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The Gospel of Luke is often associated with what other New Testament book? |
| | A) | The Gospel of Matthew |
| | B) | The Gospel of Mark |
| | C) | The Gospel of John |
| | D) | The Book of Acts |
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The author of the Gospel of Luke addresses his work to a man named Paul of Tarsus. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Luke, the traditional author of the Gospel that bears his name, was a(n) _______________ by profession. |
| | A) | physician |
| | B) | politician |
| | C) | carpenter |
| | D) | fisherman |
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According to some traditions in the early church, the author of Luke was a traveling companion of the apostle _______________. |
| | A) | Paul |
| | B) | Peter |
| | C) | John |
| | D) | James |
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A long, central section of the Gospel of Luke, the "Greater Interpolation" of Luke 9:51-18:14, is a miscellaneous compilation of Jesus' teachings while he was on the road from Galilee to Jerusalem. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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One of the main thematic interests of Luke is Jesus' and the disciples' use of prayer. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Luke shows Jesus' solidarity with the entire human race by tracing Jesus' genealogy back to the Old Testament figure of ________________. |
| | A) | Adam |
| | B) | Moses |
| | C) | Abraham |
| | D) | King David |
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Luke is the only Synoptic Gospel writer to refer to Jesus using the title of ______________. |
| | A) | Messiah |
| | B) | King |
| | C) | Priest |
| | D) | Savior |
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Luke 6 contains a briefer version of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew called the Sermon on the Plain. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The Gospel of Luke is notable for the degree to which the author stresses the role of ______________ in the ministry of Jesus. |
| | A) | women |
| | B) | priests |
| | C) | Pharisees |
| | D) | Pontius Pilate |
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In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus does not stress the dangers of wealth or material possessions as strongly as he does in the other Gospels. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The parable of Lazarus and the rich man is about ________________________. |
| | A) | a loving father who forgives his wayward son. |
| | B) | a dramatic reversal of fortunes in the afterlife. |
| | C) | a wedding party at which the wine runs out. |
| | D) | a dishonest tax collector who begs God for mercy. |
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The three parables in Luke 15, dealing respectively with sheep, a coin, and two sons, are tied together by the theme of __________________. |
| | A) | things that are beyond human understanding. |
| | B) | things that are of inestimable value. |
| | C) | things that can cause pride and jealousy. |
| | D) | things that were lost and then found. |
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The Gospel of Luke modifies Mark's version of Jesus' End time discourse by emphasizing that the Parousia will come immediately after the destruction of Jerusalem. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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More than any other Gospel writer, Luke emphasizes the innocence of Jesus and his followers of any crime against Rome. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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When Jesus is brought to trial before Pilate, the Roman governor, Pilate realizes that Jesus is a Galilean, so he sends Jesus to be tried by _______________. |
| | A) | Herod Antipas |
| | B) | Caiaphas |
| | C) | Tiberius |
| | D) | Joseph of Arimathea |
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One of Jesus' last acts before dying on the cross in the Gospel of Luke is to ___________________. |
| | A) | call for his mother. |
| | B) | turn his blood into wine. |
| | C) | ask God to forgive his executioners. |
| | D) | declare his innocence. |
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According to the Gospel of Luke, when a centurion standing by sees the manner of Jesus' condemnation and execution, the centurion declares, "Beyond all doubt, this man was innocent." |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Luke omits the tradition found in the Gospel of Mark that Jesus would appear in Jerusalem and sets all of the resurrection stories in Galilee. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Luke emphasizes the physical reality of Jesus' resurrection when he portrays the resurrected Christ as eating fish and capable of being touched. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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