Reprint: 1999

Lesson 1 Name______________________________________

1. Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Testament. Read Matthew 5:17 and fill in the blanks: "Think not that I am come to ____________________________, or the prophets: I am __________________ to destroy, but _____________________________."

2. Look up II Peter 1:21 and fill in the blanks: "For the prophecy came _______ in old time by the _________ _____________: but holy men of God spake as they were _______________ by the _________________."

3. Read Luke 1:5,6 and fill in the blanks: "There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named _______________________, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was ________________________. And they were both ____________________ before God, __________________ in all the _________________________ and ________________________ of the Lord ___________________________."

4. According to Luke 1:5, Zacharias was a _______________ of the course of ___________. His wife was a daughter of _______________. According to Exodus 28:1, Aaron was appointed by God to minister to Him in the ________________________________________.

5. Read Luke 1:19, 20, 63 and answer these questions:

a. Where did Gabriel stand?_______________________________________________________________

b. What did Gabriel show Zacharias?_______________________________________________________

3. How did the father show that the baby’s name was John? Verse 63 _____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

6. Who told the parents that they must call their baby John? Look up Luke 1:13, 19. ____________________

7. Answer these questions about Mary and Elisabeth:

a. Mary and Elisabeth were ________________. Luke 1:36

b. Mary stayed with Elisabeth for how long a period? _________________________________ Luke 1:56

c. Elisabeth, in Luke 1:43, calls Mary _____________________________________________________.

8. Read Luke 1:15 and fill in the blanks: "For he shall be ________________ in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither ____________ nor ____________________________; and he shall be filled with the ______________________, even from his mother’s womb."

Lesson 2 Name______________________________________

1. In the following texts Jesus is called: Genesis 49:10 ______________________; Numbers 24:17 ________

____________________________, and _____________________; Isaiah 7:14 ______________________;

Micah 5:2 ____________________________________________; John 1:1 ____________________;

John 1:34 ____________________________; and John 1:36 _____________________________________

2. According to Matthew 1:21 Joseph is commanded to call the child Jesus because _____________________

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3. Jesus says of Himself in Luke 19:10 that He is come to "_________________________________________

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4. In Luke 2:25, we read that Simeon was ___________ and _________________, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the ___________________________ was _______________________. In Luke 2:37 we read that Anna served _______________________________________________________________________.

5. According to Luke 2:38, Anna spoke to all that ________________________________________________

_________________________.

6. Look up Matthew 2:1-12 and answer these questions:

a. What sign did God give these wise men of Jesus’ birth? _______________________________________

b. What did the wise men call Jesus? ________________________________________________________

c. Why did they come to Jerusalem? See also Matthew 5:35. ____________________________________

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d. What gifts did they present to Jesus? ______________________________________________________

7. Answer these questions about Herod after you read Matthew 2:3, 4, 7, 16:

a. How did Herod feel after he heard about these things? ____________________________________

b. Whom did Herod call and what did he ask them?____________________________________________

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c. What did Herod do when he was mocked of the wise men?____________________________________

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8. Look up Matthew 2:13-15 and answer these questions:

a. Who warned Joseph? __________________________________________________________________

b. What was Joseph told to do? ____________________________________________________________

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c. How long did Jesus stay in Egypt?________________________________________________________

9. According to Matthew 2:23, why was Jesus brought to live in Nazareth?_____________________________

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Lesson 3 Name______________________________________

1. What other name is given to John in Matthew 17:10-13? _________________________________________

2. Read Mark 1:4-6 and answer the following questions: How was John dressed? _______________________

________________________________________________________________ Where did he labor?_____

_______________________________________________________________________________________ What did he eat? _______________________________________________________________

3. Read John 1:19-24 and answer these questions:

a. Who came to John to ask him who he was? ________________________________________________

b. What did he confess in verse 20? _________________________________________

c. Who did the people think he was? ___________________

d. Who did John say he was? ______________________________________________________________

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4. Look up Luke 3:7-9 and answer these questions:

a. What does John call the wicked in verse 7? _________________________________________________ b. What fruits must the wicked bring forth? __________________________________________________

5. What does John tell the tax collectors in Luke 3:13? ____________________________________________

____________________________________________________ What does he tell the soldiers in verse 14?

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6. In John 3:30 John the Baptist said to his disciples: ______________________________________________

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Lesson 4 Name______________________________________

1. Read Luke 2:41-45 and fill in the following blanks: Every year Jesus’ parents went to _________________

at the feast of the __________________________. When he was ______ years old Jesus went along. As they returned from Jerusalem, Jesus _______________ behind. His parents knew _________ of it. They went a __________ journey; and they sought Him among their ______________ and _________________.

And when they ____________________________________, they went back to __________________ seeking Him.

