This Quiz: Jesus and the Synagogue

1.) Jesus used an illustration of lifting what animal on the Sabbath to justify His healing of the man with the withered hand in the Synagogue?
       A pig which was wallowing in the mire.
       A donkey which had fallen down a well.
       A sheep which had fallen into a pit.
       A camel which could not rise to its feet after it had gone through the gate called the eye of the needle.

2.) Jesus taught in the synagogue in His hometown but He could not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief. Jesus said to them...
       A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.
       Only believe.
       In all of Israel I have not seen such a lack of faith as this.
       Blessing and honor and glory and power belong God and to the Lamb.

3.) Jesus taught in the synagogue at Capernaum and they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as...
       the chief priest.
       the priests.
       the pharisees.
       the scribes.

4.) When Jesus left the synagogue in Capernaum, he entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Who was healed there?
       Simon's wife.
       Simon's wife's mother.
       The woman with the issue of blood.
       Jairus' daughter.

5.) What was wrong with the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue whom Jesus healed?
       She was demon-possessed.
       She had palsy.
       She had died.
       We are not told, but she was at the point of death.

6.) Jesus went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. Which prophet did he read from?
       Isaiah
       Jeremiah
       Nehemiah
       Daniel

7.) The centurion whose servant was healed was very unusual in that he...
       loved the God of Israel and worshipped at the synagogue.
       loved the Jewish nation and built them a synagogue.
       was also a ruler in the synagogue.
       prophesied the destruction of the synagogue.

8.) When they were called before the Pharisees, the parents of the blind man whom Jesus healed on the Sabbath said, he is of age; ask him. Why did they say this?
       They were part of the plot to kill Jesus and had allegiances with the rulers of the synagogue.
       They were not at the synagogue at the time when their son was healed.
       They wanted everyone in the synagogue to hear of the miracle.
       They were afraid that they would be put out of the synagogue if they confessed that Jesus was the Christ.

9.) Many of the chief rulers believed on Jesus, the bible tells us, but they did not confess him - why?
       They dwelt in the synagogue and they read from a script that had been written in advance.
       They belonged to an order of Trappists in the synagogue and were not allowed to speak.
       The Pharisees would have them thrown out of the synagogue.
       They feared that it would cause such an uprising that the synagogue would be destroyed.

10.) Jesus would have often seen a lame man at the gate Beautiful of the synagogue, but did not heal him. In Acts it is recorded that the man was healed by two of the disciples. Who were they?
       James and John
       Andrew and Phillip
       Matthew and Thomas
       Peter and John