? |
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| 330.���� _____� Jesus told the parable of a king who was kind to a servant who owed him 10,000 talents (Matthew 18:24~28).� If it was a silver talent, it was worth $12,000.� How much did the first servant owe the king? |
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| 331.���� _____� The above servant had a servant of his own who he had arrested and thrown into jail for owing him 100 pence.� A pence is worth $1.� How much did the second servant owe the first servant? |
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| 332.���� _____� How much more did the first ungrateful servant owe than the second servant he had jailed? |
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| 333.���� _____� Jesus told another parable of a farmer who hired laborers for a penny a day (Matthew 20:2).� A penny then was worth about 35 cents (average day?s wages).� How much per hour did they earn in a 12~hour working day? |
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| 334.���� _____� Jesus told the parable of ten brides maids going to a wedding (Matthew 25:1~3).� Five were wise because they took along enough oil to keep their lamps lit that evening and last them until the feast began.� How many were foolish because they didn't plan ahead? |
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| 335.���� _____� Jesus told the parable of a man being given 10 talents, another 5 talents, and another 1 talent (Matthew 25:15) to invest for him.� Assuming these were talents of silver, how many dollars was the first man given? |
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| 336.���� _____� How many dollars was the second man given? |
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| 337.���� _____� How many dollars was the third man given? |
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| 338.���� _____� How many dollars did the master give them in all? |
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| 339.���� _____� The first two doubled what they had received (Matthew 25:16, 17) and returned it to their master.� How much did they together return? |
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| 340.���� _____� Judas was offered 30 pieces of silver to betray Jesus (Matthew 26:15).� If a piece of silver was a shekel of silver worth $4, then for how many dollars did Judas betray his Lord? |
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| 341.���� _____� When Jesus was betrayed, He could have brought down 12 legions of angels to save him (Matthew 26:5).� A legion is about 5,000.� How many angels would that have been? |
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| 342.���� _____� When Jesus was crucified, there was darkness from the 6th hour to the 9th hour (Matthew 27:45).� The first hour of the Jewish day began about 6:00 AM.� What time did it turn dark during the crucifixion? |
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Now begins the life of Christ written by Mark |
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| 343.���� _____� A man crippled with palsy was lowered by 4 men through the roof of an over-crowded house where Jesus was healing (Mark 2:3, 4).� If the man weighed 120 pounds, how much of his weight was each man carrying?� |
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| 344.���� _____� Jesus cast out a legion of evil spirits from a man and into 2,000 swine which ran into the sea and drowned (Mark 5:2~13).� If a legion is 5,000, about how many entered each of the swine? |
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| 345.���� _____� On his way to raise up a 12~year~old girl from the dead, Jesus healed a woman with a constant flow of blood for 12 years (Mark 5:25, 42).� How old was the girl when the woman's bleeding problem began? |
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| 346.���� _____� Later Jesus sent out his 12 apostles by 2s to preach the Good News that he had come to save them with an eternal heavenly kingdom (Mark 6:7).� How many pairs went out in all? |
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| 347.���� _____� Before Jesus fed the 5,000 men, his apostles offered to go into town to buy 100 pennyworth of bread (Mark 6:37).� If a penny (pence) then was 35 cents, how many dollars worth of bread would that have been? |
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| 348.���� _____� A multitude of 4,000 men plus women and children followed Jesus 3 days (Mark 8:2).� If there were as many women as men, and children as men, how many followed Jesus? |
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| 349.���� _____� When Jesus fed the 5,000, 12 baskets of food were left over (Mark 6:43).� When he fed the 4,000, 7 baskets were left over (Mark 8:8).� How many more baskets were left over by the 5,000? |
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| 350.���� _____� Jesus praised the poor widow who gave ALL she had to God ~ 2 mites (Mark 12:42).� Two mites is a farthing, which is 4 cents.� How much did the widow give? |
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| 351.���� _____� Mary, Lazarus' sister, anointed Jesus (as was the custom for kings as well as the dead) with ointment valued at 300 pence (Mark 14:3-5).� A pence was worth $1.� How much was 300 pence worth in dollars? |
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Now begins the life of Christ as written by Luke. |
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| 352.���� _____� Elizabeth had been expecting her baby John for 6 months when Mary conceived Jesus by the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:24~27).� How much older than Jesus was John the Baptist? |