2. Read Luke 2:46-50 and answer these questions:

a. How long did Jesus’ parents look for Him? _____________

b. Where did they find Him? _____________________________________ What was he doing? ________

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c. What did those who heard Jesus think? ____________________________________________________

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d. How did Jesus answer His parents? _______________________________________________________

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3. Look up Luke 2:40 and fill in the blanks: "And the child __________, and waxed _________________ in spirit, filled with ______________________: and the _______________ of God was upon him."

4. How did Jesus answer John when he refused to baptize Him? See Matthew 3:15. ______________________

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5. What is the devil called in Matthew 4:3 and 10? ________________________________

6. What other names of the devil are found in Revelation 12:9? ______________________________________

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7. With what words did Jesus always begin His answers to the devil in Matthew 4:4, 7, 10?_______________

_________________ What does Paul in Ephesians 6:17 call our chief weapon for driving Satan away?

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8. What happened when the devil left Jesus? Matthew 4:11 ________________________________________

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Lesson 5 Name____________________________________

1. What names are given to Jesus in the following verses:

a. John 1:29 ________________________________________________

b. John 1:41 ________________________ which, being interpreted, is _____________________

2. Read John 2:18-22 and answer the following:

a. How long did it take the Jews to build the temple? _______________________

b. To what temple did Jesus refer when He said He would raise it up in three days? ___________________

3. Fill in the following blanks from John 3:1, 2: Nicodemus was a man of the ______________________, a _______________ of the Jews. He came to Jesus _____________________. He called Jesus ___________

and said to Him, "...We know that thou art a __________________ come from _________: for no man can do these _______________________ that thou doest, except ____________________________________."

4. Read John 3:26-30 and answer these questions:

a. Why were John’s disciples jealous of Jesus? ________________________________________________

b. How does verse 30 show that John was not jealous? __________________________________________

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5. What was the Jews’ attitude toward the Samaritans? John 4:9 _____________________________________

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6. How did the Samaritan woman know that Jesus was a prophet? John 4:11-19, 29 _____________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

7. Read John 4:24 and fill in the blanks to show how we must truly worship God.

"God is a ___________: and they that worship him must worship him in ___________ and in __________."

8. Fill in these blanks from John 4:14: "But whosoever drinketh of the ____________ that I shall give him shall ________________; but the water that I shall ________________ shall be in him a ________ of water ________________ up into ________________________________________."

9. How long did Jesus tarry among the Samaritans? John 4:40-43 ____________________

Lesson 6 Name______________________________________

1. Read John 4:46-54 and answer the following questions:

a. Where was Jesus when He healed the nobleman’s son?________________________________________

b. What did Jesus tell the nobleman to do?____________________________________________________

c. What according to the last part of verse 53 was the fruit of this miracle? __________________________

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2. What according to Matthew 4:23 did Jesus do in the Jewish synogogues?____________________________

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3. Read Luke 4:17-19 and fill in the blanks: "And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet ____________. And when he had _______________ the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to ______________ the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to ____________ the ____________________________, to preach ______________________

to the captives, and ____________________________ of _____________ to the blind, to __________ at

_______________ them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable _______________________________."

4. Fill in the following blanks from Luke 4:28, 29: "And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with ____________, and rose up, and ___________ him out of the city, and _______ him

unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might ___________ him down headlong."

5. Which disciples are mentioned in Luke 5:1-11? _________________, _____________, and ___________

6. Read Mark 1:17 and fill in the blanks: "And Jesus said unto them, ___________ ye after me, and I will make you to become ___________________ of _________."

7. According to Luke 4:38, 39:

a. Jesus entered into whose house? ________________

b. What miracle did He perform there? ______________________________________________________

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c. What did she do immediately after being healed?____________________________________________

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8. Whom did Jesus call about this time to be one of His disciples? Matthew 9:9 _______________________

Lesson 7 Name______________________________________

1. What two incidents also occurred on the Sabbath Day? Matthew 12:1-8, 9-13 ________________________

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2. What was the attitude of the Pharisees toward Jesus according to Luke 6:11? _________________________

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3. To what did their hatred of Jesus lead them? Matthew 12:14 _____________________________________

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4. Read Matthew 6:24 and fill in the blanks: "No man can serve _____ masters: for either he _____________

the one, and ________ the other; or else he ________________ to the one, and _______________________

___________. Ye __________________ serve ________ and __________________."

5. Name the twelve disciples: Luke 6:13-16 _________________________, _______________________, ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, ___________________________, ___________________________, ___________________________, __________________________, __________________________, and __________________________

6. Read Luke 7:1-10 and answer the following questions:

a. Into what city did Jesus enter at this time? __________________________

b. Who was sick? __________________________________________________________

How seriously sick was he? ____________________________________

c. Whom did the centurion send to Jesus? ____________________________________________________

d. How did Jesus heal his servant? See verses 7 and 10. _________________________________________

7. What did Jesus say about the faith of this centurion? Luke 7:9 ____________________________________

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8. What great miracle did Jesus perform in Nain? Luke 7:11-16 _____________________________________

