Resurrection of Jesus - Quiz
Resurrection of Jesus
  • 1. What is the Christian belief regarding who raised Jesus from the dead?
A) The angels
B) The apostles
C) Jesus himself
D) God
  • 2. On which day after his crucifixion was Jesus raised from the dead according to the Christian belief?
A) The first day
B) The seventh day
C) The third day
D) The fourth day
  • 3. What did Jesus become known as following his resurrection, restoring his exalted life?
A) Master and Teacher
B) Christ and Lord
C) Prophet and Savior
D) King and Judge
  • 4. According to New Testament writing, Jesus was the firstborn from what?
A) Heaven
B) The grave
C) Creation
D) The dead
  • 5. What did Jesus usher in after being raised from the dead?
A) The Mosaic law
B) The age of the Gentiles
C) The heavenly temple
D) The Kingdom of God
  • 6. To whom did Jesus appear, calling them to the Great Commission?
A) The high priests
B) His disciples
C) The Pharisees
D) The Roman authorities
  • 7. What two tasks were included in the Great Commission given to the apostles?
A) Forgiving sin and baptizing repenters
B) Gathering wealth and ruling nations
C) Building churches and writing scriptures
D) Healing the sick and casting out demons
  • 8. Where did Jesus go after appearing to his disciples and giving the Great Commission?
A) He ascended to Heaven
B) He descended into the underworld
C) He traveled to Rome
D) He remained in Galilee
  • 9. How is the Christian bodily resurrection described in terms of its body?
A) A physical body unchanged from before
B) A purely spiritual form without a body
C) A temporary ghost-like apparition
D) A transformed body powered by spirit
  • 10. Who described the miraculous bodily resurrection as a restoration to life of a transformed body?
A) The Roman historians
B) Peter and John
C) Secular scholars
D) Paul and the gospel authors
  • 11. What is the resurrection of Jesus considered in Christian theology?
A) A metaphorical teaching
B) A secondary historical event
C) The central mystery of the Christian faith
D) An optional doctrine
  • 12. Which festival commemorates the resurrection of Jesus and provides the foundation for Christian faith?
A) Advent
B) Easter
C) Christmas
D) Pentecost
  • 13. For Christians, the resurrection is the guarantee that who will be resurrected at Christ's second coming?
A) Only the apostles
B) Only the martyrs
C) All human beings regardless of faith
D) All the Christian dead
  • 14. What is Christ's second coming also known as?
A) Apocalypse
B) Rapture
C) Epiphany
D) Parousia
  • 15. How is the resurrection seen as a theological affirmation regarding history?
A) As an event disproven by historical records
B) As a myth created by later generations
C) As a precondition for understanding the historical Jesus, his suffering, and vindication
D) As completely separate from historical facts
  • 16. What do secular and liberal Christian scholarship assert gave impetus to the belief in the exaltation of Jesus?
A) Religious experiences such as visionary appearances and inspired reading of biblical texts
B) Direct political ambition of the early church
C) The discovery of historical documents in Rome
D) Eyewitness scientific verification
  • 17. Secular and liberal scholarship view the exaltation of Jesus as a fulfillment of what?
A) The scriptures
B) Greek philosophy
C) Egyptian mythology
D) Roman prophecies
  • 18. How do scholars of Jesus as a historical figure generally treat the topic of the empty tomb and Jesus's burial?
A) They universally agree on them
B) They completely disprove them
C) They tend to avoid the topic
D) They treat them as proven scientific facts
  • 19. Why do many scholars of Jesus as a historical figure avoid the topic of the resurrection?
A) Because there are no texts mentioning it
B) Because the church banned its study
C) Since many see resurrection as a matter of faith and outside the scope of historical study
D) Because it happened too recently to study
  • 20. What traditions is Easter rooted in?
A) Roman imperial traditions
B) Pagan solstice traditions
C) Greek theatrical traditions
D) Passover traditions
  • 21. What does the main Christian festival of Easter symbolize?
