Workbook for New Testament History for Juniors

Name:  _________________________________

Lesson 1

1. Zacharias was ________________________ in the _________________ of the Lord when an _______________ appeared to him and told him that Elisabeth would have a __________, whose name shall be called ___________________ (Luke 1:5-13).
2. From Luke 1:15 we learn that John the Baptist would be __________________ in the sight of the Lord; that he would drink neither __________ nor ________________________ and would be filled with the __________________________ even from his mother’s womb.
3. When Zacharias came out of the temple, he could not _________________ to the people, and they perceived that he had seen a __________________ in the temple (Luke 1:22).
4. Shortly after this the angel ___________________ was sent unto the city of _____________ named _____________________, to a virgin whose name was __________ (Luke 1:26, 27).
5. In Luke 1:59, 60 we read that the neighbors wanted to call John the Baptist ____________________ after the name of his ___________________, but Elisabeth said, “Not so; but he shall be called ____________.”
6. In Luke 1:76 John is called the _______________________________________________; for he shall go before the face of the Lord to ______________________________.

Name:  __________________________________

Lesson 2

1. Joseph and Mary, who were from the city of _________________________, in Galilee, went to ________________________, the city of David, to be taxed according to the decree issued by ______________________________ (Luke 2:1-4).
2. A _________________________________________________________________ appeared to the shepherds to tell them of the birth of Christ.  Quote the song of the angels in Luke 2:13, 14:  “__________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________.”
3. The child who was born to Mary was called ______________ because __________________ ___________________________________________________ (Matthew 1:21).  He also is called ______________________ which means ___________________________________ (Matthew 1:23).
4. When the wise men found Jesus, they ______________________ and __________________ Him, and presented unto Him gifts of _______________, ____________________________, and __________________ (Matthew 2:11).
5. When Jesus returned from Egypt, He lived in _______________________, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, “______________________________________ _____________________________” (Matthew 2:23).
6. Luke 2:51 and 52 tell us that Jesus was ________________________ to His parents and that He increased in _________________ and _________________ and in __________________ with God and man.

Name:  _________________________________

Lesson 3

1. Pick out the verses from Malachi 4 that speak of John the Baptist and copy them below (see also Luke 1:17).  ____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
2. When the people asked John the Baptist what they should do, he told them (Luke 3:11):  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. John told the publicans to “Exact no more than ____________________________________ ______________________.”  To the soldiers he said, “Do violence to __________________, neither accuse any ______________; and be content with your __________” (Luke 3:13, 14).
4. When certain ____________________ and ______________________ from Jerusalem came to John the Baptist, he told them that he was not the ________________ (John 1:19, 20).
5. Give the names of the disciples of Christ who are mentioned in John 1:40-50.  __________________________ 

__________________________ 

__________________________

__________________________

Name:  ______________________________________

Lesson 4

1. Quote the words of Jesus in Matthew 3:15 that show that it was necessary for Jesus to be baptized:  “_________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________.”
2. When Jesus was baptized in the Jordan, the __________________ were opened unto Him, and He saw the _________________________________ descending like a ______________, and lighting upon Him:  and lo, a ____________________ from heaven, saying:  “__________________________________________________________________ ______________________________” (Matthew 3:16, 17).
3. The first temptation took place in the _____________________________.  Satan wanted Jesus to change ______________________ into bread.  Jesus’ answer was:  “____________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________” (Matthew 4:1-4).
4. The second temptation took place on a ____________________ of the __________________.  The devil said to Jesus, “If thou be the _______________________, cast thyself down:  for it is written, he shall give his _________________ charge concerning thee:  and in their _______________ they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy _______________ against a stone.”  Jesus’ answer was:  “It is written again, _____________ ___________________________________________________________” (Matthew 4:5-7).
5. In the third temptation the devil took Jesus up into an exceeding ______________________.  He promised to give Jesus ____________________________________ if Jesus would ___________________________________.  Jesus’ answer was:  “Get thee hence, ________________:  for it is written, Thou shalt ____________________ the Lord thy __________, and him ____________ shalt thou __________________” (Matthew 4:8-10).
6. After the temptations, ________________ came and _________________________ unto Jesus (Matthew 4:11).

