Biblical Allusions

10 Plagues

A series of disasters that god sent to Egypt in the book of exodus.

• water turned into blood

• Frogs

• Gnats and flies

• Boils

• Hail

• Locust

• Darkness

• Death of first born

• Livestock pestilence

• Life

The Sermon on the Mount

A collection of sayings spoken by Jesus of Nazareth found in the Gospel of Matthew that Emphasizes his moral teachings. Jesus though love and Gods kingdom

Lazarus

A figure of the New Testament whose life is restored by Jesus four days before his death.

The Last Supper

A painting created by Leonardo Da Vinci that depicted the Passover meal shared by Jesus Christ and his disciples in Jerusalem that happened before Jesus’ crucifixion.

Shodrach, Meshach, and Abdengo

Three Jewish men from the book of Daniel that were thrown into a furnace by kind Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon for refusing to worship the kinds idol. (God)

The Four Horsemen

A group of figures that appear in the Bible. An apocalypse literature, the horses were distinguished by color:

• White: Conquest

• Red: War

• Black: Famine

• Pale: Death

7 Deadly Sins

Sins that were considered severe and cannot be repented.

• lust

• Gluttony

• Greed

• Sloth

• Wrath

• Envy

• Pride

Mary Magdalene

A woman who traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and witness his crucifixion and resurrection

The Good Samaritan

A traveler, who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. A Jewish priest, and then a Levite come by, both avoiding the man. As told him the gospel of Luke.

The Prodigal Son

The story about a younger son who asked his father for his inheritance, and then spends it on foolish things. The son eventually returns home to his father, begging for forgiveness and to be allowed to work for him.

Judas Iscarnot

One of Jesus 12 apostles, famous for betraying Jesus to the authorities by identifying him with a kiss in the garden of Gethsemane leading to the arrest and crucifixion of Jesus, in the exchange for 30 pieces of silver.

Job

Presented as a good and prosperous family man who is suddenly beset with horrendous disasters that take away all he holds dear, a scenario intended to test Jobs faith to God.

Abraham and Isaac

God promised Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son and Isaac was born. Later to test Abraham’s obedience God commanded Abraham to sacrifice the boy. Abraham made all the preparations for the ritual, but God spared Isaac in the last minute.

Doubting Thomas

The apostle Thomas in the Bible, who refused to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead until he could see and feel and feel Jesus wounds. The phrase is used to describe someone who is skeptical and won’t believe without personal experience.

Soddom and Gomorrah

Two cities in the Bible that were destroyed by Gods wickedness.

Pontious Pilate

A Roman governor of Judea, who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Cain and Abel

The first two sons of Adam and Eve in the Bible book of Genesis. The story of Cain and Abel is significant because it depends the worst of human instinct.

Apple/ Fruit (Tree of Knowledge)

A symbolic reference to the Bible story of Adam and Eve there is a pun with the word apple and evil which Eve got after eating the apple.

The Flood

The story is about God‘s decision to destroy the Earth with the flood because of the humanities wickedness and how Noah and his family were saved in the ark.

The crucifixion and resurrection

The crucifixion was the death of Jesus and the resurrection was his rebirth three days later.