Lynch, Chapter 6

Question 0

Herod The Great

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A wicked, ambitious king who took over the government of Palestine with the support of the Romans. He was from Idumea and was half-Jewish, but he portrayed himself as a Jew returned from exile

Question 1

Galliee

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A district in the northern part of ancient Israel, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, whose population was not deported with the rest of the kingdom

Question 2

Pharisees

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From the Aramaic perishaya, “the separated ones” Members of an ancient Jewish sect, active during the earthly life of Jesus Christ, distinguished by their strict observance of the traditional, written law and their oral law

Question 3

Sadducees

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A Jewish sect, decedents of Zadok, that believed in accommodating Judaism, to modern life. They held most of the positions of power in the priesthood. Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection and denied the existence of angels and spirits

Question 4

Annunciation

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The visit of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to inform her that she was to be the mother of the Savior. After giving her consent to God’s word, Mary became the mother of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit

Question 5

Bethlehem

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The city where Jesus Christ was born. It was the ancestral home of David, which is why Joseph, being of the house of David, had to go there to be enrolled

Question 6

Jesus Christ

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The Only-Begotten Son of God and the Word of God who took on human nature for the redemption of human beings