Which Gospel explicitly mentions the fear of Roman destruction of Jerusalem as a motive for a Council of Jewish leaders to seek Jesus’ death?
Mark
Matthew
Luke
John
In which Gospel is Peter’s weeping over denying Jesus not triggered simply by hearing a cock crow?
Mark
Matthew
Luke
John
Why might Mark have decided to portray Peter as cursing Jesus during his third denial of him (see 14:71)?
It is another instance of Mark’s habit of portraying the disciples as negatively as possible.
Members of Mark’s church had experienced a persecution which demanded a cursing of Christ as proof of recantation of Christian faith.
It is part of Mark’s effort to counter the growing authority being given to the figure of Peter in the Church’s memory.
The earliest oral traditions about the incident all remembered that Peter had cursed Jesus.
According to the Gospels, when does a Council meeting of priests and scribes to decide Jesus’ fate occur?
On the night of his arrest, the first night of Passover.
At daybreak after the first night of Passover.
Some time before Jesus was even arrested.
All of the above.
Which of the following questions about Jesus mentioned in the four Gospels accounts of this scene is least likely to have been an issue in post-resurrectional disputes between believers in Jesus as Lord and others?