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Lesson 8 Name______________________________________

1. With what question did John send two of his disciples to Jesus? Matthew 11:2, 3 _____________________

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2. Read Matthew 11:25, 26 and fill in the blanks: "At that time Jesus answered and said, I ______________ thee, O Father, Lord of _______________ and _____________, because thou ______________________

these things from the __________ and ________________ and hast _______________________________

_______________________. Even so, Father: for so it ________________________________________."

3. List the seven parables of Matthew 13:

a. Verse 3 _________________________________________________________________

b. Verses 24, 25 _________________________________________________________________

c. Verse 31 _________________________________________________________________

d. Verse 33 _________________________________________________________________

e. Verse 44 _________________________________________________________________

f. Verse 45 _________________________________________________________________

g. Verse 47 _________________________________________________________________

4. In Matthew 13:18-23, the heart of man is compared to four kinds of soil. What are they?

_____________________, ______________, ______________, and ____________

5. In Matthew 13: 23 we read, "But he that received seed into the good ground is he that ______________

the __________, and ________________________________ it."

6. What according to Matthew 13:31, 32 do the kingdom of heaven and a mustard seed have in common?

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7. Read Matthew 11:28 and fill in the blanks: "Come unto ______, all ye that _______________ and are _____________________________, and ___ will __________ you __________."

8. Fill in the blanks from Mark 4:40: "And he said unto them, Why are ye so _______________________?

how is it that ye have no _________________?"

9. What parable did Jesus speak in the home of Simon the Pharisee? See Luke 7:40-42. ________________

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Lesson 9 Name______________________________________

1. What according to Luke 9:1, 2 did Jesus do at the beginning of His third tour of Galilee? _______________

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2. Read Mark 6:14-29 and answer the following questions:

a. Why did Herodias hate John? ___________________________________________________________

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b. What happened to John because of this?___________________________________________________

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c. What convenient day is mentioned in this story? ____________________________________________

d. What did Herod promise the daughter of Herodias? __________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________ e. Why did this daughter ask for John’s head? ________________________________________________ f. Who buried John the Baptist?___________________________________________________________

3. What three things did Jesus do when it became plain that the people would try to make Him king by force? See John 6:15 and Mark 6:45. _____________________________________________________________

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4. Read John 6:37-39 and fill in the blanks: "_____ that the Father ______________________ shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do _____

_________ will, but the _____________________________ that sent me. And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of _______________________________________________ I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day."

5. What did Jesus say about Judas in John 6:70, 71? _____________________________________________

6. Fill in the blanks from John 6:53, 54: "Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye

_______ the ___________ of the Son of man, and __________ his ___________, ye have no ________ in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will ________________ him up at the last day."

Lesson 10 Name______________________________________

1. Read Matthew 16: 13-18 and answer the following questions:

a. Who did the people say that Jesus was? __________________________________________________

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b. Who revealed to Peter that Jesus is the Christ? ___________________________

2. Fill in the blanks from Matthew 16:18, 19: "And I say also unto thee, That thou art _______________ and upon this _________ I will build my _____________; and the ___________ of _________ shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the _________ of the ___________________ of _____________; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

3. Read Matthew 16:21-23 and answer the following questions:

a. What did Jesus begin to show His disciples at this time? ______________________________________

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b. How did Peter rebuke the Lord? _________________________________________________________

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c. What was Jesus’ answer to His erring disciple?_____________________________________________

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4. When would the disciples be able to speak of Jesus’ glory on the mount? Matthew 17:9 ________________

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5. Read II Peter 1:16-18 and answer the following:

a. Why could the apostles make known the power and coming of our Lord? _________________________

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b. When were they eyewitnesses of this glory?________________________________________________

6. What miracle did Jesus perform after He came down from the mount? Matthew 17:14-21 ______________

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7. Read Luke 10:1, 17 and fill in the blanks: "After these things the Lord appointed ____________________, ...and the seventy returned again ___________________, saying, Lord, even the ________________ are

_________________ unto us through _____________________."

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8. What did the people say about Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles? John 7:12 _______________________

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9. Read John 7:50-52 and answer the following questions?

a. How did Nicodemus try to defend Jesus? __________________________________________________

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b. What did the wicked rulers of the Jews say to him? __________________________________________

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Lesson 11 Name______________________________________

1. Read John 9:1-3, 14, 22-34 and answer the following questions:

a. Whom did Jesus heal in this story? ______________________________________________________

b. Why was the man born blind? __________________________________________________________

c. When was this miracle performed? _______________________________________________________

d. What had the Jews decided? ____________________________________________________________

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2. Read John 10:15, 27, 29 and answer the following questions?

a. What does Jesus call His people? _______________

b. Who gave them to Jesus? _____________________

c. What is no man able to do? _____________________________________________________________

3. What did the wicked Pharisees and Scribes say about Jesus? Luke 15: 1, 2 __________________________

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4. Name the 3 parables by which Jesus answered the wicked Pharisees and Scribes: Luke 15

a. Verse 4 __________________________________________________________

b. Verse 8 __________________________________________________________

c. Verse 11 __________________________________________________________

5. What did the unbelieving Jews say of Jesus at the grave of Lazarus? See John 11:37. __________________

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6. How did Lazarus come forth from his grave? See John 11:44. ____________________________________

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7. Name the three parables in Luke 14:16-24, 16: 1-13, 19-31:

a. ______________________________________________

b. ______________________________________________

c. ______________________________________________

8. Read I Corinthians 15:42-44 and note the great change:

"So also is the ___________________________ of the ________.

