The World of the New Testament Flashcards
Where did Jesus frequent most often?
Galilee and Judea on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean.
What three land masses jut into the Mediterranean?
Italy, Greece, and Turkey.
How many visits did Paul make to Corinth, the Roman capital of Achaia?
3 visits, spending a total of a year and a half there.
Where did Alexander the Great come from?
The Roman province of Macedonia.
Where would Paul found churches on his second missionary journey?
Philippi and Thessalonica.
Where is modern Turkey located in the Mediterranean?
The easterly most landmass in the northeast corner of the Mediterranean.
Where was Ephesus located?
The Roman province of Asia, as its principle city.
According to Acts, what was the center of the Gentile mission?
Antioch
Where was Saul from?
Tarsus, 85 miles northwest of Antioch.
What is the “land of Jesus?”
The area of Galilee, Samaria, and Judea.
Also known as the land of Palestine.
Where was the center of Jesus’ public ministry?
The region around the Sea of Galilee, and the small fishing village of Capernaum on the north shore.
When did many Judeans move to the region of Galilee?
After the Hasmonean annexation a century before Jesus.
What was the Decapolis?
Generally east and south of the Sea of Galilee.
What is most likely the “city set on a hill” referred to by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount?
A limestone temple found on the eastern shore of Galilee in an area known as the Hippos.
How far south of the Sea of Galilee does the Jordan river flow before emptying into the Dead Sea?
65 miles
How low is the Dead Sea?
1,300 feet below sea level.
The lowest place on earth.
What is the most prominent feature in the land of Jesus?
The Jordan Rift Valley.
Where is the Mount of Olives located in relation to Jerusalem?
To the east.
Where is the Judean wilderness located?
From the Mount of Olives to the Dead Sea the topography drops 1,400 feet. This creates a unique desert climate.
What political entities was the land divided into in Jesus’ time?
Judea in the south and the central area of Samaria - Judea.
Galilee to the north.
East across the Jordan was Perea.
Galilee and Perea was the tetrarchy of Herod Antipas.
North and east of Galilee was the tetrarchy of Philip.
South and east of the Sea of Galilee was the region of Decapolis.
Where is Mount Zion?
A hill west of Jerusalem.
36 - What was the common language of the Roman empire?
Greek
37 - During whose reign was Jesus born?
Octavian, would become Augustus and rule as the first Roman emperor from 27 B.C. to A.D. 14.
Augustus’s adopted son, Tiberius, would be his successor and would appoint Pontius Pilate as prefect of Judea in A.D. 26.
Why might Paul of had to wait two years in Rome for his trial?
Roman emporer, Nero, murdered his mother, Agrippina, and stayed away from Rome for a year and a half.
38 - When was the massive fire in Rome?
A.D. 64
Nero blamed the Christian community in Rome.