Name:  ________________________________

Lesson 5

1. The brother of Simon Peter was ___________________.  The two sons of Zebedee were _________________ and _________________.  Before these men became disciples of Jesus, their occupation was _____________________ (Matthew 4:18-22).  When Jesus called them, they ___________________________ left their ______________ and _________________ Him (Matthew 4:20).
2. Jesus attended a __________________ in Cana of Galilee.  His ___________________ and His ____________________ were also there.  At this time Jesus performed His first miracle, in which He changed _______________ into ______________ (John 2:1-11).
3. Quote the words Jesus spoke to His mother at the wedding feast in Cana as found in John 2:4:  “______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________.”
4. In Jerusalem, when Jesus drove out of the temple those who bought and sold animals, He said to them:  “______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________” (John 2:16).
5. To the Jews who asked Jesus for a sign of His authority, the Lord replied:  “______________ _____________________________________________” (John 2:19).  By these words Jesus referred to the _______________________________ (John 2:21).
6. Fill in the missing words in this text:  (John 3:14, 15).  “And as __________________ lifted up the ___________________ in the ______________________________, even so must the ___________________________________ be lifted up:  that ______________________ believeth in him should not _________________, but have ________________________.”

Name:  ______________________________

Lesson 6

1. When Jesus went through _____________________ (John 4:4), He met and talked with a woman near the city of _____________, where _________________ well was (John 4:5, 6).  In His conversation with this woman, Jesus told her that “_________ is a ____________:  and they that worship him must worship him in _______________ and in ______________” (John 4:24).  He also told her plainly that He was the _________________ (John 4:25, 26).
2. A certain ______________________ whose son was sick at _____________________ came and asked Jesus to heal his son when Jesus was in __________ of ____________________ (John 4:46, 47).  Without going to the city where the sick boy was, Jesus healed him.  The fruit of this miracle was that the _______________________ and his _________________ believed (John 4:53).
3. In the synagogue of _____________________ Jesus stood up and read from the ________ of the prophet _________________ (Luke 4:16, 17).  When he had finished, He told the people in the synagogue, “___________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________” (Luke 4:21).
4. Those in the synagogue were filled with ___________ and tried to ______________ Jesus (Luke 4:28, 29).  Jesus, however, passed through the _______________ of them and went on His ________________ (Luke 4:30).
5. When Jesus taught in ___________________ on the Sabbath day, the people were ______________________ at His doctrine; for His ____________ was with ____________ (Luke 4:31, 32).
6. Quote Jesus’ answer to the people who asked Him to remain in the city of Capernaum  (Luke 4:43):  “____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________.”

Name:  __________________________

Lesson 7

1. The enemies of Jesus were angry with Him and tried to kill Him because He ate with __________________ and ___________________ (Luke 5:30).  He healed the sick on the __________________, and said that _______ was His _________________, making Himself ______________ with God (John 5:18).
2. Jesus healed a lame man at the pool of _____________________ who had been sick for ___________ years (John 5:1-5).
3. List the twelve disciples (Luke 6:14-16; Matthew 10:2-4):

      ______________________________      ______________________________

      ______________________________      ______________________________

      ______________________________      ______________________________

      ______________________________      ______________________________

      ______________________________      ______________________________

      ______________________________      ______________________________

1. Complete these beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-9):
2. “Blessed are the poor in spirit:  ____________________________________________.”
3. “Blessed are they that mourn:  _____________________________________________.”
4. “Blessed are the meek:  ___________________________________________________.”
5. “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness:  _________________ _______________________________________.”
6. “Blessed are the merciful:  ________________________________________________.”
7. “Blessed are the pure in heart:  _____________________________________________.”
8. “Blessed are the peacemakers:  _____________________________________________ _____________________________.”
9. Read Matthew 7:24-26 and then complete the following:  One who ________________ and ___________________ Jesus’ words is like a _______________ man who builds his house upon a rock.  One who hears Jesus’ sayings and _______________________ is like a foolish man who builds his house on the sand.
10. When wicked Herod had John the Baptist ______________________ in prison, John’s _______________________ came and took his body and laid it in a ________________ (Mark 6:27, 29).