It is sown in __________________________; it is raised in _____________:

It is sown in ________________________; it is raised in _________________________:

It is sown in ________________________; it is raised in _____________:

It is sown a _____________________________; it is raised a __________________________."

Lesson 12 Name_____________________________________

1. Read Mark 10:17-27 and answer the following questions:

a. What did this young man ask Jesus? ______________________________________________________

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b. What did Jesus tell him to do? ___________________________________________________________

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c. Why was he sad? _____________________________________________________________________

d. How can rich people enter into the kingdom of God? Verse 27 ________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

2. Name the three parables in the following passages:

a. Luke 18:1-8 __________________________________________________

b. Luke 18:9-14 __________________________________________________

c. Luke 19:11-28 __________________________________________________

3. Read Luke 18:35-43 and answer the following questions:

a. What did the blind man cry when it was told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by? "___________

__________________________________________________________________________________."

b. How did the people act toward the blind man? Verse 39 ______________________________________

c. How did Jesus heal him? Verse 42 _______________________________________________________

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d. What did he do after he received his sight? _________________________________________________

4. Fill in the blanks from Luke 16:18: "Whosoever putteth away his ___________, and __________________

another, committeth _______________________: and ______________________ marrieth her that is ____

_________ from her husband ___________________ adultery."

5. What did Mary do in the home of Simon the leper? John 12:3 ____________________________________

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6. What does Jesus say of Mary in Matthew 26:13 because she did this? _______________________________

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7. Why did the chief priests want to kill Lazarus also? John 12:10, 11_________________________________

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Lesson 13 Name_______________________________________

1. Fill in these blanks from Matthew 21:9, "And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, ______________________ to the son of _____________: __________________ is he that ______________ in the _________ of the Lord; Hosanna in the __________________."

2. Read Matthew 21:12-16 and answer the following:

a. What did Jesus do in the temple? Verse 12 ________________________________________________

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b. What did Jesus say to those whom He cast out? Verse 13 _____________________________________

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c. Who were brought to the temple to be healed? Verse 14 ______________________________________

3. Fill in these blanks from Matthew 24:2: "And Jesus said unto them, See ye _____ all these things? Verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one _____________ upon another, that shall not be ____________

___________."

4. Fill in the following blanks from Matthew 26:14-16: Judas was one of _________________________. He went to the __________________________. He agreed to deliver Jesus for _______________________ of silver. From that time he sought ______________________________ to _____________________ Him.

5. What did Peter say when Jesus was about to wash his feet? John 13:8 ______________________________

_______________________________. What did Jesus reply in verse 8? ____________________________

___________________________________________________________. How did Peter reply? Verse 9

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6. How did the disciples explain Judas’ departure? John 13:27-29 ___________________________________

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7. Fill in the following blanks from Luke 22:3-5: "Then entered ____________ into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and _________________________ with the

____________________________ and _________________, how he might ____________________ him

unto them. And they were ___________, and ______________________ to give him ________________."

Lesson 14 Name_______________________________________

1. Fill in the blanks in Matthew 26:47, which describes how Jesus was captured in the garden: "And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, ______________________________________, came, and with him a _____________

__________________________ with ______________________________________________, from the

________________________________ and _______________ of the people."

2. Read Matthew 26:36-46 and answer the following:

a. Which three disciples went with Jesus into the garden?________________________________________

b. What did Jesus pray the first time?________________________________________________________

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c. What were the disciples doing when Jesus returned? ___________________________

d. What did Jesus say to Peter? Verse 40 ____________________________________________________

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e. What did Jesus pray the second and third times? _____________________________________________

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3. Answer these questions about Peter’s denial as told in Matthew 26:69-75:

a. Who approached Peter the first time and what did she say (v. 69)? ______________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ b. What did Peter answer and to whom did he say this (v. 70)? ___________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ c. Who approached him the second time and what did she say? ___________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ d. What did Peter say in verse 72? _____________________________________________________

e. Who spoke to Peter a third time and what was said? __________________________________________

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____________________________________________________________________________________ f. What happened immediately afterwards? Verse 74 __________________________________________

g. What did Peter do according to verse 75? __________________________________________________

