The Apostle John

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1. Traditionally, who were John's parents? Joachim and Anna Hilarius and Quieta Clotilda and Clovis Zebedee and Salome

2. Before they met Jesus, in what trade were John and his brother James employed? They were fishermen They sold cloth They were farmers They were bakers

3. John and his brother answered Jesus' call to follow him. In the gospel of Mark, which was the first major city in which they stopped? Capernaum Lod Tel Aviv Safed

4. John, along with Peter and James, was present when Jesus performed a miracle. The story is related in Mark 5. Which of the following miracles was it? Jesus made a mute boy able to speak Jesus raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead Jesus drove spirits out of a woman Jesus healed a man who had been injured in a fall

5. John was present at the Transfiguration. True False

6. When Jesus went to pray in the garden of Gethsemane, he was accompanied by James, John and Peter. The hour was late. What happened to the disciples? They got sick They got hungry and started to eat They were attacked by a badger They fell asleep

7. In Christ's dying agony on the Cross, he commended someone to the care of John. Who was it? An orphan Andrew Mary Joseph

8. In the First Century, Christians were often subject to persecution. What torture did John endure at the orders of the Roman emperor Domitian? Boiling in oil Stretching on the wheel Hanging by his feet Beatings with a mace

9. John spent many years in Jerusalem. Later, he traveled and preached the Gospel throughout Asia Minor. The last years of his life were spent in what city? Ephesus Riyadh Damascus Yerevan

10. Which of these epithets has *not* traditionally been used to refer to St. John? St. John the Theologian St. John the Revelator St. John the Editor St. John the Divine