Chapters 16 & 17 Flashcards
When Herod hears that there is a “King” born in Bethlehem, he kills all the young males children in that town. What is the name given to this event?
Slaughter of the innocents
What pare of the New Testament is the Acts of the Apostles found?
History
Who wrote most the the Epistles?
Paul
What is the term for anyone who was not Jewish?
Gentile
What is the term for a member of a Jewish group that accepted only the Law of Moses and none of the rest of the Old Testament - and did NOT believe in like after death?
Sadducee
What is the term for the period of 200 years of peace in the Roman Empire?
Pax Romana
What is the term for a building in each city where Jewish people met to worship or study their religion?
Synagogue
What is a term for a member of a Jewish group that insisted all Jews follow the 613 laws - and also believed in life after death?
Pharisee
What is the term for money that is paid to Rome that kept Herod in power even though he’d do some bad things to his people?
Tribute
Who is known as “The apostle whom Jesus loved”?
John
What part of the New Testament are the Epistles found?
Wisdom
What area was comprised mostly of small towns with poor farmers?
Galilee
What place is the northern most portion of “the promised land” - mostly farmers and some fishermen - people there had a distinct accent?
Galilee
What place is the middle portion of ‘the promised land” - Jews hated the people who lived in this area for hundreds of years?
Samaria
What is the place in the Sothern most portion of the “promised land” - ruled by King Herod - and is where Jerusalem is located?
Judea
What part of the New Testament can the Gospels be found?
Law
What conditions at the time - made this a good time for the Messiah to come?
1) A rare time of peace and prosperity
2) Travel was easier because they had the same money, language and better roads
3) The Roman Empire was huge and these were Jewish communities in every Roman city
Which book in the New Testament would read if you want to know about what life was like after Jesus rose up to Heaven?
Acts of the Apostles
What was King Herod’s order in and around Bethlehem?
To kills all male babies under the age of 2 years old
Who wrote the Acts of the Apostles?
Luke
Which book in the New Testament is possibly the hardest to understand because of all the imagery and symbolism?
Revelation
Why is King Herod referred to as the “the Great”?
Due to economic prosperity
What 2 Gospel writers were Apostles?
Matthew and John
What part of the New Testament is the book of Revelation?
Prophecy
Who wrote the book of Revelation?
John
Were the Gospel writers called Evangelicals?
NO
What are the synoptic Gospels?
Matthew, Mark and Luke
In the New Testament - Jesus referred to Love God and Love your Neighbor - as what?
The New Law
