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 2010
1 hour 15 minutes

Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

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Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
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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Name the two people to whom the angel Gabriel appeared.

(a)

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(b)

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Give two things which Jesus ordered the man with leprosy to do after he healed him.
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Name two things Jesus told the Twelve not to take with them, when he sent them out on their
mission.
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(a) Which religious group did not believe in the resurrection of the dead?
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(b) In whose house was Jesus, when he healed the man suffering from dropsy?
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(a) What was written above the cross on which Jesus was crucified?
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(b) Who took the body of Jesus down from the cross?
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Acts of the Apostles 121:15

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(a) What did Judas do with his reward money for betraying Jesus?
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(b) In which book of the Old Testament was Judas death prophesied?
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State two things we learn about Cornelius from the Book of Acts.
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(b)

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(a) Which apostle did Herod the King have put to death?
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(b) How did Herod the King die?
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(a) When Peter miraculously escaped from prison, to whose house did he immediately go?
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(b) Who answered the door?
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10 Give two reasons why Paul and Silas were imprisoned at Philippi.
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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

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax
booth.

RSV

After this he [Jesus] went out, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax
office.
(Luke 5:27)

(a) What did Jesus say to Levi?

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(b) What did Levi do next?
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(c) What did Jesus say to those who complained (RSV murmured) against his disciples
because they were eating and drinking with sinners?
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12 NIV

Then the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love;
perhaps they will respect him.

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Then the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son;
it may be they will respect him.
(Luke 20:13)

(a) The owner had previously sent servants to collect the harvest. Who did the servants
represent in this parable?
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(b) What did the tenants of the vineyard do when they saw the son?
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(c) What did Jesus say the owner would do to the tenants?
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13 NIV

Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of
property.

RSV

But a man named Ananias with his wife Sapphira sold a piece of property.
(Acts 5:1)

(a) Why did Peter criticise Ananias?

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(b) What happened to Ananias?
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(c) What was the reaction of those who heard about it?
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14 NIV

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They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila.

RSV

And they came to Ephesus, and he [Paul] left them [Priscilla and Aquila] there.
(Acts 18:19)

(a) Why had Priscilla and Aquila left Rome?

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(b) Apollos arrived in Ephesus whilst Priscilla and Aquila were still there. State three things
we are told about Apollos.
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