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4. Why were the false witnesses of the Sanhedrin a failure? Mark 14:57-59 ____________________________

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5. What did the Jewish council do to Jesus after they condemned Him to death? Matthew 26:67 ___________

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6. Three times Pilate tried to free himself of Jesus. What did he do each time?

a. John 18:31 __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ b. Luke 23:6, 7 _________________________________________________________________________

c. Matthew 27:15-21 ____________________________________________________________________

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7. What did Pilate’s wife tell Pilate in Matthew 27:19? ____________________________________________

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Lesson 15 Name_______________________________________

1. What is the meaning of the word "Golgotha"? Matthew 27:33 _____________________________________

2. Read John 19:19, 20 and answer the following questions:

a. What was the superscription on the cross? _________________________________________________

b. In what language was this superscription written? ___________________________________________

3. Write the seven cross words:

a. Luke 23:34 __________________________________________________________________________

b. Luke 23:43 __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

c. John 19:26, 27 _______________________________________________________________________

d. Matthew 27:46 _______________________________________________________________________

e. John 19:28 _____________________________

f. John 19:30 _____________________________

g. Luke 23:46 __________________________________________________________________________

4. Read Matthew 27:51, 52 and fill in the blanks: "And, behold, the __________________________________ was ________ in ____________ from the ___________________________________; and the __________ did ____________ and the ________________________; And the ____________ were _______________ and _________________________ of the ___________ which slept ___________."

5. Why did Jesus have to die on the cross according to Question and Answer 39 of the Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 15: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

6. Read Matthew 27:54 and fill in the blanks: "Now when the _________________________, and _________ __________________________________________, watching Jesus, saw the _______________________, and ______________________________________________________________, they ________________ ________________, saying, ______________________________________________________________."

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7. Read John 19:38-40 and Matthew 27:57-60 and answer the following:

a. Who asked Pilate for the body of Jesus? ___________________________________________________

b. Who joined Joseph at the cross? ______________________________

c. What did they do to Jesus’ body before they buried Him? _____________________________________ _______________________________________

d. Where did they bury Jesus? _____________________________________________________________

8. How did Jesus’ enemies try to guard Jesus’ body? Matthew 27:65, 66 ______________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

Lesson 16 Name_______________________________________

1. What happened to the keepers when the angel of the Lord descended and rolled the stone from the door of the tomb? Matthew 28:1-6 ________________________________________________________________

2. What lies were the soldiers told to tell? Matthew 28:11-15 _______________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

3. Read John 20:6-8 and fill in the blanks: "Then cometh __________________________ following him, and ________ into the ______________________, and seeth the _________________________________, and the ______________, that was about his head, ________________________________________________, but _________________________________________________________. Then went in also __________ ______________________, which came first to the sepulchre, and he ________, and ________________."

4. Who did Mary Magdalene think Jesus was, and what caused her to recognize Him? John 20:11-18 ______ _______________________________________________________________________________________

5. Read Luke 24:13-35 and answer the following questions:

a. Who was one of the two Emmaus travelers? _________________

b. What were they discussing before Jesus joined them? Verses 14, 19-21 __________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

c. Why did they not recognize Jesus? Verse 16 _______________________________________________

d. What did Jesus explain to them? Verses 26, 27 _____________________________________________

e. Why did they recognize Him? Verses 30, 31 _______________________________________________

6. Quote the confession of Thomas in John 20:28: "_____________________________________________."

7. What did Jesus do in the presence of His disciples to show that He had really risen from the dead?

Luke 24:41-43 _________________________________________________________________________

8. Look up the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19, 20 and fill in the blanks: "Go ____ therefore, and ________________________________, _______________ them in the name of the ______________, and of the _____, and of the ____________________: _________________ them to _____________________ _____________ whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, __ am with you ___________, even unto the _______________________________. Amen."

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9. Give the three advantages of Christ’s ascension as found in Question and Answer 49 of the Heidelberg Catechism.

a. ________________________________________________________________________________

b. ________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________

c. ________________________________________________________________________________

Lesson 17 Name______________________________________

1. What instruction had the Lord left with His church in Acts 1:4? ___________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

2. Read Acts 1:14 and fill in the blanks: "_________________ continued with ______________________ in ________________ and __________________________, with the ______________ and ______________ __________________________________, and with ______________________________."

3. What twofold impression did the miracle of Pentecost have upon the people? Acts 2:7, 13

a. ______________________________________________________________________

b. ______________________________________________________________________

4. Read Acts 2:5-13 and answer the following questions:

a. Who were in Jerusalem at this time? ______________________________________________________

b. Why were they confounded? ____________________________________________________________

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c. What were the disciples speaking in their languages? Verse 11 _________________________________ _____________________

5. Which verses in Joel 2 are quoted by Peter in Acts 2:16-21? _____________________

6. Of whom does David speak in Psalm 16 which Peter quotes in Acts 2:25-28? ________________________

7. How many were added to the church on Pentecost? See Acts 2:41. _______________

8. Acts 2:47 tells us that "...the ________ added to the _____________ daily such as ____________________ _____________."

