Vocabulary Flashcards
Circumcision
He removing of a males sexual organ
Presbyters
Wise, older men
Spurned
Rejected
Martyr
A person who gives up his life for his faith
Messiah
Anointed one
Christos
Messiah on Greek -anointed one
Synoptic
Same
Scribe
Learned men who teach others to read and write Hebrew
Repent
Change mind
Metanoiate
Repent - change mind
Kosher
Rules of “clean and unclean” - especially foods
Pharisees
Holy men known for observing the law of Jewish customs.
They observe the kosher rules
Gentiles
“The nations” - all non-Jews are unclean
Mercy
Give each person more/better than what he deserves
Justice
Giving a person what is due to him
Abbe
Aramaic for “daddy”
Apostle
One who is sent ; “sent”
Blasphemy
Disrespect towards God
Prodigal
Wasteful; recklessly spending
Basileia
Kingdom; reign; kingly activity
Hyperbole
Exaggeration, intended to make an effect
- Metaphor
2. Simile
- Comparison of two unlike things
2. “ “ using like or as
Eunuch
A neutered person
Sanhedrin
Official ruling of Jewish body