Bible crossword: Jesus in the Gospel accounts by Matthew and Mark
Based on material in chapter 20, Discovering the Bible by Alex Varughese
Challenge: Can you solve this puzzle even if you do not have the book by
Varughese?
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Nazarene Bible College student
ACROSS
- 2 The nine opening statements of the Sermon on the Mount that all begin with
the word "blessed"
- 4 The Old Testament prophet quoted by Jewish religious leaders when King Herod
asked them where the long-looked-for Messiah was to be born
- 5 The disciple who first proclaimed that Jesus was the Christ, the long-expected
Messiah
- 7 The gospel that portrays Jesus as a royal Messiah and authoritative Teacher; it is
the most Jewish of the gospels and was written by a former tax collector
- 8 Greek word translated as "church"
- 9 The Roman governor of Judea who imposed the death sentence on Jesus and had
him crucified
DOWN
- 1 The final words of Jesus in Matthew's gospel in which He tells his followers to
"go and make disciples of all peoples" (Matthew 28:19-20)
- 3 The Jewish governing group to which Jesus answered "I am" when they asked
Him point-blank if He was "the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One."
- 6 The gospel that announced the good news of Jesus as the Son of God, even
though it involved conflict, misunderstanding, opposition, suffering, and even death. This gospel
is the shortest of the four gospels and was written by a man who traveled with the Apostle Paul
and Barnabas on their first missionary journey
This crossword puzzle was created for use in the course Introduction to Biblical Literature.
The words and clues come from the textbook Discovering the Bible: Story and Faith of the
Biblical Communities edited by Alex Varughese and published by Beacon Hill Press of
Kansas City, now called The Foundry.
-- Howard Culbertson,
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