Answer: Pharisees
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean." (Matthew 23 v. 27)
Jesus, like many that had gone before, is very critical of any religion that consists of outward practice with no inner substance. The words take on an added significance, though, when you consider that Matthew is addressing a specifically Jewish community. The fledgling Christian church for whom he is writing was probably still seen as part of Judaism and had to establish its identity alongside existing Jewish groups such as the Pharisees. It is perhaps no surprise, therefore, that Matthew chooses to use the sayings of Jesus that are most hostile towards the Pharisees.
From Quiz: Quizzing the New Testament : Matthew
Answer: come
Matthew 14:29 says, "And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus."
The story goes on to say that Peter then doubts and starts to sink.
From Quiz: The First of the Gospels
Answer: 5
Jesus predicted His death 5 times throughout the Gospel of Matthew including verses 16:21, 17:22-23, 20:18-19, 26:1-2, and 26:23-25.
From Quiz: The Gospel of Matthew
Answer: Pontius Pilate
Matthew 27:1-2 tells us that, after they had taken counsel to destroy Jesus, they passed Him on to Pontius Pilate for questioning.
From Quiz: Plot to Kill Jesus
Answer: scarlet
It says that "the soldiers took Jesus to the Praetorium and stripped him of his clothes and put a scarlet robe on him. Then they twisted a crown of thorns into his head and whipped him and spat on him. They mocked him saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"" (Matthew 27:29) Some other versions of the Bible describe the robe as purple.
From Quiz: From the Upper Room to the Grave and Back Again
Answer: mountainside
"Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them saying: ..."
From Quiz: The Beatitudes
Answer: evil fruit
Matthew 7:17 "Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit."
From Quiz: Matthew 101
Answer: Do not fear when you preach the Gospel message.
According to Matthew 10:27-30, believers have no reason to fear when they preach the Gospel message. The passage, however, in the hearts of many Christians, has come to mean there is no need to fear, or worry, period. The verses in question quote Jesus giving instructions to His disciples.
Here's how Matthew 10:27-30 quotes Christ in the NKJV:
"'Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows'."
From Quiz: 25 Details, Gospel of Matthew -- 'A' to 'Z'
Answer: He gave orders that all the baby boys of two years old and under should be killed.
See Matthew 2: 16-17.
Christians believe this event was prophesied in the Old Testament by the prophet Jeremiah in Jeremiah 31: 15.
From Quiz: Biblical Wise Guys
Answer: In a quiet room
He said his followers shouldn't use prayer as a way of showing off their "skills". Instead, a prayer to God should be private and a personal thing between an individual and God. One ought to go to a private room and pray there. That can be found in Matthew 6.
From Quiz: BBB Bible Series: Matthew
