Sunday before Easter when Jesus made a triumphant entry into Jerusalem riding on a donkey after 3 years of preaching
Apostle who denied Christ three times, as Jesus had predicted
An advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the Consoler, Comforter, or Intercessor; a term applied to the Holy Spirit
'Five Books,' meaning the first five books of the Bible, or Torah
Egyptian king, eg the one who refused Moses' request to the the Israelites leave the country
Epistle purportedly written by Peter, and similar to Jude; addresses a heresy which had arisen because of the delay of the return of Christ, the first NT work to refer to another part of the NT (Paul's epistles) as scriptural
They are blessed and shall be called children of God (Mt 5:9)
Head of a family, especially applied to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David
An island of the Aeagean sea, to which the apostle John was banished by Domitian, A. D. 95 (Rev 1:9)
Face of God, the name which Jacob gave to the place in which he had wrestled with God
Calvinist doctrine that once you are saved, you will always be saved
Greek for 'a cutting-out,' a set of verses that forms one coherent unit or thought, suitable for public reading from a text
A short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; Christ told many
Occupation of St. Luke
I & II Timothy, Titus
Greek for 'presence' or 'arrival' often used in connection with the second coming of Christ
The Feast of Weeks celebrated seven weeks after the second day of the Passover; an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made originally to support the Temple; the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples on this day
Epistle and person Paul addressed in behalf of Onesimus
Jewish political and religious group that eventually developed into Rabbinic Judaism; usually presented in the NT as opposing Jesus
Little rolls of parchment, in which were written certain words of the law, and which were worn by the Jews upon their foreheads, and upon the left arm
Giving two or more parts of the sentences a similar form so as to give the passage a definite pattern; the chief rhetorical device of Biblical poetry
'Apostle to the Gentiles,' who persecuted Christians until his conversion on the road to Damascus
One of 'the seven churches of Asia' called 'Satan's seat' by John
Catholic Epistle purportedly written by St. Peter, dealing with persecution; it also mentions the Harrowing of Hell, in which Christ proclaimed to the dead
Paul calls her 'our sister' and a servant (deaconess) of the church at Cenchrea (Ro 16:1, 2)
Grandson of Aaron, son of Eleazar, ran a spear through an Israelite and Midianite woman, thus stopping a plague; 3rd high priest of Israel
City of Macedonia, the first region of Europe to hear the Gospel
One of the seven Asiatic churches, highly praised by Christ for its fidelity (Rev 3:7 13)
Heretic who allegorized the Resurrection and promoted infedelity
Apostle, native of Bethsaida, 'the city of Andrew and Peter' readily responded to the call of Jesus, bringing Nathanael as well; consistently listed at the head of the second group of four apostles
Son of Remaliah a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew and succeeded; 17 years later he besieged Jerusalem
A minister appointed over a congregation (Eph 4:11)
The detailed study of words and language; compares the meaning and use of similar combinations of sound/letters in related languages; because of the paucity of examples of Classical Hebrew writing, it is important for the light it can throw on rare words.
Of or pertaining to Passover
The place from which John Mark left Paul and Barnabas (Acts 13:13)
Epistle written by Paul during his second year of imprisonment in Rome, written in gratitude for the liberal generosity of their support
The study of things that appear or are perceived; a philosophical method beginning from inspection of mental processes where assumptions about the significance of the process are 'bracketed' (eliminated).
Twin of Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar, from whom the royal line of David descended; considered the elder of the two because he stuck his hand out, withdrew it, and fully emerged after his brother Zarah
A loose rendering of a text, for example the New Living Bible and the Message
Garden of Eden; Heaven
The coastal strip of the northern Levant included city-states like Tyre, Sidon and Byblos populated by descendants of the Canaanites; renowned for their long distance trade by sea; by contrast the Israelites, as a landlocked people, seemed to fear the sea (e.g. Ps 93:3; Jer 6:23).
The first of the three great annual festivals of the Israelites celebrated in the month Nisan commemorating the Israelites deliverance from Egypt
Empire ruled by Cyrus who returned the Jews, and rebuilt the city and Temple
A paper-like writing material made of reeds
Pentapolis in south-western Levant and one of Israel's most dangerous enemies
One of the original seven deacons
A skin prepared for writing on; so called from Pergamos, where this was first done (2 Timothy 4:13)
Alexandrian Jewish writer; Christian tradition has him converting while experiencing the earthquakes accompanying the crucifixion of Christ, and some Christians have claimed that a work about a Jewish ascetical group was really about a nascent Christian 'monastic' community
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