1. WHO IS JESUS?
Introduction to Unit 2:
CHRISTOLOGY

2. So what’s your “J.Q.”?
 As a group, try to get
as many correct
answers as possible.
 Select a recorder.
 Whisper so that the other
groups don’t hear!

3. QUESTION 1
What was Jesus’
FULL NAME?

4. QUESTION 2
Who were Jesus’
parents? Where were
they from?

5. QUESTION 3
Who are some of
Jesus’ relatives that
are mentioned in the
Bible?

6. QUESTION 4
When was
Jesus born? Where
was he raised?

7. QUESTION 5
What was Jesus’
nationality? Religious
affiliation?

8. QUESTION 6
What did he
look like?

9. QUESTION 7
How old was Jesus
at the time of his
death?

10. QUESTION 8
What made
Jesus angry?

11. QUESTION 9
What made
Jesus cry?

12. QUESTION 10
What makes Jesus
different from all other
religious leaders?

13. Let`s see how
you did!
Keep track of your correct
responses. Use a different colour.
Remember – this is RELIGION
class…

14. QUESTION 1
What was Jesus’
FULL NAME?

15. Possible responses:
 Jesus didn’t have a last name
 Jesus of Nazareth
 Jesus Son of Joseph (Yeshua bar Joseph)
 Jesus the Carpenter
 Jesus of the House of David

16. QUESTION 2
Who were Jesus’
parents? Where were
they from?

17. Possible responses:
 Mary is his mother
 Joseph is his adoptive father
 A descent of the House of David
 Ancestral hometown is Bethlehem
 Both were from the town of Nazareth

18. QUESTION 3
Who are some of
Jesus’ relatives that
are mentioned in the
Bible?

19. Possible responses:
 Elizabeth (Mary’s cousin)
 John the Baptist (Jesus’ cousin)
 David (part of Joseph’s ancestral family)
 Anne and Joachim (Mary’s parents)

20. QUESTION 4
When was
Jesus born? Where
was he raised?

21. Possible responses:
 Not on December 25th
…
 A date later adopted by the early Church
 Pagan feast of the Sun; allowed Christians to secretly
celebrate Christmas without being caught
 Given the fact that the North Star was visible,
shepherds were tending sheep and the time of
the census, it is more than likely that Jesus was
born sometime during the Spring
 Raised in Nazareth

22. QUESTION 5
What was Jesus’
nationality? Religious
affiliation?

23. Possible responses:
 Hebrew, Israelite
 Jewish

24. QUESTION 6
What did he
look like?

25. Possible responses:
 Dark skin – he is lived in the Middle East
 Dark eyes
 Full beard – as was socially and religiously
expected
 Thin – he was poor

26. Not like this…

27. … more like this…

28. QUESTION 7
How old was Jesus
at the time of his
death?

29. Possible responses:
 The generally accepted age is 33
 The Gospel of Luke (3:23) describes how
Jesus began his ministry at “about 30 years
of age”; he died approximately 3 years into
his ministry

30. QUESTION 8
What made
Jesus angry?

31. Possible responses:
 The hypocrisy of the Pharisees
 There are many examples of Jesus chastising
religious leaders for their misinterpretation of The
Law for their own benefit and for their lack of
compassion.
 Defiling of the Temple
 i.e. money lenders using the Temple as a
marketplace

32. QUESTION 9
What made
Jesus cry?

33. Possible responses:
 The death of his friend, Lazarus
 He later performed a miracle and raised Lazarus
from the dead.
 Feeling abandoned just before his arrest in
the garden of Gethsemane

34. QUESTION 10
What makes Jesus
different from all other
religious leaders?

35. Possible responses:
 Jesus is the only religious leader who is BOTH
human and divine
 He rose from the dead (resurrection)
 He ascended into Heaven
 Seen to be walking among the living after his resurrection
– witnessed by hundreds
 Jesus existed prior to his life on Earth – he is God!
 Mohammed, Buddha and Confucius all died
 Never again seen after their deaths

36. What have you ever wondered
about Jesus?
 What are your questions about Jesus?
 Childhood
 Details of his adult life

37. Where in the
World?
•Modern-day
Israel
•Roman
province of
Palestine, 1st
century A.D.

38. Jesus and the Gospels
 Even though each of the Gospels reveal the truth
about was Jesus said (teaching) and did
(miracles, etc.), they cannot be relied upon as
accurate historical accounts.
 Remember the importance of literal vs. contextual
reading…
 The writers of the Gospels were not actually eye-
witnesses to Jesus’ life and did not know him
personally
 The writers were disciples of the Disciples of Jesus; each
wrote for a specific community of believers

39. A Bit More on
the Gospels…
 The Gospels of
Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John are
known as the
Synoptic Gospels
because they report
similar events in a
similar fashion; the
patterns in the
Gospels are similar

40. Five Historical Facts About Jesus That
Will NEVER Change:
1. Jesus was a real person who actually lived in
history. No one disputes this fact.
2. We have reliable eye-witness testimony to
Jesus’ life in the New Testament documents.
3. There can be no doubt that Jesus claimed to be
God.
4. Jesus proclaimed that he was the only way to
God.
5. Jesus proved WHAT and WHO he was by rising
from the dead.

41. Along came a movie that shook the
world to its core…
 The Da Vinci Code was released in 2006,
based on the best-selling novel by Dan
Brown, written in 2004.

42. What the Film Asserts…
“What I mean,” Teabing countered, “is that
everything our fathers taught us about Christ is
false. As are the stories about the Holy Grail.”
(Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code)

43. What the film Asserts…
 The gospels are not historically accurate. The Roman
Catholic Church instigated a cover-up of some 80
gospel accounts that shed new light on the identity of
Jesus.
 Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and she and
their bloodline are the Holy Grail.
 The truth about this has been hidden but kept alive by
a secret society called the “Priory of Sion”, which was
lead by people like Da Vinci.
 The early church did not believe that Jesus was divine.
Instead, they “voted” for His divinity and the bible at the
council of Nicaea in the fourth century.

44. The Consequences of this Film:
 People are confused about who Jesus
really is – historically and biblically
 The divinity of Christ has come into
question
 Suspicion about certain decisions made by
the Church throughout history  a
conspiracy theory

45. By the time you are finished
watching The Da Vinci Code:
 You will be able to appreciate (or not) as a
mere work of FICTION that contains
numerous religious lies.
 You will be able to address and CORRECT
all of the misinformation.
 This will be the focus of your assignment for this
unit…