New Testament Unit two vocabulary Flashcards
Zechariah
Postexilic prophet who urges people to complete the temple and treat the poor justly. Father of John the Baptist as well. (found in Luke)
Elizabeth
Mother of John the Baptaist. Reltative of Mary. (found in Luke)
Magnificat
Song that Mary sings in Luke when Elizabeth recognizes something special about her when Mary is pregnant with Jesus
the Benedictus
Song/poem that Zechariah recites when he gets his voice back at the naming of John the Baptist (found in Luke)
Good Samaritan
Central character in a parable of Jesus. He helps a person who has been beaten and robbed. He is an example of the way the way Luke wants people to view Jesus
Beloved disciple
The only name the Gospel of John gives for the disciple who sat next to Jesus in its account of the last Supper.
preexistence
Belief that Christ existed with God before being born as Jesus
“the word”
A way that John speaks of the indenitty of a preexistent Jesus
Nicodemus
Jewish teacher who came to see Jesus in the Gospel of John
Speaking in Tongues
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Lord’s Supper
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Communion
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