Name:  ____________________________

Lesson 8

1. The disciples asked Jesus why He spoke in parables.  Jesus’ answer is found in Matthew 13:11, 13.  Fill in the blanks in this answer:  “Because it is given unto you to ___________ the _____________________ of the ____________________ of heaven, but to them it is ________________________,…”  Because they seeing ______________________; and ___________________ they hear not, neither do they _________________________.
2. When Jesus upbraided the cities wherein most of His mighty works were done, because they ______________not, He said that Capernaum, which was exalted unto ___________, would be brought down to _________ (Matthew 11:20, 23) and that it would be more tolerable for the land of _____________ in the day of judgment than for her (Matthew 11:24).
3. In His prayer found in Matthew 11:25-27, Jesus thanked His Father because He _________ the things of the Kingdom from the _________ and __________________ and revealed them unto ___________________.
4. A woman who had an issue of blood for ________ years came to Jesus and was healed by _____________________________________________________________ (Luke 8:43-48).  Jesus explained that her ______________ had made her whole (verse 48).
5. Read Luke 8:22-25 and fill in the blanks:
6. Jesus was ______________ in the boat when the storm arose.
7. The disciples cried to Him, “Master, Master, we _____________________.”
8. Jesus ________________ the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased and there was a _________________.
9. The disciples were amazed that even the __________ and the __________ obeyed Jesus.
10. The daughter of Jairus was _______ years old (Luke 8:42).  When it was told Jairus that she had died, Jesus said to him, “Fear not:  _____________ only, and she shall be made _________” (Luke 8:50).  ___________, ______________, and _________________ were the three disciples who were with Jesus when He raised her from the dead (Luke 8:51).

Name:  _______________________

Lesson 9

1. Jesus fed a multitude of _______________ men, besides women and children, with ____ loaves and ___ fishes.  After they had eaten, the disciples gathered ___________________ ____________________ of fragments (Matthew 14:15-21).
2. After this miracle Jesus sent His disciples away in a ___________, while He went up into a _________________ to pray.  During the night a ______________________________ arose.  Jesus came to the disciples, ______________________ on the sea.  When ____________ knew that it was Jesus, he also walked on the sea.  The Lord calmed the storm after which the disciples in the boat worshiped Him and said, “Of a truth thou art the __________________” (Matthew 14:22, 33).
3. When Jesus refused to be made king, the multitude left Him, and He asked the disciples:  “Will ye also go away?”  Quote Peter’s answer (John 6:67-69):  “______________________ __________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________.”
4. In John 6:70, 71 Jesus said that one of His disciples was a ______________.  He was speaking of ______________________________, who would ________________ Christ.
5. In Decapolis Jesus healed a man who was _____________, and had an impediment in his _______________ (Mark 7:31-37).  Jesus charged them (put true or false in the following blanks):
6. __________    That they should tell their friends about this.
7. __________    That they should tell no one.
8. __________    That they should tell as many as they could.
9. The ________________, with the _______________, came to _______________ Jesus, asking Him to give them a ___________ from heaven.  Jesus told them that the only sign that would be given to them was the sign of ___________________________ (Matthew 16:1-5).

Name:  _________________________

Lesson 10

1. Read Matthew 17:1-13 and fill in the following blanks:
2. ___________, _____________, and ________________ were the three disciples with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration.
3. _____________ and _____________ also appeared on the mount with Jesus.
4. Peter wanted to make three ________________________ on the mount.
5. Jesus’ _____________ shone as the _________ and His __________________ was white as the __________________.
6. A voice out of the cloud said:  “This is my _____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________.”
7. Read Matthew 17:14-21 and give the reason that the disciples could not cast out a devil from a certain boy:  __________________________________________________________
8. In John 9:1-3 we read of Jesus healing a man who had been born blind.  The disciples thought that the reason for this blindness was that either ____ or his ________________ had sinned.  Jesus, however, explained that the reason this man was born blind was “that the ________________________ should be made manifest in him.”
9. Fill in the missing words in these verses (John 10:11-14):  “I am the _________ __________:  the good shepherd _____________ his life for the _______________.  But he that is an ___________________ and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the ___________ coming, and _______________ the sheep.…  I am the ___________________ and _______________ my sheep, and am known of ___________________.”
10. What did the wicked Jews say was the reason they sought to stone Jesus? (John 10:31-33)  _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________

