UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

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RELIGIOUS STUDIES (BIBLE KNOWLEDGE)

Paper 1 Luke and Acts 121:15 (Short-answer questions)

May/June 2007
1 hour 15 minutes

Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

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Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.
Answer all questions.
You should spend no longer than 35 minutes on Section A.
Where there are differences in quotations from the Bible,
NIV indicates New International Version,
RSV indicates Revised Standard Version.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

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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 city did Joseph and Mary visit to take part in the census of Caesar Augustus?
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(b) Why did they have to travel to this particular city?
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(a) Who was sitting in his tax booth when Jesus called him to be a disciple?
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(b) When this man later invited Jesus to a banquet at his house, what did the Pharisees
and scribes say?
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(a) What kind of person did Jesus meet in the land of the Gerasenes?
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(b) What was his name?
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(a) What happened to Jesus when he took Peter, James and John up a mountain to pray?
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(b) What did the voice from heaven say?
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(a) What happened between the sixth and ninth hour while Jesus was on the cross?
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(b) According to Luke, what were Jesus last words before he died?
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Acts of the Apostles 1-21:15
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What happened when Jesus was taken up into heaven? Give two details.
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(a) Who did Philip meet on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza?
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(b) Which book of the Old Testament was this man reading?
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(a) Name the person who prayed for Saul (Paul) while he was in Damascus.
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(b) What happened immediately after this man laid hands on Saul and prayed for him?
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(a) Who did Barnabas and Paul take with them on their first missionary journey?
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(b) What did this person do during that journey which later caused a sharp disagreement
between Barnabas and Paul?
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10 (a) When he was not preaching or teaching, what was Pauls trade?
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(b) Name the person Paul met in Corinth who shared the same trade.
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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

Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked
them, Who do the crowds say I am?

RSV

Now it happened that as he was praying alone the disciples were with him; and he
asked them, Who do the people say that I am?
(Luke 9:18)

(a) What was the reply of Jesus disciples?

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(b) What was Peters response?
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(c) What did Jesus then say would happen to the Son of Man?
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12 NIV

a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was
leading them.

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there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading
them.
(Luke 22:47)

(a) What did Judas do next, and why?

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(b) How did Jesus followers respond?
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(c) What did Jesus then do?
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13 NIV

As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the
beginning

RSV

As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning.
(Acts 11:15)

(a) Who was Peter talking about? What happened when the Holy Spirit came that led him
to make this statement?
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(b) Where was Peter when he said these words?
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(c) What was the reaction of those listening to Peter when he explained these things?
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14 NIV

As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea

RSV

The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea
(Acts 17:10)

(a) Where did Paul and Silas go when they arrived in Berea?
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(b) What does Acts tell us about the Jews of Berea?
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(c) What did the Thessalonian Jews do when they learned Paul was in Berea?
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