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| 353.���� _____� When Elizabeth was pregnant with John the Baptist 6 months, Mary came to see her (Luke 1:36, 39).� Since a month has about 30 days, about how many days had Elizabeth been pregnant with John at this time? |
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| 354.���� _____� Mary went through a religious washing in the Temple according to the Law of Moses (Luke 2:22).� Leviticus 12:2-4 says that, if she had a male baby, she would be ceremonially unclean 7 days and then another 33 days.� How many days after Jesus' birth did Mary go to the Temple with him for this purification? |
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| 355.���� _____� At that time, Mary and Joseph redeemed (bought back) their firstborn son from service to the Lord according to the Law of Moses.� Numbers 3:45~48 says they were to pay 5 shekels for the sacrifice.� A shekel was worth $4.� How much did Joseph pay for the ceremony? |
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| 356.���� _____� A good family income then was about $50 per year; today it is about $50,000 per year.� Joseph paying what he did would be equivalent to our paying how many dollars today? |
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| 357.���� _____� Anna lived at the Temple and prayed she would not die until she had seen the Messiah.� When Mary showed Jesus to her, she had been a widow 84 years and married 7 years (Luke 2:36, 37).� If she was married when she was 14, how old was she at this time? |
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| 358.���� _____� King Archelaus, Herod the Great's son, killed 3,000 Jews right in the Temple over Passover in BC 5.� Because he was so cruel, later that year Caesar banished him forever to Vienna, Gaul (Josephus, p. 375).� Jesus being born in BC 6, was about how old when Archelaus killed all the people at the Temple? |
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| 359.���� _____� Although Jesus' parents went to the Passover feast in Jerusalem every year, Jesus was never allowed to go until he was 12 (Luke 2:41, 42).� About how long after the cruel King Archelaus was banished from Jerusalem was Jesus allowed to go to the Temple the first time? |
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| 360.���� _____� After worshipping at the Temple, Jesus' family started home, and at the end of the day discovered he was not in the caravan.� Including this and the three days they searched for him (Luke 2:42~46), about how many hours was this child missing before his parents found him in the Temple? |
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| 361.���� _____� In the genealogy of Jesus as listed by Luke, he had 4 ancestors named Joseph, 2 named Levi, and 3 named Judah (Luke 3:34~38).� How many ancestors had the same name as one of the others? |
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| 362.���� _____� John the Baptist began preaching publicly in the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar (Luke 3:1, 2).� If he began to reign over the Roman Empire in AD 14, how old were Jesus and John when Caesar began to reign? |
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| 363.���� _____� How old was John when he began preaching? |
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| 364.���� _____� Jesus began to preach publicly at the age of 30 (Luke 3:23).� How many years were the scriptures silent about Jesus after his being left behind at the Temple in Jerusalem (see question 359)? |
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| 365.���� _____� Tiberius Caesar was the Roman emperor 15 years by the time Jesus began preaching (Luke 3:1).� Augustus Caesar was the Roman emperor when Jesus was born (Luke 2:1).� How many years was Augustus the emperor after Jesus was born? |
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| 366.���� _____� In Luke's genealogy of Jesus, he listed 75 ancestors (Luke 3:23~38).� Matthew listed 42 (Matthew 1:17).� How many more did Luke list than Matthew?� (Many believe the longer genealogy was through Jesus' mother, Mary.) |
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| 367.���� _____� In Nazareth about AD 29, Jesus preached from the Old Testament book of Esias (Isaiah) (Luke 4:17).� Isaiah wrote his book about 700 BC.� How many years after it was written did Jesus read it for his sermon? |
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| 368.���� _____� Jesus recalled when it did not rain during Elijah's lifetime for 3 years and 6 months (Luke 4:25).� How many days was this? |
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| 369.���� _____� Jesus healed the servant of a centurion (Luke 7:1 ~ 10).� A centurion commands 100 soldiers.� If he lined them up in rows of 20, how many rows would there be? |
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| 370.���� _____� Jesus told the parable of a man who owed 500 pence but would not forgive the man who owed him 50 pence (Luke 7:41).� If a pence is worth $1, how much did the first man owe? |
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| 371.���� _____� Considering the above, how much did the second man owe? |
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| 372.���� _____� How much more did the first man owe than the second? |
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| 373.���� _____� Jesus was about 30 when he raised from the dead the 12-year-old daughter of Jarius, the ruler of the synagogue (Luke 8:41ff).� How old was Jesus when this girl was born? |
