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Unit 16 key words Flashcards

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The commandments

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The collection of 10 laws given by God

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Disciples

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Followers of Jesus

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The Eye of a Needle

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A metaphor used by Jesus to show that wealth makes it difficult to enter the Kingdom of God

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The Kingdom

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The rule of God in people’s lives

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Levi

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A tax collector who was called to be a disciple

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Peter’s denial

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The way Peter said he was not a follower of Jesus after the arrest of Jesus

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Self-sacrifice

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Putting other people’s needs before your own

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Service

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An act of help or assistance

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Sons of Zebedee

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The brothers James and John whom Jesus called to follow him

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True Family

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Those who follow the teaching of Jesus

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True Greatness

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The teaching of Jesus that service of others is true greatness

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The Twelve

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The twelve selected from the disciples to be Jesus’ closest disciples

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Corban

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A gift dedicated to God that could not be used for anything else

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Fasting

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Going without food on certain days as a sign of devotion to God

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The Law

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The collection of laws handed down by God and collected in the Torah

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Palm Sunday

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The Sunday before Good Friday when Christians remember how Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey

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Passion

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The sufferings of Jesus, especially in the time leading up to his crucifixion

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Pharisees

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A religious group whose aim was to keep the traditional Jewish faith alive

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Ritual Cleanliness

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The Jewish laws on food and washing whichprevented anything unclean entering the body

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Sabbath

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The Jewish day of rest, on the seventh day of the week

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Sadducees

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Group of priests who controlled the Temple and collaborated with the Romans

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Scribes

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Religious lawyers; originally men who made copies of the Torah

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Sinners

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Those who did not follow all the Jewish laws

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The Temple

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The building in Jerusalem where sacrifices were made

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Blasphemy

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Associating oneself with God as an equal, and doing things that insult him

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Crucifixion

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Roman death penalty: suffered by Jesus when he was nailed to the cross

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Feast of Unleavened Bread

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The first day of the Passover Festival

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Gethsemane

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Jesus was ARRESTED in the garden of Gethsemane

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Golgotha

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The place of the skull where Jesus was CRUCIFIED

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High Priest

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The chief Jewish leader at the time of Jesus

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Judas Iscariot

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The disciple who BETRAYED Jesus

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Last Supper

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The last meal Jesus ate with his disciples - the first EUCHARIST

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Passover

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Jewish festival celebrating the release from Egypt. (Israelite freedom from slavery)

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Pontius Pilate

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The Roman governor of Judea at the time of Jesus

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Sanhedrin

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The supreme JEWISH COUNCIL who found Jesus guilty of blasphemy

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Upper Room

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The place where the last supper took place

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Baptism

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Confessing sins and being immersed in water as a sign of purification.

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John the Baptist

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The man who baptised Jesus in the River Jordan.

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Confession

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An acknowledgement or declaration of something

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Elijah

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The Old Testament prophet believed to return before the Messiah

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Messiah

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The Annointed One (Christ) who would bring in God’s Kingdom

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Moses

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God gave his laws to this Old Testament prophet

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Transfiguration

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When Jesus’ appearance changed

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Nature Miracle

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A miracle where Jesus shows his power over nature

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Legion

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Jesus casts out many demons from this man

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Healing Miracle

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A miracle where Jesus shows his power over illness

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Jairus

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A synagogue ruler whose daughter was bought back to life by Jesus

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Son of Man

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The title used by Jesus himself: which means that he would suffer before bringing God’s kingdom

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