A) God's redemption
B) The coming of winter
C) The fall of humanity
D) The creation of the world
  • 22. Which relic is connected to the resurrection and believed by some to bear a miraculous image of Jesus?
A) The Holy Grail
B) The Crown of Thorns
C) The True Cross
D) The Shroud of Turin
  • 23. What does Gnosticism hold regarding the resurrection?
A) That both body and soul are resurrected physically
B) That only the physical body is resurrected
C) That only the soul is resurrected
D) That no resurrection ever takes place
  • 24. What does Islam generally teach regarding Jesus and the crucifixion?
A) That Jesus was crucified and resurrected on the third day
B) That Jesus survived the crucifixion and lived in Rome
C) That another person was crucified in his place permanently
D) That Jesus was not crucified but directly ascended to God
  • 25. What does Ahmadiyya Islam believe about Jesus and the crucifixion?
A) That Jesus was physically resurrected into heaven
B) That Jesus survived the crucifixion and carried on his mission elsewhere
C) That Jesus was never born
D) That Jesus died on the cross and rose three days later
  • 26. Is the moment of resurrection itself described in any of the canonical gospels?
A) No, only the aftermath
B) Yes, by eyewitnesses in all gospels
C) Yes, in the Gospel of Mark only
D) Yes, in great detail
  • 27. What do all four canonical gospels contain regarding Jesus's death and resurrection?
A) Passages in which Jesus predicts them or contains allusions
B) Exact dates and times of the resurrection
C) Testimonies from Roman guards
D) Scientific explanations of the miracle
  • 28. What do the New Testament writings contain instead of descriptions of the resurrection taking place?
A) Letters from Pontius Pilate
B) Photographic evidence and official decrees
C) Medical reports of his death
D) Accounts of an empty tomb and purported appearances of Jesus
  • 29. Which biblical letter contains one of the earliest Christian creeds referring to post-mortem appearances of Jesus?
A) Book of Revelation
B) Gospel of John
C) Epistle to the Romans
D) First Epistle to the Corinthians
  • 30. Which specific passage in First Corinthians contains the early Christian creed about the resurrection?
A) 1 Corinthians 15:3–8
B) 1 Corinthians 10:12–15
C) 1 Corinthians 3:1–5
D) 1 Corinthians 13:1–3
  • 31. What is widely accepted regarding the creed found in 1 Corinthians 15:3–8?
A) That it predates Paul and the writing of First Corinthians
B) That it was invented by the church at Corinth
C) That it was added to the text centuries later
D) That it was written by Paul during his imprisonment
  • 32. In what style did scholars contend Paul transmitted the earlier authoritative tradition of the resurrection?
A) Rabbinic style
B) Prophetic apocalyptic style
C) Legal Roman style
D) Philosophical Greek style
  • 33. Who wrote that the creed is a tradition Paul inherited from his seniors in the faith?
A) Geza Vermes
B) Paul Barnett
C) Hans Grass
D) Pontius Pilate
  • 34. Where are the ultimate origins of the creed probably located?
A) Within the Pharisaic council in Galilee
B) Within the Jerusalem apostolic community
C) Within the Greek mystery cults
D) Within the church at Rome
  • 35. Within how much time after the resurrection was the creed likely formalised and passed on?
A) A few years
B) Exactly fifty years
C) A millennium
D) Several centuries
  • 36. Who argues for an origin of the creed in Damascus?
A) Hans Grass
B) Hosea
C) Geza Vermes
D) Isaiah
  • 37. According to Paul Barnett, when did Paul receive the creedal formula from Ananias in Damascus?
A) In about 10 AD
B) In about 500 AD
C) In about 34 AD
D) In about 70 AD
  • 38. According to 1 Corinthians 15:5, after dying for sins and being buried, who did Jesus appear to first among the groups listed?
A) Cephas, then to the twelve
B) Paul on the road to Damascus
C) More than five hundred brothers
D) James, then to Mary Magdalene
  • 39. According to 1 Corinthians 15:6, Jesus appeared to how many brothers and sisters at one time?
