Answer Sheet 1

The World in Which Christ Lived

1. The four Gospel writers who tell the story of Jesus' life and ministry in the Bible are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
     True
     False

2. Palestine, where Jesus lived while on earth, was a tiny country that was part of the great Roman Empire.
     True
     False

3. Jesus spoke all the languages commonly used in Palestine during His time on earth-including Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Egyptian, and Arabic.
     True
     False

4. The time in which Jesus lived on earth was an age of constant war, revolution, and civil unrest throughout the vast Roman Empire.
     True
     False

5. Many religious theories and practices circulated throughout the Roman Empire in Jesus' day-most of them contradicting each other and offering confused ideas about God.
     True
     False

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