Early Years of Jesus & John

Jesus and his Legacy Book 1 Sixth Edition

Gospel

Good News

Apostle

Someone chosen by Jesus to help him preach his message and continue his work

Gentile

Non Jewish person

Prophecy

A message about the future from God

Source

A text, statement or person that supplies information

Synoptic

Similar

Angel

A Messager of God

Barren

When a woman is unable to conceive a child

Holy Spirt

One person of the trinity who gives power to believers to do the will of God

Incense

A substance that makes a spicy smell when it is burnt

Priest

Person in charge of religious ceremonies in the Temple

Prophet

A person who speaks the word of God especially about the future

Temple

A place of worship in ancient Israel

Trinity

The three persons of the Christian Godhead; Father, Son(Jesus), and Holy Spirt.

Ancestor

A person who lived in the past and is in the same family of someone living now

Conception

When a woman becomes pregnant

King David

The king of Isreal through whose lineage the Messian would come

Lineage

direct descent from an ancestor

Messiah

The anointed One; The person that the Jews expect to come as their savior

Most High

A title given to God that means God is above everyone

Virgin

A person who has never had sexual intercourse

Abraham

The person who is considered the first of the Jewish people

Benedictus

Praise and is the name given to Zechariah’s song

Circumcision

the removal of the foreskin of boys

Descendant

A child of relative born after someone

Forerunner

Someone who goes ahead of another to prepare the way

Magnificat

Means magnify and is the name given to Mary’s song

Salvation

to be rescued especially from enemies or hell

Submission

To be willing to follow the authority of another

Census

A count of the population

Shepherd

A person who looks after sheep

Tax

An amount of money the goverment takes from citizens to fund the government

Caravan

A large number of people travelling together

Dedicate

To commit oneself to someone or something

Fast

To go without for food or water epsecially for religious reasons

Offering

A Jewish festival that remembers when God rescued Jews from slavery in Egypt

Passover

A Jewish festival that remembers when God rescued Jews from slavery in Egypt

Pilgrimage

A journey to a holy place

Prophet/ess

A person who speaks for God especially about the future

Prophecy

a message from God that tells about the future

Widow

A wife whose husband has died

Who were the gospels written by?

1 Matthew – name was also Levi. He was a tax collector and then became a disciple of Jesus.

2 Mark – written by John Mark who was a friend of Peter (a disciple).

3 Luke – a doctor

4 John – a disciple)

What is the oldest and shortest gospel

Mark

What is the longest gospel and who created it?

The Gospel of Luke by Luke

How many books in the bible

66 books : 39 in the Old Testament (OT)

27 in the New Testament (NT)