| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Sanhedrin | Jewish court, controlled by Saducees |
| Pharisees | Teachers of the Torah |
| Saducees | Do not believe in Resurrection, high court officials |
| Essenes | Monk-like, pray for the people |
| Zealots | radical; wanted land back from Romans by any means possible |
| Theophilus | Luke and Acts are written to him |
| John | Eschatology= end of history in his Gospel |
| Synoptic | Eschatology= second coming in the _______ Gospels |
| new converts | Known as the 'little ones' |
| Matthew | who uses the term 'little ones'? |
| The Way | We must go through Jesus to get to God, he is ____ ______ to get to God |
| Antioch | where the christians are first called Christians |
| Antithesis | root of the sins |
| Matthew | used Kingdom of Heaven instead of Kingdom of God because Jesus didnt use Gods name |
| John | First to use the Trinity to say Father, Son and Holy Spirit |
| Matthew | Judas gets upset about the expensive oil used to wash Jesus' feet in this gospel |
| Apostles | directly called by Jesus |
| Schema | Jewish profession of faith/ creed: Love God w/ all my heart, all my might, all my soul |
| Lost Sheep | Jews that have lost their faith |
| John | the Beloved disciple appears only in this Gospel |
| Jerusalem | council of ________, decided that Gentile Christians must no eat meat w/ blood, cannot intermarry |
| Missionary, Defense, Farewell | 3 types of speeches in Acts |
| Matthew | "anti-semetic" Gospel |
| Matthew | Gospel of Church |
| Seven | Original number of deacons appointed to take care of Greek women |
| Stephen | 1st Martyr |
| Phillip | Christianity to africa |
| Meals | sign of acceptance and/or reconcialiation |
| Field of Blood | where Judas died according to Acts |
| Suffering Servant | Image of Jesus in Mark |
| Messiah | Image of Jesus in Matt |
| Universal Savior | Image of Jesus in Luke |
| Son of God | Image of Jesus in John |
| Revelations | John used coded messages when he wrote this because he was in Jail |
| Revelations | God will win over evil= message of ________ (book) |
| John | followers of this man followed this saying: Love God, Love Neighbor |
| Acts | Purpose of this book is to explain the spread of christinity |
| Matthew | the HS role in the Gospel of ______ was to be "sprinkled on Jesus" |
| Luke | the HS role in the Gospel of ______ was major, this gospel uses the most imaging |
| John | the HS role in the Gospel of ______ was to guide us |
| Paraclete | Second advoacte, Holy Spirit |
| Luke | jesus went away OFTEN to pray in this gospel |
| Anawim | the poor or lowly, Jesus most often preaches to them, "remnants" |
| Synoptic | Matthew, Mark, Luke are the 3 _____ Gospels |
| 27 | Number of Books in the NT |
| 21 | Number of Letters in the NT |
| Adam | Luke traces Jesus' geneology to this man |
| Abraham | Matt traces Jesus' geneology to this man |
| Mountain | Symbol of authority |
| Mark | Parusia is most imminent in this Gospel |
| Matthias | killed 2 soldiers in the temple, start of Maccabean revolt |
| letter | Revelations is in _______ format |
| Apostles | slow to understand jesus' teachings |
| Luke | Most important gospel to Gentiles, includes them as Chosen people |
| Demons | cast out by Jesus; because of this, some people believed he was associated with the devil |
| Lazarus | Mary, sister of _________ "wasted" oil on jesus' feet |
| James the Lesser | head of the church at the time of the council of Jerusalem |
| The Word | John starts his Gospel by calling Jesus this |
| Parables | simple stories that are meant to teach a lesson |
| Evangelist | someone who spreads the good news |
| John | the Gospel of _____ is also known as the Gospel of Signs |
| 7 | john records _____ number of signs in his gospel |
| letters | the four types are: Genuine, Captivity, Pastoral, Catholic |
| Samaritans | were detested for being half-breeds; these people were the offspring of Assyrian invaders and Jews |
| Matthew | adds two soldiers in front of tomb to disple rumor that jews stole Jesus' body |
| Eschatology | final judgement |
| Matthew | Gospel that servers as a bridge from OT to NT |
| Jerusalem | "the mother church" is where? |
| Excommunicate | power church has to basically kick someone out; they can _______ that person |
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