What's In An Old Testament Name?
His name means "breath"; too bad Cain took it away from him.
Who is Abel?
"In the beginning God created the ____ and the ____"
What is 'heavens' and 'earth'?
In Christianity, Gabriel is considered to be one of these high-ranking angels like Michael & Raphael.
What is an archangel?
In Luke, Elisabeth told her, "Blessed art thou amoung women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb".
Who is Mary?
Born to Jewish parents in Tarsus, Paul is called "The Apostle To" these non-Jews.
What are gentiles?
Not to judge, but the buzz is that her name comes from the Hebrew for "bee".
Who is Deborah?
"Cast thy ____ upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days"
What is 'bread'?
His resume includes trumpeter, book deliverer, archangel & announcer.
Who is the angel Gabriel?
Jesus told those in the synagogue, "Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, physician" do this.
What is 'heal thyself'?
As Saul, Paul heard the voice of Jesus while on the road to this city.
What is Damascus?
The first of the Hebrew Patriarchs, his name means "father of many".
Who is Abraham?
"And all the days of ____ were nine hundred sixty and nine years".
Who is 'Methuselah'?
In the N.T., Gabriel appears to Zacharias & tells him that his wife Elizabeth will give birth to this person.
Who is John the Baptist?
"Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but" this "is weak".
What is 'the flesh'?
From the Greek for "message", it's the name given Paul's letters to Christian churches & groups.
What are epistles?
Her name is from the Persian for "star".
Who is Esther?
"Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above ____"
What are 'rubies'?
In his second appearance in the Old Testament, Gabriel announces the coming end of the Jewish exile here.
Before his conversion on the road to Damascus, he "persecuted the church of God, and wasted it".
Who is Paul?
Following his conversion, Paul spent a period of reflection on this peninsula.
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
Hunt around & you'll find that the name of this great-grandson of Noah may mean "rebel".
Who is Nimrod?
From Leviticus: "when the plague of ____ is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest"
"What is 'leprosy'?
In the Old Testament, when this man has a vision he can't understand, God sends Gabriel to explain it.
In Mark chapter 4 when there arose a great storm, and He rebuked this.
What is 'wind'?
Paul was a supportive witness to the stoning of this first Christian martyr.
Who is Stephen?