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RELIGIOUS STUDIES (BIBLE KNOWLEDGE)
Paper 1 Luke and Acts 1–21:15 (Short-answer questions)
May/June 2005
1 hour 15 minutes
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
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Section A (20 marks)
Answer all questions 1 to 10.
Answers in phrases or incomplete sentences are acceptable.
Each question carries 2 marks.
The Gospel of Luke
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(a) Which angel told Mary that she was to give birth to a son?
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(b) What other woman did the angel say would also bear a son?
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(a) Why did the paralysed man’s friends let him down through the roof to be healed by
Jesus?
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(b) What were the first words Jesus spoke when the man was lowered before him?
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When he told his disciples not to worry (RSV be anxious), what two things did Jesus ask
them to consider?
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(a) Whom did Jesus say had put more into the Temple treasury than everyone else?
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(b) Why did he say this?
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(a) When was Jesus recognised by the two disciples who accompanied him to the village of
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(b) What did the two disciples do immediately afterwards?
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Acts of the Apostles 1–21:15
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(a) When the early Christian believers sold their property and gave the proceeds to the
apostles, what did the apostles do with the money?
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(b) Name the person who sold his field and gave the proceeds to the apostles.
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(a) What did Stephen say he saw which angered the Jews and led them to stone him?
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(b) At whose feet did the witnesses to Stephen’s death lay their clothes?
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(a) Who saw an angel in a vision, telling him to fetch Peter from Joppa?
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(b) What position did this person hold?
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(a) Which of the disciples did Herod put to death?
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(b) As a result, what did Herod do next?
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10 (a) At Lystra, which god did the people think Barnabas was?
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(b) Why did the people think that Paul was the god Hermes?
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Section B (20 marks)
Answer all questions 11 to 14.
Each question carries 5 marks.
Keep your answers short.
Answers should be in complete sentences.
11 NIV
When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority …
RSV
And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority …
(Luke 9:1)
(a) Before Jesus sent out the Twelve, what did he give them the power and authority to do?
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(b) What was the main task of the Twelve when Jesus sent them out?
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(c) What were the Twelve to do if the people of a town did not welcome (RSV receive)
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12 NIV
They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, ‘Jesus, Master, have pity on
us!’
RSV
… who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said, ‘Jesus, Master, have
mercy on us.’
(Luke 17:12–13)
(a) Who made this request to Jesus?
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(b) What did Jesus tell these people to do, and what happened as a result?
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(c) Why did one of the people concerned return to Jesus, and what was special about this
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13 NIV
… he (Peter) said, ‘Tabitha, get up.’
RSV
… he (Peter) said, ‘Tabitha, rise.’
(Acts 9:40)
(a) Where did Peter meet Tabitha?
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(b) What sort of person had Tabitha been?
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(c) What did Peter do to Tabitha?
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14 NIV
We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul
aboard.
RSV
But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard
there.
(Acts 20:13)
(a) Name one person who was on the ship going to Assos, and explain how it is known that
this person was present.
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(b) Whom did Paul call to meet him at Miletus, and what did he warn them would happen
after he had departed from them?
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(c) What words of Jesus did Paul quote on this occasion?
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