| Term | Definition |
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| Andrew | One of the twelve disciples of Jesus. He was convinced that Jesus was the Messiah and he brought his brother, Simon Peter, to him. |
| authority | Power or control or the right to do something; if someone in authority asks for something to be done, it must be done; the one with authority has power to make things happen or to enforce the law. |
| blasphemy | When someone says things against God; or show lack of respect for God. When someone says things against God; when they curse and insult God. |
| Capernaum | Located on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, This was where Jesus made his headquarters during his ministry in Galilee. Jesus performed a number of miracles and taught many things in this city, but the people remained hardened. Their attitude led Jesus to prophesy the town's destruction. |
| creation | This is when God made the world and everything there is; everything that God has made. |
| custom | A habit or way of life shared by nearly all the people of a community. |
| Disciple | The word means "a learner." Anyone who loves Jesus enough to learn and follow his teachings. |
| Elder | In ancient times a group of older men of a community that made all major decisions. Each town had a group. |
| Elijah | An Old Testament prophet who worked many mighty miracles. You can read about him in the books of l Kings and 2 Kings |
| Elisha | A powerful prophet who had been the follower of Elijah. He saw Elijah taken up into heaven and received double the spiritual power God gave Elijah. |
| Eternal life | To live with God forever and ever, to never die. |
| faith | To trust someone or something; belief and trust in God and in Jesus his Son; belief that the Bible is true. |
| Galilee | The place in Israel where Jesus grew up. |
| Gentile | Anyone who is not Jewish. |
| glory | The power and greatness of God. |
| God the Father | Creator of the universe and the human race. He is the one who takes care of his spiritual children. |
| good news' | Same as ''gospel.'' It is referred to in the Bible is this: God so loved the world and only Son, Jesus. Jesus came to take the penalty for our sins, so we that he gave his one an forgiven. |
| Heaven | This is the place where God lives and rules and is with the good angels. It is where Jesus went back to after he left earth, where he is preparing a place for us. |
| Idol | Anything people worship instead of God. They could be any object or statue made of wood, stone or metal that people worshiped. |
| Isaiah | One of the Old Testament prophets who prophesied about the coming of the Messiah. |
| Israel | The Jewish people, or the land of the Jewish people. |
| Jacob's Well | This is the well where Jesus met the Samaritan woman and told her he was the Messiah. |
| James - son of Zebedee | He was one of Jesus' disciples. Jesus called him and his brother John, both former fishermen, "sons of thunder." He was martyred by Herod Agrippa I. |
| Jew | A person who is from the family of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. |
| Jewish | Anyone who is from the family line of Abraham. |
| John | The son of Zebedee and brother of James, He was one of the twelve disciples. He wrote the fourth gospel. |
| Joseph | He was a carpenter in the town of Nazareth and taught Jesus his adopted son the trade. |
| Judea | The land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is known as Israel. |
| Kingdom of God | Where God rules. It also refers to the right God has to rule and the power to rule. Jesus brought this to earth when he came. It begins in a person's heart when that person allows God to rule his or her life. |
| Mary | Mother of Jesus. While she was still a virgin, the angel Gabriel told her that she would give birth to a son. |
| Messiah | A special servant of God; a name for Jesus Christ; it means the person whom God sent; he sent him to save people from the anger of God because of our bad ways; the only one who can put people right with God; the one who will come again to rule over God's kingdom ; God's anointed one. |
| Nazareth | A town in lower Galilee, the hometown of Mary and Joseph, the human parents of Jesus. Jesus grew up there. The people of this town didn't have a very good reputation |
| parable | A story, like those that Jesus told, to explain the things that he taught; a saying or a story from which you can understand two things; a story that has a secret meaning. |
| Prophet | A person who can tell other people what God wants. Sometimes one of these would tell people what God had to say to them at the present time. Other times the going to happen before it happened. |
| Rabbi | Means teacher. A teacher of the Jewish religion. Jesus was know as one. |
| SABBATH DAY | God told the Jewish people to rest on the seventh day of each week. There were strict rules about what a Jew could do on this day. It was a day when special attention was given to spiritual matters. |
| 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. |
| Samaritans | People who lived in the area of israel called Samaria. The Samaritans came from Jews who married non-Jews. |
| Scripture | Another word for the Holy Bible a group of sixty-six books written over a period of more than a thousand years by many different men who were inspired by God. |
| Sea of Galilee | The body of water or Lake Kinneret, is Israel's largest freshwater lake, being approximately 53 km (33 miles) in circumference, about 21 km (13 miles) long, and 13 km (8 miles) wide. |
| Simon Peter | Along with his brother Andrew, He was a fisherman by trade. He was the most prominent of the twelve disciples. |
| Sin | When people do not do what God wants; wrong thing that we do or say |
| sins | Bad things that we do against God or other people. |
| Sychar | A small village in Samaria, about half a mile from Jacob's well. It was here that Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman. |
| synagogue | The place or building where Jews meet together. They pray and read the *Old Testament there. The name for a Jewish house of worship. There was only one temple, but each community had one of these. |
| Worship | Showing honor, love and praise. People are meant to do this for God. It is wrong to this for anyone or anything other than God. |
| miracle | An event that can't be explained by nature or human effort, only by God's power |
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