| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Christ | The Greek word for "the Anointed One," or "God's Chosen One." Another way of describing the Messiah or Savior. |
| Eternal life | To live with God forever and ever, to never die. |
| Good News | The message that Jesus came to save us. |
| Gospel | The good news about Jesus. The message that Jesus came to save us. |
| Holy Spirit | God’s Spirit, whom Jesus sends to help people. |
| Jesus | God gave this name to his Son, it means 'he will save'. |
| Scripture | Another name for God's book, the book of God's holy words, the Bible; the Old Testament. |
| Jew | A person who is from the family of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. |
| Son of God | A name or title for Jesus. |
| Peter | This name in Greek signifies a rock, as does also the name Cephas in Syriac. He was one of the twelve apostles, and was also called Simon. |
| Savior | The one who rescues; someone who will bring us to God back from the bad things that we have done; someone who saves us from the bad things other people have done to us. |
| Sinner | A person who breaks God's rules; a person who does not obey God. |
| Sin | To do wrong, bad or evil things; not to obey God; the wrong things that we do. |
| Jerusalem | The capital city of Israel and Judah; the temple of God was there. |
| Heaven | The place where God lives and rules. |
| Barnabas | The Jerusalem church sent him, a Jew from Cyprus, to Antioch. The church in Antioch commissioned him along with Paul to go on a mission to the Gentiles. |
| Paul | His original name was Saul. He became a follower of Jesus and was recognized as an apostle because Jesus sent him to take Christ's message to the Gentiles. |
| Apostle | A man that God chose to lead his church ; one of the 12 men that Jesus chose to work with him and to teach about him. |
| Roman | A person from Rome. Rome was a powerful city; it had a strong army. |
| Ministry | The service or work connected with religion. |
| Patmos | A small island in the Aegean Sea (roughly four by eight miles), about fifty miles southwest of Ephesus. |
| Rome | This city was the capital city of the Roman Empire, |
| Ephesus | This city was a large port city along the Aegean Sea in Asia Minor. It boasted a pagan temple dedicated to the Roman goddess Diana (Greek: Artemis). |
| Athens | This city was the seat of Greek art, science, and philosophy. Paul visited this city during his second missionary journey and spoke to the citizens about their altar to the unknown god. |
| Corinth | This city was the capital city of Achaia, located on a narrow isthmus. It was a city of wealth and immorality, and attracted worshipers of Poseidon |
| Caesarea | Herod the Great built this city on the Mediterranean coast and named it in honor of Augustus Caesar. |
| New Testament | The last part of the Bible, which the writers wrote after the life of Jesus. |
| Shepherds | People who raise sheep for a living. |
| Samaritians | People who lived in the area of Israel called Samaria. |
| Mary | While she was still a virgin, the angel Gabriel told her that she would give birth to a son. She and her betrothed, Joseph, traveled to Bethlehem for the census where she gave birth to Jesus. |
| Faith | To believe in and trust in something you cannot see yet. |
| Christian | Means "little Christ" or like Christ. The followers of Jesus were first called Christians because their lives were like Christ's life. Today Christians are people who believe in Jesus Christ and follow his teachings. |
| Gentile | Anyone who is not Jewish. |
| Luke | The Gentile author of the gospel of Luke and the book of Acts. He was a close friend of Paul's, and traveled with him on the second and third missionary journeys and the trip to Rome. |
| Theophilus | Name of the man to whom Luke wrote his gospel and Book of Acts. His name means "Lover of God" |
| Samaria | A region in Palestine located between Galilee on the north and Judah/Judea on the south, and between the Jordan River on the east and the Plain of Sharon on the west. |
| Judea | The land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is known as Israel. |
| Galilee | The place in Israel where Jesus grew up. |
| Revelation of Jesus Christ | The last book of the Bible. It was written by John the Apostle. |
| Vision | Seeing something that can only be seen by the power of God. It is like a dream but the person is awake. |
| Eternal life | To live with God forever and ever, to never die. |
| John 3:16 | It is probably the most familiar Bible verse of all. |
| Burning Bush | The first time God spoke to Moses, Moses saw a bush on fire. When he looked closer, the bush was on fire but it wasn't burning up. |
| Moses | A great Jewish hero who led the Jewish people out of slavery in Egypt during the Exodus. |
| I Am | This is one of the names God called himself. |
| Sign | This is a miracle or something people could experience that pointed them to recognize God's power at work. |
| Miracle | an event that can't be explained by nature or human effort, only by God's power. |
| Last Supper | The last meal Jesus ate with his disciples. At this meal Jesus told his disciples that one of them would betray him before the night was out. |
| John the Baptist | He was a prophet of priestly descent. |
| Disciple | The word means "a learner." Anyone who loves Jesus enough to learn and follow his teachings is one. |
| John | The son of Zebedee and brother of James, He was one of the twelve disciples. He wrote the fourth gospel. |
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