Mid-Term Exam
St. John’s Gospel 1-3

1. What did Jesus say to Nicodemus is necessary for salvation?
a. born of water

b. born of Spirit
c. born of water and Spirit

d. faith in Him

2. In a nutshell, how is eternal salvation possible?
a. through our good works
b. through being a member of your local church
c. through believing in Jesus’ death and resurrection
d. through following one’s conscience

3. The wedding feast at Cana (John 2:1-12)
a. is the first of seven signs mentioned in John’s gospel.
b. contains the last words of Mary in the NT– “Do whatever He tells you.”
c. recalls the first plague in the time of Moses
d. anticipates transubstantiation of Jesus’ blood into wine in the Eucharist
e. all of the above

4. According to John’s gospel , Jesus tells us that the opposite of believing is
a. being an atheist.

b. denying Jesus.
c. disobeying.

d. seeing.

5. Which of the symbols of the four gospels, provided in Ezekial 1:10 and Rev. 4:7, represents John?
a. eagle

b. lamb

c. lion

d. dove

6.Who was the 1st evangelist according to John 1-3
a. St. Peter

b. St. Paul

c. St. Andrew

d. St. Mark

7. When was St. John’s Gospel written?
a. 40-60 AD

b. 60-100 AD

c. 110-150 AD

d. 300-350 AD

8. How many parables did John use in this Gospel?
a. 0 b. 7 c. 12 d. 22

9. Why was Jesus always at odds with Pharisees?
a. Because they didn’t believe

b. Because they standed for the Temple
c. Because they hated Jesus

d. Because they were hypocrits

10. Jesus is
a. created by God.
b. adopted by God at baptism.
c. with God from the beginning.
d. God became Jesus at his birth.

11. An example of Chiastic structure is:
a. ABCABC

b. ABCCBA

c. AABBAABB

d. none of above

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Week VII 3:22-36, John the Baptist's Testimony About Jesus, Tuesday, July 10

John 3:22-25
•What’s John’s baptism?
-Act 19:2-6
•What is the difference between the baptism of Jesus and that of John?
-Matt 3:11, CCC 696

Water baptism
•What’s the relationship between baptism of Jesus and that of John?
•Water Baptism: immersing or pouring?

Word Play
•Aenon: fountain, Salim: Peace
How might mention of these names add to the meaning the narrative?
-Zech 13:1

John 3:26-30
•What’s John’s disciple’s attitude toward Jesus’ popularity?
•How did John answer them? Why?

John 3:29-30
•Who’s the bridegroom? What wedding?
•What John’s attitude can teach us about apostolate?

John 3:31
•Pay attention of “above”. Compare with John 3:5 “…born from above”
•What do you think John was trying to emphasis?

John 3:32
•Why do they turn away from John’s witness?
-John 3:19-21
•What about us? What shall we do?
-1 John 1:5-7

John 3:34
•In OT, Holy Spirit who rested on the prophets did so “according to the measure” of each one’s assignment. So what do you think John intended to tell the Jewish readers?

Advanced questions
•Please summarize John 3.
•Some Bible (Calvinist) translate John 3:5 as “…Unless you were born of water, even the Spirit, you cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven” what do you think of it?