Name:  ____________________________

Lesson 11

1. When Jesus came to Bethany, Lazarus had been in the grave ____ days already.  When she heard that Jesus was coming, __________________ went to meet Him, but ___________ remained in the house.  Jesus told Martha, “I am the ________________________ and the ____________:  he that ______________________ in me, though he were ____________, yet shall he _________________” (John 11:17-26).
2. Quote the prophecy of Caiphas, the high priest, in John 11:49-51:  “___________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________.”
3. Check the correct answer describing the commandment of the chief priests and Pharisees, which they gave concerning Jesus (John 11:57).
4. __  They commanded that the people should kill Jesus.
5. __  They commanded that they should help Jesus hide.
6. __  They commanded that they should tell where Jesus was in order that they might take Him.
7. A certain ruler came to Jesus with the question:  “Good Master, what shall I do to ________ ______________________________________?”  When Jesus told him to sell all that he had and distribute unto the poor, the ruler was very ______________, for he was very _________ (Luke 18:18-25).
8. __________ days before the last Passover, Jesus came to ______________, where ________, ____________, and ________________ lived (John 12:1-3).  Many people came here not only to see Jesus but also to see _________________________ (John 12:9).

Name:  __________________________

Lesson 12

1. Quote the verse out of Zachariah 9:1-10 that was fulfilled when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the back of a colt on Palm Sunday:  “____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________.”
2. In the following passages we find some of the parables Jesus spoke that have to do with the final judgment.  Fill in the blanks:
3. In Matthew 21:28-33 we find the parable of the __________ sons.
4. In Matthew 21:33-44 we find the parable of a certain __________________________ who planted a _____________________.
5. The parable of a ________________________ feast is found in Matthew 22:1, 2.
6. In Matthew 25:1-14 we find the parable of the ten __________________.
7. When the Pharisees and Herodians asked Jesus whether it was lawful to pay tribute unto Caesar, Jesus’ answer to them was (Matthew 22:21):  “__________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________.”
8. Jesus said that the poor widow who cast a farthing into the treasury of the temple gave more than all the others because “they did cast in of their ___________________; but she of her __________________ did cast in _____________ that she had, even all her _____________” (Mark 12:44).
9. Judas Iscariot, who was one of the _______________, agreed with the ________________ _____________________ to betray Jesus for ________________ pieces of silver (Matthew 26:14, 15).  Judas sought opportunity to betray Jesus ______________________________ _________________________________________ (Luke 22:6).

Name:  __________________________

Lesson 13

1. After the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, Jesus told the disciples that they would all be offended because of Him that night.  How did Peter answer this? (Matthew 26:33)  “____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________.”
2. In Gethsemane Jesus took with Him ______________ and the two sons of ____________ (Matthew 26:37).  Quote Jesus’ prayer in the garden from Matthew 26:39:  “___________ ________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________.”
3. When Jesus gave Himself up in the garden, He was taken first to ______________, who was the ___________________________ to Caiaphas the high priest (John 18:13).  Later He was sent ________________ unto Caiaphas (John 18:24), and from there He was taken to the hall of _________________ to be tried before ______________, the judge (John 18:28, 29).
4. When Peter denied Jesus the third time, ________________________ the _________ crew, and Peter went out and __________________________________ (Matthew 26:74, 75).
5. State whether the following are true or false:
6. __________    The Sanhedrin said that Jesus was innocent (Matthew 26:65-67).
7. __________    Pilate knew that Jesus was guilty (John 19:4-6).
8. __________    Jesus told Pilate that His kingdom was not of this world (John 18:36).

Name:  ________________________

Lesson 14

1. ______________, who was a __________________, carried the cross of Jesus (Luke 23:26).
2. Quote the seven cross words found in these texts:
3. Luke 23:34:  “____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________.”
4. John 19:26, 27:  “_________________________________________________________ ____________________.”
5. Luke 23:43:  “___________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________.”
6. Matthew 27:46:  “_______________________________________________________”
7. John 19:28:  “_________________________.”
8. John 19:30:  “_____________________________________.”
9. Luke 23:46:  “__________________________________________________________ __________________________.”
10. At the time of Jesus’ death the _____________ of the temple was ____________ in twain from the ___________ to the _________________; and the __________________________ and the __________________________; and the ________________ were opened and many bodies of the saints which slept arose (Matthew 27:51, 52).
11. The superscription on the cross of Jesus read:  “____________________________________ __________________________.”  It was written in ___ languages (Luke 23:38).
12. Among those who watched the crucifixion was a group of ______________ including ______________________________, and ___________ the mother of James the less and of Joses, and _________________ (Mark 15:40).
13. When the ___________________ saw what was done, he _______________ God, saying, “_________________________________________________________” (Luke 23:47).