Vocabulary Flashcards

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Circumcision

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He removing of a males sexual organ

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Presbyters

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Wise, older men

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Spurned

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Rejected

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Martyr

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A person who gives up his life for his faith

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Messiah

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Anointed one

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Christos

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Messiah on Greek -anointed one

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Synoptic

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Same

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Scribe

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Learned men who teach others to read and write Hebrew

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Repent

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Change mind

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Metanoiate

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Repent - change mind

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Kosher

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Rules of “clean and unclean” - especially foods

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Pharisees

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Holy men known for observing the law of Jewish customs.

They observe the kosher rules

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Gentiles

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“The nations” - all non-Jews are unclean

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Mercy

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Give each person more/better than what he deserves

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Justice

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Giving a person what is due to him

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Abbe

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Aramaic for “daddy”

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Apostle

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One who is sent ; “sent”

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Blasphemy

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Disrespect towards God

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Prodigal

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Wasteful; recklessly spending

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Basileia

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Kingdom; reign; kingly activity

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration, intended to make an effect

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  1. Metaphor

2. Simile

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  1. Comparison of two unlike things

2. “ “ using like or as

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Eunuch

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A neutered person

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Sanhedrin

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Official ruling of Jewish body

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Fast

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Go without food

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Centurion

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A Roman army officer who rules 100 men

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Hellenist

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Greeks

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Disciple

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A follower; a student

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Demoniac

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Someone who has been possessed by demons

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Creed

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Summary of basic beliefs

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Canticle

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Song

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Latrine

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Bathroom