Final Flashcards
Andrew
apostle and brother of Simon Peter
Annas
- High Priest
- Christ was brought before him before He went to Pilate
Barabbas
- bandit/robber
- name means son of the father
- the Jews save him rather than Christ
Caiaphas
- high priest
- organized plot to kill Jesus
- really didn’t like Jesus
- involved in His trial
Essenes
- pious ones
- communal group focused on service and correct temple practice
- daily baptism
- life of study and devotion to purity-wanted to be ritually pure, kind of take things to the extreme
- immortality of souls
- Qumran community and Dead Sea Scrolls
- correct priestly family in charge of the temple
Greeks
language of Roman Empire influenced language
philosophical schools also influenced
James, son of Zebedee
apostle at mount of transfiguration
John the Baptist
- birth foretold in Luke 1:5-25
- his birth parallels that of Christ
- prepared the way for Christ
- fulfills OT prophecies
- Baptism for remission of sins
- emphasis on inner change of heart and reformed life
Joseph, husband of Mary
- Christ’s earthly father
- mentioned in Matthew and Luke
- probably dies sometime in Christ’s life
- follows direction of angels
- was espoused to Mary and could have had her stoned/humiliated publicly but he wanted to do things quietly instead
Joseph of Arimathea
- donated his tomb for Christ
- got the body of Christ
Lazarus
- Christ raises him from the dead
- from Bethany
- brother of Mary and Martha
Luke
- physician
- companion of Paul, Silas, Timothy on 2nd and 3rd missionary journeys
Mark
- cousin of Barnabas
- missionary companion of Paul and Barnabas
- leaves mission early and creates tensions with Paul but they later reconcile and he goes with him to Rome
Mary, sister of Lazarus
- sister of Lazarus and Martha
- Christ mourns with her
- waits until she is called to go meet Christ
- witness to raising of Lazarus
Martha
- sister of Lazarus and Mary
- witness to the raising of Lazarus
- Christ teaches her about resurrection
- she has faith that her brother will be resurrected on day
Matthew
- tax collector
- also called Levi
- name is Hebrew for Gift of Jehovah
- member of the 12
Nicodemus
- Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin
- assists in burial of Christ
- discusses Christ’s teachings
- said that the law requires a person be heard before being judged
Pharisees
- liberal interpretation of the law
- oral traditions
- wisdom
- predestination
- resurrection fo the dead
- anti-Hellenism (hated Greek anything
Philip
-one of the 12
Romans
- were a mixing pot of people in the empire
- gave them privileges like safe travel on roads, peace on the mediterranean, tolerant of other religions and cultures, common monetary system, ease of travel
Sadducees
- opposite of Pharisees
- strict aderence to textural interpreataions
- rejected oral law
- agency
- no afterlife or resurrection
- Hellenistic (want to control the temple)
- in charge of the temple
Samaritans
- opponents of Jews
- people wh inhabited Samaria after captivity of northern kingdom of Israel
Sanhedrin
- 71 member court that ruled over religious matters
- presided over by chief judge and sometimes High Priest
- 35 Pharisees, 36 Saduccees
- easy to get them in a riot
Simon Peter
- one of the 12
- originally a fisherman
- at the transfiguration
- said He was the Christ
- also denied Him 3 times
Thomas
- one of the 12
- doubted Christ’s resurrection
Zacharias
- John the baptist’s father
- temple priest
- told he would have a son and asked for a sign
- ends up dumb but that changes when he says his name will be John
Zealots
- political group
- kanai in Greek
- agree with Pharisees in religious and political matters
- think they should be a theocracy (God is their only Ruler and He should rule directly
- anti-Hellenistic
Bethany
east of Jerusalem and a little south where He raises Lazarus
Bethlehem
by Jerusalem (south), by dead sea, where Christ was born
Bethsaida
Peter, Andrew and Philip born here, on north side of sea of Galilee, where He fed the 5,000