9. Tell in your own words how the believers lived according to Acts 2:42-47: __________________________

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Lesson 18 Name______________________________________

1. Answer the following questions in connection with the miracle of the healing of the lame man. Acts 3

a. How old was this man and how long had he been lame? Acts 3:2, Acts 4:22 ______________________ ____________________________

b. What did this man do when he was healed? Acts 3:8 _________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

c. What did Peter do when all the people ran together unto them in the porch? Acts 3:11, 12

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d. What happened to John and Peter after Peter had preached? Acts 4:1 & 3 ________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

e. What happened to the apostles the following day? Acts 4:5-7 __________________________________

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2. Why did the Sanhedrin marvel at John and Peter? Acts 4:13 ______________________________________ _________________________________________________

3. Read Acts 3:16 and fill in the blanks: "And ___________________ through ____________ in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the _____________ which is ______________ hath ____________ him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all."

4. What lie did Ananias and Sapphira tell? Acts 5:1-4 _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

5. How were many sick healed according to Acts 5:15, 16? _________________________________________ _____________________________________________

6. Why was the Jewish council amazed? Acts 5:22, 23 ____________________________________________ __________________________________________

7. From Acts 5:38, 39, quote the part of Gamaliel’s answer which shows that, if God be on our side, we never have to worry. __________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

8. The office of _________________ was instituted in Acts 6:5, 6. See also I Timothy 3:10-13.

Lesson 19 Name______________________________________

1. Acts 6:5 tells us that Stephen was a "...man ___________________________ and of the ____________ ___________." And Acts 6:8 says that he was "...full of ____________ and ____________, did great _________________ and ________________ among the people."

2. Acts 6:13, 14 tells us that ______________________________________ were set up against Stephen. Quote what they said about Stephen: "_______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________."

3. Against whom else were false witnesses brought according to Matthew 26:59? _______________________

4. Show from Acts 6:15 what change appeared in Stephen by filling the following blanks: "And __________ that _______________________________________, looking ________________________________, saw his _________ as it had been the ________ of an __________."

5. Read Acts 7:54-58 and answer the following questions:

a. What was the reaction of Stephen’s enemies to his speech? Verse 54 ____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

b. What did Stephen see? Verse 55 _________________________________________________________

c. What did Stephen say to his enemies? Verse 56 "____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________."

d. What 5 things did his enemies do then? Verses 57, 58

1. _________________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________________________________ 5. _________________________________________________________________________________

6. What did Stephen pray at the time of his death? Acts 7:60 "______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________."

7. In whom was this prayer of Stephen surely answered? Acts 7:58, 9: 1-8; 22:20 ____________________

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8. Read Acts 8:8-24 and answer the following questions:

a. What did Simon pretend? Verse 9 ______________________________________________________

b. We read in verse 13 that he believed and was baptized. Quote from verse 21 to show that he only pretended to believe: "..._____________________________________________________________."

c. What made Simon wonder? ____________________________________________________________

d. Why did Simon want to buy the Holy Ghost? Verses 18, 19 ___________________________________ ___________________________________

e. Do you think he would charge people money to give them the Holy Spirit? Verses 11, 19-23 ________

9. Read Acts 8:32, 33. Tell which verses in Isaiah 53 the Ethiopian was reading when Philip joined him, and copy those verses. Isaiah 53: ________ — "___________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________."

Lesson 20 Name _____________________________________

1. Read Acts 9:1-6 and answer these questions:

a. What did Saul decide to do to those whom he found believing in Christ? _________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________

b. What happened as Saul came near Damascus? ______________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

c. Quote what he heard. Verse 4 ___________________________________________________________

d. Who had spoken to him? Verse 5 ____________

2. Why was Ananias afraid to go to Saul? Acts 9:11-14 ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

3. Read Acts 9:15, 16 and fill in the blanks. In these verses the Lord reveals to Ananias His purpose with respect to Saul. "But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for _____ is ___________________________ _______________, to bear _______________ before the ________________, and ___________, and the _____________________________________________: For I ________________ him how ___________ ____________ he must _______________ for _________________________________________."

4. Why were they, all those who heard Paul, amazed? Acts 9:21 _____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

5. What did the Jews in Damascus determine to do with Paul? Acts 9:23, 24 ___________________________

_______________________________________ How did the disciples help him to escape? Acts 9:25

_______________________________________________________________________________________

6. Name the miracles that are recorded in Acts 9:32-43:

a. ___________________________________________________________________________________

b. ___________________________________________________________________________________

7. _______________ is another name for Tabitha. What do we read of her? Acts 9:36 __________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

8. Read Acts 10:1, 2 and fill in the blanks: "There was a certain man in ________________ called _____________________, a _____________________ of the band called the _______________________, a _____________ man, and one that ______________________________ all his __________, which gave ___________________ to the people, and ______________ to God _____________."