A) A thousand
B) More than five hundred
C) Seventy-two
D) Exactly twelve
  • 40. In 1 Corinthians 15:6, regarding the large group of brothers Jesus appeared to, what is noted about most of them?
A) All of them had already died
B) None of them believed the vision
C) Most of them are still alive, though some have died
D) All of them became authors of gospels
  • 41. According to 1 Corinthians 15:7, who did Jesus appear to after appearing to the five hundred?
A) Cephas, then to the Roman governor
B) John the Baptist
C) James, then to all the apostles
D) The high priest Caiaphas
  • 42. How does Paul describe his own sighting of Jesus in 1 Corinthians 15:8?
A) First of all, as the primary witness
B) Last of all, as to one untimely born
C) In a dream while sleeping in Jerusalem
D) Through a letter sent from heaven
  • 43. In the Jerusalem ekklēsia, what was the phrase 'died for our sins' probably used as?
A) A political statement against the Roman Empire
B) An apologetic rationale for the death of Jesus as being part of God's plan
C) A rejection of Jewish scripture
D) A medical description of his execution
  • 44. For Paul, what did the phrase 'died for our sins' provide?
A) A justification for military rebellion
B) An excuse to abandon all religious practices
C) A reason to enforce strict adherence to Jewish law
D) A basis for the salvation of sinful Gentiles apart from the Torah
  • 45. From which biblical prophet was the phrase 'died for our sins' especially derived?
A) Daniel
B) Ezekiel
C) Jeremiah
D) Isaiah
  • 46. Which specific chapters and verses in Isaiah are mentioned as sources for the phrase 'died for our sins'?
A) Isaiah 53:4–11
B) Isaiah 40:1–5
C) Isaiah 7:14
D) Isaiah 61:1–3
  • 47. Besides Isaiah, which text is mentioned as a source for the phrase 'died for our sins'?
A) 1 Enoch
B) The Book of Jubilees
C) 4 Maccabees
D) Psalms of Solomon
  • 48. From which prophetic book is the phrase 'raised on the third day' derived?
A) Hosea
B) Amos
C) Zechariah
D) Micah
  • 49. Which specific verses in Hosea are the source for 'raised on the third day'?
A) Hosea 6:1–2
B) Hosea 3:1–2
C) Hosea 1:1–3
D) Hosea 14:4–8
  • 50. How did Paul tell the members of the church at Corinth that Jesus appeared to him?
A) As a glowing voice without a visual form
B) In the same fashion in which he appeared to the earlier witnesses
C) In a completely different and unique way
D) Through an angel delivering a stone tablet
  • 51. In 2 Corinthians 12, what does Paul describe experiencing?
A) A man in Christ who was caught up to the third heaven
B) A vision of the creation of the universe
C) A journey to the depths of the earth
D) An encounter with Roman soldiers in Damascus
  • 52. According to a plausible interpretation of 2 Corinthians 12, what did the man believe he saw?
A) Jesus enthroned at the right hand of God
B) The empty tomb in Jerusalem
C) The gates of hell opening up
D) Moses and Elijah on a mountain
  • 53. According to Romans 1:3–4, how was Jesus designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness?
A) By his baptism in the Jordan River
B) By his miraculous teachings
C) By his resurrection from the dead
D) By his birth in Bethlehem
  • 54. In Romans 1:3–4, concerning his flesh, whose descendant was Jesus said to be?
A) Moses
B) Abraham
C) David
D) Solomon
  • 55. What is the primary message of 2 Timothy 2:8 cited in the text?
A) Preach the gospel to the Gentiles only
B) Keep the commandments of the Torah
C) Do not fear the Roman authorities
D) Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead
  • 56. In 2 Timothy 2:8, what does Paul say is happening to him because of his gospel?
A) He is suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal
B) He is reigning as a king in Corinth
C) He is traveling freely throughout Rome
D) He is writing the book of Revelation
  • 57. In 2 Timothy 2:8, what does Paul state about God's word despite his imprisonment?
A) God's word is kept secret
B) God's word is forbidden in court
C) God's word is not chained
D) God's word has been lost
  • 58. Which language is used for the Biblical Greek term for the resurrection of Jesus in the text?
