Question 486:

• JAMB 1987

The Pharisees and Scribes accused the disciples of Jesus of transgressing the tradition of the elders because they

A. Did not regard synagogue rules
B. Did not pray before meals
C. Ate with unwashed hands
D. Disobeyed the elders

Question 487:

• JAMB 1987

'Why this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for a large sum and give to the poor'. The event which led to this saying took place in

A. Capernaum
B. Jerusalem
C. Jericho
D. Bethany

Question 488:

• JAMB 1987

At His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Christ had to sit on an ass because He

A. Had need of it
B. Was humble
C. Wanted to fulfil the scriptures
D. Was a king

Question 489:

• JAMB 1987

But Jesus answered them, 'You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. For in the neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven'. This answer was given to the

A. Sadducees
B. Pharisees
C. Gentiles
D. Samaritans

Question 490:

• JAMB 1987

''... let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn''. This passage is on the parable of the

A. Mustard seed
B. Sower
C. Tares
D. Treasure hidden in a field