A) The start of his ministry B) The trigger for his death C) A call for Roman tax reform D) An endorsement of the priesthood
A) Within a year B) Within a month C) The very next day D) Within a week
A) All four gospels equally B) Matthew, Mark, and John C) Matthew, Mark, and Luke D) Luke and John only
A) Pontius Pilate ordered his protection B) The guards joined his disciples C) The Temple was closed for a holiday D) The crowd supported Jesus's actions
A) A massive donation strike B) An immediate Roman invasion C) A revolt and a carnage D) The destruction of the altar
A) They were unaware the event was taking place B) They did not feel the need to act for a minor disturbance C) They were ordered to arrest the merchants instead D) They were sympathetic to the money changers
A) Pontius Pilate B) High Priest Caiaphas C) Caesar Augustus D) King Herod
A) Taxes paid to the Antonia Fortress B) Provision of food for pilgrims C) Use in animal sacrifices D) Export trade to Rome
A) To fund the Roman military campaigns B) To pay wages directly to the priests C) To convert currencies into accepted Temple taxes D) To exchange foreign gold for Roman land deeds
A) Moses B) Herakles C) Caesar D) Aaron
A) In God We Trust B) Tyre the holy and invincible C) Property of the Roman Empire D) Holiness to the Lord
A) Their use of counterfeit metals B) Their association with tax collectors C) Overtly pagan coins and images D) Their excessive weight and size
A) They were refusing to pay Roman taxes B) They were plotting against the high priest C) They were routinely cheating the people D) They were hoarding the food supply
A) In the Antonia Fortress B) At the temple C) In the royal palace in Rome D) In private aristocratic villas
A) Temple guards to maintain public order B) The Roman prefect to pay soldiers C) The wealthy to the poor who were in danger of losing land D) Foreign merchants to buy sacrificial animals
A) The aristocracy B) The Zealot resistance C) The Galilean fishermen D) The Roman legionnaires
A) The burning of the debt records in the archives B) The rebuilding of the outer court C) The assassination of Pontius Pilate D) The expulsion of all foreign money changers
A) 10 acres B) 100 acres C) 35 acres D) 5 acres
A) Jesus and his disciples were vastly outnumbered B) The Roman soldiers blocked all the exits C) The scale of commerce and packed Passover pilgrims D) The temple guards protected the merchants with swords
A) As an excuse to start a revolution B) As a prophetic demonstration rather than a violent act C) As a legally binding financial reform D) As a military takeover of the treasury
A) Spokespersons or prophets B) Temple guards or protectors C) Priests or Levites D) Money changers or merchants
A) Military campaigns B) Financial audits C) Prophetic actions D) Agricultural reforms
A) A sustained physical takeover of the temple B) A planned riot against Roman rule C) A permanent ban on animal sacrifice D) A symbolic prophetic sign and brief dramatic interruption
A) The Acts of Jesus B) The Cleansing of Jerusalem C) The Prophetic Sign D) The Life of the Temple
A) The vastness of the temple complex B) The high cost of Tyrian shekels C) The lack of Roman records D) The absence of eyewitness accounts in Matthew
A) Successfully expelled all merchants from the outer court B) Collaborated with the temple aristocracy C) Paid the temple tax using a pagan coin D) Performed some anti-temple act and spoke some word against it
A) Cleanse the Temple of any corruption B) Perform a symbolic prophetic action C) Speak against the temple complex D) Protest against the institution of animal sacrifice
A) The institution of animal sacrifice B) The presence of Roman soldiers in the Antonia Fortress C) The use of Herakles on Tyrian shekels D) The high interest rates charged by the aristocracy