A) basileia tou theou
B) ἀνάστασις τοῦ Ἰησοῦ
C) λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ
D) εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ χριστοῦ
  • 59. What is the romanized form of the Biblical Greek term for the resurrection of Jesus?
A) logos tou theou
B) evangelion tou christou
C) parousia christou
D) anástasis toú Iēsoú
  • 60. Who is explicitly named in the text as transmitting an earlier authoritative tradition in a rabbinic style regarding the resurrection?
A) Caiaphas
B) Peter
C) John
D) Paul
  • 61. Who transmitted the creedal formula to Paul in Damascus around 34 AD according to Paul Barnett?
A) Barnabas
B) Gamaliel
C) Ananias
D) Stephen
  • 62. What term is used in the text to refer to the Jerusalem Church?
A) sanhedrin
B) synagogue
C) assembly of elders
D) ekklēsia
  • 63. Which specific verses from 4 Maccabees are mentioned alongside Isaiah as a source for the phrase 'died for our sins'?
A) 15:2–4
B) 1:1–3
C) 6:28–29
D) 10:12–14
  • 64. According to the Great Commission, what will the disciples receive when the Holy Spirit comes upon them?
A) Immunity
B) Riches
C) Wisdom
D) Power
  • 65. Where did the young man in Mark instruct the women that Jesus would meet the disciples?
A) Nazareth
B) Galilee
C) Jerusalem
D) Emmaus
  • 66. After the two followers returned from Emmaus, who did the eleven Apostles say Jesus had already appeared to?
A) James
B) Mary Magdalene
C) John
D) Peter
  • 67. In the Acts of the Apostles, for how many days did Jesus appear to the apostles?
A) Forty days
B) Fifty days
C) Three days
D) Seven days
  • 68. In which century BC does the idea of resurrection first emerge in Judaism according to the text?
A) 4th century BC
B) 2nd century BC
C) 1st century BC
D) 3rd century BC
  • 69. The Book of Daniel, dating from which century BC, also mentions the idea of resurrection?
A) 1st century BC
B) 3rd century BC
C) 4th century BC
D) 2nd century BC
  • 70. Who developed the belief in bodily resurrection from earlier Jewish concepts?
A) The Essenes
B) The Greeks
C) The Sadducees
D) The Pharisees
  • 71. The idea of bodily resurrection was described in the text as completely alien to whom?
A) The Pharisees
B) The Greeks
C) The Essenes
D) The Sadducees
  • 72. According to Josephus, which Jewish sect held that both soul and body perished at death?
A) The Pharisees
B) The Zealots
C) The Essenes
D) The Sadducees
  • 73. Which Jewish sect believed that the soul was immortal but the flesh was not?
A) The Greeks
B) The Essenes
C) The Sadducees
D) The Pharisees
  • 74. Who notes that for the Pharisees, 'the new body is a special, holy body'?
A) Outi Lehtipuu
B) Josephus
C) Dag Øistein Endsjø
D) Steve Mason
  • 75. Religion scholar Dag Øistein Endsjø believes the author of Daniel probably had in mind a rebirth as what kind of beings?
A) Greek philosophers
B) Fleshly mortals
C) Angelic beings
D) Spirits of the underworld
  • 76. In early times, stars were identified with which type of beings?
A) Demons
B) Angels
C) Prophets
D) Souls
  • 77. Who states that 'belief in resurrection was far from being an established doctrine' of Second Temple Judaism?
A) Dag Øistein Endsjø
B) Josephus
C) Steve Mason
D) Outi Lehtipuu
  • 78. According to Outi Lehtipuu, belief in resurrection was far from being an established doctrine of which period?
A) Old Testament Judaism
B) Early Christianity
C) Hellenistic Greece
D) Second Temple Judaism
  • 79. What tradition is it widely agreed deeply influenced the portrayal of Jesus in the gospels?
A) Roman imperial tradition
B) Jewish tradition
C) Pagan mythology
D) Egyptian polytheism
  • 80. Who killed Asclepius for using herbs to resurrect the dead?