Lesson 21 Name______________________________________

1. From Acts 11:21 fill in the blanks in this sentence: "And the ________ of the ________ was with them: and a _____________ number ___________________, and ______________ unto the ________."

2. Of Barnabas we read in Acts 11:24:

a. He was a _________ man.

b. He was full of the __________________________ and of ______________.

c. According to verse 26: "And the disciples were called _________________ first in Antioch."

3. Read Acts 11:27-30 and answer the following questions:

a. Which prophet came at this time to Antioch? __________________

b. What did Agabus foretell (signify) by the Spirit? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

c. When did this famine take place? ________________________________________________________

d. What did the church of Antioch do during this famine? Verse 29 _______________________________ ____________________________________________________

e. By whom did the church of Antioch bring this relief to the brethren in Judea? ___________________

________________

4. Read Acts 12:1-19 and answer the following questions:

a. Whom did Herod kill about this time?_____________________________________________________

b. Why did Herod take Peter also? __________________________________________________________

c. When did Herod capture Peter? __________________________________________________________

d. How many soldiers guarded Peter? ____________________________

e. How was Peter being guarded the same night before Herod would kill him? Verse 6 ________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

f. What in verse 6 indicates that Peter was not worried at all? ____________________________________

g. Who delivered Peter?__________________________________________________________________

h. How did the gates of the prison open before Peter and the angel? Verse 10 _______________________

i. What happened to the soldiers who were appointed to guard Peter? Verse 19 _____________________

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5. Read Acts 13:2, 3 and fill in the blanks: "As they _____________________________________________, and ____________, the _____________________ said, Separate me ___________________ and ________ for the _________________________________________________________. And when they had ______ _________________________, and laid ____________________________, they sent them away."

6. Who accompanied Barnabas and Saul on this first missionary journey of Saul? Acts 13:5, Acts 12:25

_____________________

Lesson 22 Name______________________________________

1. List the names of the cities Paul visited on the first missionary journey that are mentioned in the following texts. (Also, be able to find them on a map.)

a. Acts 13:1 ________________________ e. Acts 13:13 ______________________

b. Acts 13:4 ________________________ f. Acts 13:14 ______________________ in Pisidia

c. Acts 13:5 ________________________ g. Acts 13:51 ______________________

d. Acts 13:6 ________________________ h. Acts 14:6 _______________ and ____________

2. Fill in the blanks from Acts 13:9-11: "Then Saul (who also is called Paul), _________________________

______________________, set his eyes on him, And said, O full of all ____________________ and all ____________________, thou __________________________________, thou ______________________ _______________________________, wilt thou not cease to _____________________________________ of the Lord? And now, behold, the _______ of the _______ is upon thee, and thou ___________________, not ___________ the _______ for a season. And _______________________ there fell on him a ________ and a _________________; and he went about ____________ some to lead ________________________." This text also indicates Paul’s hatred of the enemies of the Lord Jesus Christ.

3. Read Acts 13:45 and fill in the blanks: "But when the ________ saw the multitudes, they were __________ ____________________, and spake _____________ those things which were spoken by ________,

________________________ and _______________________."

4. Read Acts 14:3 and answer the following questions:

a. How did the apostles speak in Iconium? __________________

b. What did the Lord grant them there? _____________________________________________________

5. Read Acts 14:4-6 and answer the following questions:

a. What do we read of the multitude of the city? _______________________________________________

_____________________________________

b. What did the wicked Gentiles and Jews attempt to do to Barnabas and Paul? Verse 5 _______________

___________________________________

c. What do we read of Barnabas and Paul then? _______________________________________________

6. What miracle did Paul perform at Lystra? Acts 14:8-10 _________________________________________

7. Who stirred up the people of Lystra and Derbe against Paul? Acts 14:19 ____________________________

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8. What did certain Jewish Christians of Judea demand of the Christians at Antioch? Acts 15:1 __________________________________________________________________________

9. Read Acts 15:19, 20 and tell from what were the Gentiles told to abstain?

a. ____________________________________________

b. ____________________________________________

c. ____________________________________________

d. ____________________________________________

Lesson 23 Name____________________________________

1. List the names of the places Paul visited on his second missionary journey as mentioned in the following texts: (Be able to find them on a map.)

a. Acts 16:1 ___________________ and ______________ f. Acts 17:15 ______________________ b. Acts 16:7 ___________________________ g. Acts 18:1 ______________________

c. Acts 16:8 ___________________________ h. Acts 18:19 ______________________

d. Acts 16:12 __________________________ i. Acts 18:22 ______________________

e. Acts 17:1 __________________________

2. Read Acts 15:36-41 and answer these questions:

a. On what did Paul and Barnabas disagree? __________________________________________________

b. How sharp was this contention?__________________________________________________________

c. What had they planned to do before this contention? Verse 36 _________________________________ __________________________________________________

d. Whom did Paul choose to accompany him on his second missionary journey? _____________

3. Read Acts 16:1, 2 and then fill in these blanks:

a. Timothy’s mother was a ______________, and ______________________.

b. His father was a ______________.

c. Timothy was ________________________________ of by the brethren that were at ____________ and __________________.

