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