A) Alexander the Great
B) Zeus
C) Romulus
D) Apollo
  • 81. Who requested that Asclepius be immortalized as a star after his death?
A) Plutarch
B) Zeus
C) Romulus
D) Apollo
  • 82. What general attitude did pagans hold toward resurrection?
A) Positive
B) Indifferent
C) Negative
D) Enthusiastic
  • 83. What did Tryggve Mettinger say dying and rising gods were closely associated with?
A) Roman imperial apotheosis
B) Atonement for human sin
C) Seasonal cycles
D) One-time historical events
  • 84. What process involves the soul of a meritorious man being translated into a god?
A) Translation by Elysium
B) Pagan resurrection
C) Apotheosis
D) Transubstantiation
  • 85. Did the apotheosised dead remain recognisable to those who met them?
A) Only in pagan mythology
B) Yes
C) No
D) Only if they were Roman emperors
  • 86. What do scholars differ on regarding the empty tomb story?
A) Its language
B) Its historicity
C) Its length
D) Its author
  • 87. Who argues that the tomb was not really empty while taking the appearance stories as subjective visions?
A) Bockmuehl
B) Gerd Ludemann
C) Richard Swinburne
D) Schroter
  • 88. Whose scholarly perspective argues that treating the resurrection as merely theological weakens research completeness?
A) Ludemann
B) Jacobi
C) Bockmuehl
D) Swinburne
  • 89. According to the text, views like Gerd Ludemann's remain what?
A) The consensus
B) Widely accepted
C) A minority
D) Unpublished
  • 90. Which biblical passage is frequently cited as the basis for the Jewish custom of a decent burial before sunset?
A) Genesis 1:1–3
B) Exodus 20:1–3
C) Leviticus 19:18
D) Deuteronomy 21:22–23
  • 91. What 6th-century AD Roman Law Code contains material from the 2nd century AD regarding the burial of punished individuals?
A) Digesta
B) Codex Justinianus
C) The Edict of Milan
D) Corpus Juris Civilis
  • 92. What archaeological find provides evidence of the burial of a crucified man?
A) The Tel Dan Stele
B) The James Ossuary
C) The Caiaphas Ossuary
D) Jehohanan
  • 93. Who argued that Jesus was buried in disgrace as an executed criminal who died a shameful death?
A) James Dunn
B) Craig A. Evans
C) Martin Hengel
D) John Granger Cook
  • 94. Who argued that Joseph of Arimathea is a total Markan creation in name, place, and function?
A) John Dominic Crossan
B) Dale Allison
C) Maurice Casey
D) Bart D. Ehrman
  • 95. Which scholar wrote that the story of Joseph of Arimathea was adapted by Mark, turning a group of Jews into a specific person?
A) Byron McCane
B) Martin Hengel
C) John Granger Cook
D) Dale Allison
  • 96. Which archaeologist concluded that Jesus was buried in disgrace in a criminal's tomb?
A) John Dominic Crossan
B) Maurice Casey
C) Byron McCane
D) Bart D. Ehrman
  • 97. Who argues that Jesus was indeed buried by Joseph of Arimathea, but in a tomb for criminals owned by the Sanhedrin?
A) John Dominic Crossan
B) Martin Hengel
C) Bart D. Ehrman
D) Maurice Casey
  • 98. Which historian doubts that Jesus had a decent burial and doubts that Jesus was buried by Joseph of Arimathea specifically?
A) James Dunn
B) Bart D. Ehrman
C) John Granger Cook
D) Craig A. Evans
  • 99. To what does James Dunn attribute the presence of the women at the cross and their involvement in the burial?
A) Early oral memory
B) Later Pauline theology
C) Markan literary invention
D) Creative story-telling
  • 100. Who argues that on the eve of Passover, Pilate would unlikely have wanted to provoke the Jewish population by denying a proper burial?
A) Bart D. Ehrman
B) Craig A. Evans
C) John Dominic Crossan
D) Martin Hengel
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