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| 374.���� _____� Jesus appointed 70 disciples to go out and teach (Luke 10:1).� They were sent out by twos.� How many pairs were there? |
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| 375.���� _____� In addition to the 12 apostles, how many went out to preach in all?� (See question 374) |
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| 376.���� _____� The good Samaritan rescued a man who had been beaten and robbed, and gave an inn keeper 2 pence for room and board for him (Luke 10:35).� A pence is worth $1.� How much did he pay for the inn keeper? |
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| 377.���� _____� Jesus said 5 sparrows are sold for 2 farthings (Luke 12:6).� A farthing is 8 cents.� How many cents would 20 sparrows sell for? |
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| 378.���� _____� Jesus asked how a person by worrying could add a cubit to his height (Luke 12:25).� If you were 4 feet tall, and worried yourself into one more cubit, how tall would you be then? |
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| 379.���� _____� Jesus likened our watching for his return to judge us with a watchman who guards a household.� He |
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| _____� mentioned the 2nd and 3rd watches of the night (Luke 12:38).� If the first watch started at 6:00 PM and lasted 3 hours, when were the second and third watches? |
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| 380.���� _____� Jesus said not everyone would follow him, and this would divide households.� He used the example of 5 in a household being divided 3 to 2 (Luke 12:52).� How many more would be on one side than the other? |
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| 381.���� _____� Jesus referred to 18 evil men who were killed when a tower fell on them (Luke 13:4).� If each man left 5 children, how many were left orphaned because of their fathers sins? |
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| 382.���� _____� Jesus told of a man who had a fig orchard, and for 3 years one of the trees had not produced fruit.� He wanted to cut it down (Luke 13:7).� For how many months had it not borne fruit? |
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| 383.���� _____� Jesus healed a woman whose back was so bent she could not stand up straight for 18 years (Luke 13:11).� How many months did she suffer? |
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| 384.���� _____� When Jesus healed the woman on the Sabbath day, an angry Jewish leader reminded him he should work 6 days, but not on the 7th (Luke 13:14).� How many hours could the Jews work per week if their workday started at 6:00 AM and ended at 6:00 PM? |
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| 385.���� _____� Jewish women put leaven (yeast) into 3 measures of flour to make loaves of bread (Luke 13:21).� A measure in this verse referred to a seah or about 2 gallons.� How many gallons did she leaven with one lump? |
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| 386.���� _____� Jesus asked about the wisdom of a king who would go to battle with 10,000 men against 20,000 men (Luke 14:31).� How many more men would the enemy have? |
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| 387.���� _____� Jesus likened himself to a shepherd over 100 sheep who lost one and went to find it (Luke 15:4).� What percent of the sheep were safe? |
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| 388.���� _____� Jesus likened himself to a woman with 10 pieces of silver who lost one and cleaned house until she found it (Luke 15:8).� If one piece is a shekel and worth $4, how much had she kept safe? |
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| 389.���� _____� Jesus told a parable of a debtor who owed 100 measured of oil and paid back 50 (Luke 16:6).� What percentage of what he owed did he pay back? |
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| 390.���� _____� Another debtor owed 100 measured of wheat and paid back 80 (Luke 16:7).� What percentage of what he owed did he pay back? |
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| 391.���� _____� A rich man died and went to hades, and wanted Abraham to send the poor man Lazarus back to earth to warn his five brothers (Luke 16:19~21).� Including his mother and father, how many were in his family when he was young? |
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| 392.���� _____� Jesus said if someone offends us 7 times a day and repents, we should forgive each time (Luke 17:4).� If this went on for a week, how many times would we have to forgive? |
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| 393.���� _____� Jesus healed 10 lepers but only one thanked him (Luke 17:12~16).� What percentage did not take time to thank him? |
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| 394.���� _____� Jesus warned that when he returned to take the righteous back to heaven with him, there would be 2 in bed but only 1 taken; 2 men grinding together but only 1 taken; 2 men in the field but only 1 taken (Luke 17:34~36).� How many people did he used in his example? |
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| 395.���� _____� After Jesus ate at the home of Zacchaeus the tax collector, he told Jesus he would pay back 4 times what he had cheated people out of (Luke 19:1~8).� If he cheated a man out of $150, how much would he pay him back? |