A) Direct immunity from Roman arrest B) A false sense of transactional forgiveness compared to repentance C) An exemption from paying the annual temple tax D) Permanent membership in the temple aristocracy
A) John the Baptist and Jeremiah B) Moses and Aaron C) King David and King Solomon D) Pontius Pilate and Caesar
A) David Landry B) John Dominic Crossan C) Ben Witherington III D) Maurice Casey
A) University of Rome B) University of Jerusalem C) University of Galilee D) University of St. Thomas
A) D. A. Carson B) Marvin L. Krier Mich C) Craig S. Keener D) Pope Francis
A) Passover B) Pentecost C) Yom Kippur D) Tabernacles
A) John Dominic Crossan B) Maurice Casey C) David Landry D) Pope Francis
A) Masada Fortress B) Antonia Fortress C) Herodium Fortress D) Machaerus Fortress
A) Greek drachma B) Roman denarius C) Tyrian money D) Egyptian talent
A) A multi-day siege B) A brief dramatic interruption C) A permanent occupation D) A violent military revolt
A) The burning of the temple archives B) His refusal to pay the Passover tax C) An order directly from Caesar D) Jesus's actions in the Temple
A) Near the middle B) Near the end C) Near the start D) In the middle of the book
A) Near the start B) At the very conclusion C) In the middle D) Near the end
A) Thomas Aquinas B) Plutarch C) Josephus D) Augustine
A) Completely absent B) Less severe C) More severe D) Identical in severity
A) Thomas Aquinas B) Craig S. Keener C) Ben Witherington III D) Augustine of Hippo
A) Plutarch B) Herod the Great C) Josephus D) Augustine
A) 46th year B) 18th year C) 20th year D) 15th year
A) 30 BC B) 20 BC C) 22 BC D) 70 AD
A) 30 AD B) 20 BC C) 70 AD D) 22 BC
A) AD 24 B) AD 70 C) AD 29 D) AD 30
A) Augustus B) Herod the Great C) Caiaphas D) Phraates IV
A) Every high priest B) Every Jewish male C) Every Roman citizen D) Every merchant in the court
A) Only one B) Three C) Two D) All four
A) A market B) A house of merchandise C) A cattle yard D) A den of thieves
A) It was entirely fictional B) An actual event took place C) It happened twice on the same day D) It was written by Josephus
A) A heavy tax B) A confiscation C) A banishment D) An embargo
A) Psalm 23:1 B) Psalm 119:105 C) Psalm 8:2 D) Psalm 51:10
A) The foreign merchants B) The temple vendors C) The Roman soldiers D) The worshippers themselves
A) Religious hypocrisy B) Foreign idolatry C) Political rebellion D) Financial embezzlement
A) A priest B) An altar C) A prayer D) A trader
A) Andy Alexis-Baker B) John Calvin C) Augustine of Hippo D) Origen
A) John Chrysostom B) Theodore of Mopsuestia C) Origen D) Augustine of Hippo
A) 5th century B) 11th century C) 4th century D) 3rd century
A) As a purely violent historical event B) As a defense against simoniacal clergy C) Metaphorical, denying historicity D) As a justification for the Crusades
A) No B) Yes, in times of war C) Yes, exclusively by monks D) Yes, by all clergy members
A) 1554 B) 391 C) 1075 D) 381
A) Pope Gregory VII B) Pope Urban II C) Pope Gregory I D) Pope John Paul II
A) Augustine of Hippo B) Theodore of Mopsuestia C) John Chrysostom D) Pope Gregory I
A) Sheep and bulls B) Pagans C) Merchants D) Heretics
A) The First Council of Constantinople B) The Crusades C) Antiquity D) Protestant Reformation
A) 1554 B) 381 C) 1075 D) 2012
A) Canonical B) Legendary C) Biographical D) Historical
A) About 1,000 years after Christ B) During the first century C) In the modern era D) Around 500 years before Christ
A) 500 B) 310 C) 70 D) 12
A) Yeshu B) El Greco C) Epiphanius D) John the Beloved
A) James B) John C) Yeshu D) El Greco
A) Yeshu B) James C) John the Beloved D) Epiphanius
A) Epiphanius B) El Greco C) Yeshu D) John the Beloved
A) Paris B) Athens C) Rome D) Minneapolis |