4. Read Acts 16:13,14 and then answer these questions:

a. With whom did Paul first speak in Philippi? _____________________________________________

b. What did God do to Lydia’s heart? _______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________

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5. Read Acts 16:22-34 and answer the following questions:

a. What happened to Paul and Silas before they were cast into prison? _____________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

b. What did the jailer do to them? Verse 24 __________________________________________________

c. What were Paul and Silas doing at midnight? _______________________________________________

d. What happened at midnight? Verse 26 ____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

e. What did the jailer intend to do and why? Verse 27 __________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

f. How was the jailer stopped in his attempt at suicide? Verse 28 _________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

g. What did Paul and Silas do before the jailer and all his house were baptized? Verse 32 ______________

____________________________________________

6. What did Paul prove out of the Old Testament Scriptures at Thessalonica? Acts 17: 2, 3 _______________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

7. What according to II Timothy 3:15 are the Scriptures able to do? __________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

8. In Corinth ____________ and ____________________ joined Paul from Macedonia. (Acts 18:5)

Lesson 24 Name_____________________________________

1. List the cities and countries visited by Paul on his third missionary journey as found in the following texts: (Be able to find them on a map.)

a. Acts 18:23 _________________ and ________________ d. Acts 20:2 ______________________

b. Acts 19:1 ________________________ e. Acts 20:3 ______________________

c. Acts 20:1 ________________________ f. Acts 20:6 _______________________

g. Acts 21:1, 2 __________, ______________, ___________, _________________

2. In Acts 19:8 we are told that Paul went into the synagogue. He spake _________ for the space of ________

_______________. He spoke about the things concerning the ____________________________________.

3. Read Acts 19:13-17 and answer the following questions:

a. What do we read of Sceva in verse 14? ____________________________________________________

b. What did his seven sons try to do? Verses 13, 14 ____________________________________________

c. What happened to these seven sons? _____________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

d. What effect did this have upon those who dwelt in Ephesus?___________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________

4. Read Acts 19:18, 19 and fill in the blanks: "And many that ____________________ came, and _________________, and _______________________________________________. Many of them also which used ___________________________ brought their ___________ together, and ________________

_______ before _______________: and they counted the __________ of them, and found it ____________

________________________________________ of ____________."

5. Read Acts 19:24-28 and write the two things whereof Demetrius and his craftsmen were afraid:

a. ____________________________________________________________________________________

b. ____________________________________________________________________________________

6. Who silenced the uproar and dismissed the assembly? Acts 19:35 _________________________________

7. What should Demetrius and his craftsmen have done if they had a matter against any man? Acts 19:38, 39

_____________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________

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8. Read Acts 20:27 and fill in the blanks: "For I have not _______________ to ______________ unto you ______ the ________________ of God."

9. Read Acts 21:8-15 and answer the following questions:

a. Who came from Judea to Caesarea? ________________

b. What did he do and say? _______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________

c. What did Paul answer? _________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________

Lesson 25 Name______________________________________

1. Look up Acts 22:17-21 and answer these questions:

a. What had the Lord told Paul about the Jews? Verse 18 _______________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

b. What had the Lord told Paul about the Gentiles? Verse 21 ____________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

2. Why did the Roman captain loose Paul’s bands and refuse to scourge him? Acts 22:24-30 ______________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

3. Who heard of the plot to kill Paul? Acts 23:16 ______________________

4. How many men escorted Paul out of Jerusalem? Acts 23:23 ___________

5. Identify the following:

a. Claudius Lysias, Acts 23:19, 26 ____________________________________________

b. Ananias, Acts 24:1 __________________________________________

c. Tertullus, Acts 24:1 _________________________________________

d. Drusilla, Acts 24:24 _________________________________________

e. Felix, Acts 23:26 ___________________________________________

f. Festus, Acts 24:27 __________________________________________

6. Why did Festus wish to return Paul to Jerusalem to be tried there? Acts 25:9 _________________________

__________________________________

7. What was the opinion of both Agrippa and Festus after Paul’s speech? Acts 26:32 ____________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

8. How many according to Acts 27:37 were saved with Paul? _________

9. According to II Corinthians 11:23-28:

a. Paul was in prison _________ frequent than other servants of Christ.

b. He received forty stripes save one _________ times.

c. He was beaten with rods ____ times.

d. He was stoned ___________.

e. He suffered shipwreck ____________________________________.

10. In Philippians 4:22, Paul says, "All the ___________ salute you, chiefly they that are of ________________

household."