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| 396.���� _____� Jesus told the parable of a king who gave 10 pounds to one servant and 5 pounds to another to occupy cities until he returned.� While gone, each doubled his money (Luke 19:12~19).� A pound is worth about $140,000.� How much did the first man end up with? |
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| 397.���� _____� Considering the above, how much did the second man end up with? |
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| 398.���� _____� When Jesus was crucified, there was darkness from the 6th hour of the day to the 9th hour (Luke 23:44).� How many minutes was it cold and dark? |
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| 399.���� _____� After Jesus rose from the dead, 2 of his apostles went from Jerusalem 60 furlongs to Ammaus where they first saw Jesus (Luke 24:13).� A furlong is about 1/10 mile.� How many miles did they go? |
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Finally, this is the life of Christ as written by John |
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| 400.���� _____� Andrew and another disciple met and followed Jesus home at the beginning of his ministry, and stayed with him until the 10th hour (John 1:38, 39).� The first hour of the day was about 6:00 AM.� when was the 10th hour? |
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| 401.���� _____� Jesus attended a marriage feast where there was not enough wine for all the guests.� There were six water pots which held 3 firkins each, and were filled with water which Jesus turned to wine (John 2:1~9).� A firkin is � barrel, and 1 barrel is 31 gallons.� About how many gallons did the six water pots hold? |
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| 402.���� _____� Jesus told the Jews in the Temple that the temple would be destroyed and he would rebuild it in 3 days.� although Jesus meant the spiritual temple of his body, they thought he was literal, and asked how he could rebuilt the Temple when it took 46 years to build (John 2:19~21).� How many more days did the Jews take to build the Temple than they thought Jesus said he would take? |
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| 403.���� _____� Jesus met a strange woman at Jacob's well about the 6th hour of the day and told her all about her private life (John 4:6~18).� What time was it? |
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| 404.���� _____� Jesus noted that harvest would come in 4 months (John 4:35).� If harvest was in October, what month was this? |
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| 405.���� _____� Jesus saved a nobleman?s son from death a day's journey away at the 7th hour (John 4:46~53).� what time was this? |
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| 406.���� _____� Jesus healed a man who had been ill 38 years (John 5:5~9).� How many weeks was that? |
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| 407.���� _____� While Jesus prayed in a nearby mountain, his disciples headed for Capernaum by ship.� A storm blew up, and when they had rowed 35 furlongs, Jesus came to them walking among the white capped waves (John 6:25f).� A furlong is about 1/10 mile.� About how many miles out into the water did Jesus walk to reach them? |
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| 408.���� _____� Lazarus, a close friend of Jesus, was about to die, but Jesus waited to go to him for 2 days.� When he arrived, Lazarus had been dead 4 days (John 11:1~17).� How many days did Jesus know about Lazarus? illness before he arrived at his home? |
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| 409.���� _____� Bethany where Lazarus and his sisters lilved was 15 furlongs (1/10 mile each) from Jerusalem (John 11:18).� How many miles was this?� (See question 384) |
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| 410.���� _____� Jesus lived on earth 40 days after he came back to life (Acts 1:3).� How many weeks was that? |
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| 411.���� _____� During his 40 days, Jesus is known to have appeared to the following groups or individuals: |
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| ����������� Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:9, 10) |
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| ����������� Other women (Matthew 28:9, 10) |
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| ����������� Two disciples going to Emmaus (Mark 16:12, 13) |
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| ����������� Peter (Luke 24:34) |
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| ����������� Eleven apostles (Mark 16:14) |
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| ����������� Eleven apostles (John 20:26~37) |
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| ����������� Ten apostles (John 21) |
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| ����������� Eleven apostles and 500 disciples (Matthew 28:16~20) |
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| ����������� James (I Corinthians 15:7) |
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| ����������� Disciples (Mark 16:19) |
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| ����������� On average, he appeared about how many days apart? |
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| Congratulations.� You have completed the life of Christ in the first four books of the New Testament.� Now you are ready to go to the early years of the church in Acts of the Apostles. |
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