Setting and People
Non-Israelites who were viewed as unclean to the Jews. Strictly observant Jews were prohibited from intermarrying or sharing table fellowship with them.
Who are the Gentiles?
The Hebrew word for the "anointed one".
What is "Messiah"?
This Gospel was likely written first. It is the shortest and fastest-paced Gospel. The writer was a later convert to the gospel, and he focuses more on the actions of the Savior and less on His words.
What is the Gospel of Mark?
The Father of Jesus of Nazareth.
Who is God the Father, or our Heavenly Father?
The miracle child of Elisabeth and Zacharias, who would "prepare the way" for the Savior Jesus Christ.
Who is John the Baptist?
Tax collectors, employed by the Romans. They were openly despised by other Jews who saw them as traitors, who took Jewish money to help finance Roman oppression and idol worship.
Who are Publicans?
It means Messiah, or the "anointed one" in the Greek language.
What is "Christ"?
Written by a former Publican (tax collector), and one of the original apostles. He seems to be writing to a mostly Jewish audience, trying to help them see how Jesus fulfills all the Old Testament prophecies and expectations for their coming Messiah.
What is the Gospel of Matthew?
He died that we might live. He was born that all humankind could live beyond the grave.
Who is Jesus Christ.
The first ordinance of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
What is baptism?
This group of Jewish religious leaders became even more strict in their observance of the Law of Moses and the Oral Traditions that had been added to help prevent people from inadvertently breaking the Law.
Who are the Pharisees?
The language in which the the original New Testament was written.
What is Greek?
Written by a Gentile convert who gathers information from a variety of people and other written sources to compile two books: his Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. As a servant physician, he pays more attention to suffering and healing, to the outcasts or overlooked, and to women and children.
What is the Gospel of Luke?
He visited Elisabeth, announcing the miraculous birth of her son, who would "prepare the way" for the Savior. He also visited Mary and Joseph (separately) to announce the miraculous birth of the Jesus, Son of God.
Who is the angel Gabriel?
John the Baptist taught that all should repent and then be baptized.
The meaning of the the word for repentance in the Greek New Testament is "metanoeo", which means this (a great way to describe what repentance really is).
What is a "change of heart" (or mind, knowledge or spirit)?
This group of Jewish religious leaders embraced foreign rulers and were rewarded with political position of power. They were largely aristocratic and held control of the temple in Jerusalem.
Who are the Sadducees?
The main spoken language of the Jewish people in New Testament times.
What is Aramaic?
The first term used in the Gospel of John to refer to Jesus the Christ, the only begotten of the Father.
(John 1:1 -- "in the beginning was the ____, and the ____ was with God, and the ____ was God")
What is The Word?
He was stuck dumb for not believing the angel Gabriel's announcement that he and his wife would have a son at their old age.
Who is Zacharias?
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost (all were represented separately at the baptism of Jesus).
Who is the Godhead?
Between 400 B.C. and the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, these two peoples conquered and ruled the Middle East, including the land of Israel.
Who are the Greeks and the Romans?
The original language of the Old Testament...which differs from the New Testament language.
What is Hebrew?
Written by one of the original apostles. About 92 percent of the material in this book is not found in the other Gospel accounts.
What is the Gospel of John?
The doctrinal mastery scripture found in Luke 2:10-12
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”
The doctrinal mastery scripture, where Jesus explains to Nicodemus how we can receive eternal life.
This will be the scripture reference and the key phrase.
What is John 3:5 "We must be born of water and of the Spirit to enter the kingdom of God." ?