STUDY QUESTIONS FOR “Jesus’ Statements on the cross”

  1. How many statements did Jesus make while hanging on the cross at Calvary?

  2. What important trait of Christ’s life is contained in the statement that He made from the cross, as recorded in Luke 23:34?

  3. According to Romans 3:23 and Ezekiel 18:20, why do we as humans need God’s forgiveness?

  4. What did Isaiah say (Isaiah 59:1-2) that sin does?

  5. What important point do we find in the psalmist’s statement in Psalm 103:10?

  6. According to Matthew 7:21, who will end up going to Heaven?

  7. Why, according to Luke 19:10, did Jesus come to Earth?

  8. What, according to 1 Timothy 2:4, does God want?

  9. When, according to Hebrews 9:16-17, did Christ’s will (the New Testament) go into ef­fect?

10. When, according to Colossians 2:14, did the Old Testament become of no effect?

11. By what, according to John 12:48, will all people one day be judged?

12. What did the Jews mean when, in Mark 7:11, they said, “Corban!”

13.vWhat did Jesus’ statement on the cross (recorded in Mark 15:34), “Eloi, Eloi, lama sa­bachthani,” mean?

14. According to 1 Peter 2:24, what did Jesus do for us?

15. According to the teaching found in Habakkuk 1:13, why did God forsake Jesus when He was on the cross?

16. Jesus’ statement in John 19:28 (“I thirst!”) tells us something about Jesus. What does it tell us?

17. According to Paul’s statement in Philippians 2:8, what did Jesus’ obedience to God’s will cause to happen to Him?

18. According to Revelation 2:10, what could our obedience to Christ today possibly cause to happen to us?

19. What important point about humankind is contained in Jeremiah 10:23?

 20. According to Paul’s comments in 2 Timothy 2:10, where is salvation found?

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