Bib Rev Final

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Zechariah

Back 1

Told the Hebrews to keep building the Temple

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Malachi

Back 2

Last OT prophet, last OT word,
“See I will send you Elijah” – Ch. 4

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Alexander

Back 3

Rules over Palestine, then dies young
One general of his starts a dynasty out of Egypt, called the Ptolemies

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Ptolemies

Back 4

- they want cultural discussion, and want “best of” cultures of the people they rule
- encouraged the Jews to freely move throughout the Empire
- Septuagint is begun

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Antiochus IV

Back 5

Sacrificed pig in temple

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Mattathias Hasmon

Back 6

The father of 5 sons, initial leader

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Judas Hasmon

Back 7

The great general, the “hammer” of the Selucids
Were eventually winning palestine

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Simon Hasmon

Back 8

The governor, thought of government without Davidic king, put Palestine under Hasmonian rule

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Hasmonians

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- Levites, were ruling…eventually became rich and start compromising
- “party of the temple" - the Sadducees
- Allow the Pharisees to sit on the Sanhedrin in 60s BC
- Two other parties develop – the zealots (keep foreigners out of Palestine), and the Essenes (separatist, think everyone else has compromised, and they just went out and lived in the desert)

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Pompey

Back 10

Marches into Palestine and takes it over

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Julius Caesar

Back 11

Appoints the first Herod (the great), who takes the title “King of the Jews” and marries Hasmonian princess to try to be legit

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Herodotus

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Historian, one of the great classical age thinkers, one of the fathers of classic greek history writing, before Luke’s time

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Josephus

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A Jewish historian (also a Jewish General), a contemporary of Luke’s (and writes in that style)

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Theophilus

Back 14

The dude Luke writes to both in Luke 1 and Acts 1

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Augustus

Back 15

Took the census, Jesus is born

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Tiberius

Back 16

Ruled during the Ministry of Jesus

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Nero

Back 17

Started the first official state persecution of Christians

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Titus

Back 18

Razes the temple to the ground in the midst of a civil war between Jews/Romans

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Domitian

Back 19

Also persecuted Christians… probably the backdrop of the book of revelation

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Peter

Back 20

NO IDEA WHO THIS IS.
DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE 12.
OR THE "ROCK" OF THE CHURCH.
OR...yeah

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John the son of Zebedee

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Usually with Peter, also a pillar of the church

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James the son of Zebedee

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Brother of Peter, first Apostolic Martyr

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James the “brother” of Jesus

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Either half-brother or kinsman of Jesus…probably didn’t come to faith until resurrection, elder of the Jerusalem church…(Pillars of the early Church – Peter, Paul, and this James…dealing with the issue of the Gentiles. James used the argument from Amos, where the Gentiles would be included in the faith)

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Stephen

Back 24

Part of “the seven” who were chosen to deal with the orphans/widows, the first martyr - was stoned. And with ROCKS, not crack.

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Philip

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Also part of the seven, an evangelist, known for taking the gospel beyond Judea into Samaria (meets Ethiopian)

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Cornelius

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First publicly listed gentile convert (preached to by Peter)

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Agrippa II

Back 27

Tried Paul in Caesarea, where he appealed to Caesar…part of the Herod family group

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Felix

Back 28

Also tried Paul. In a court/law context.

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Gamaliel

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Greatly renowned Jewish teacher, taught Paul

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Hillel

Back 30

Grandfather of Gamaliel but even more famous - one of the two rabbinic schools is named after him

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Barnabas

Back 31

With Paul on his 1st missionary journey

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Silas

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Roman citizen like Paul, Paul’s friend throughout his ministry (famous story of Paul and Silas in prison)

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Clement

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late 1st century Christian living in Rome - writes that Paul made it to the "farthest reaches of the Empire" before he died…which fits with the idea of a 4th missionary journey of Paul and a subsequent arrest

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Reasons why Paul might’ve had a 4th missionary journey

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1. Works with the chronology of bunches of letters
2. Christianity was not illegal
3. Works with timing of Nero
4. Paul’s main charges were not big offenses

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Timothy

Back 35

Paul's last letter was written to him

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Luke

Back 36

Like a son to Paul,also accompanied him on his 2nd journey...with Paul for much of his missionary

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Athens

Back 37

Paul meets here with the wise people and preaches the sermon about the altar to the “unknown god”

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Antioch

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An important city – first place where the name Christians is used, first mainly Gentile church, Paul’s first great pastoral ministry…Paul’s sending point for all 3 missionary journeys

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Arabia

Back 39

where Paul had his earliest ministry

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Caesarea

Back 40

Here Paul appealed to Caesar, faced Agrippa, Felix, and Festus

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Corinth

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Met on second missionary journey, Paul loves them but they do lots of bad stuff

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Cyprus

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Barnabus’ homeland, where he and Paul go

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Damascus

Back 43

Paul met Christ en-route to here

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Ephesus

Back 44

Paul stays here for three years

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Galatia

Back 45

1st missionary journey, some issues in the book Galatians parallel Jerusalem Council issues (on allowing Gentiles into the Church)

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Jerusalem

Back 46

Christians here were so poor Paul took up a collection from the Gentile churches for them

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Phillipi

Back 47

First place Paul plants a church

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Rome

Back 48

Paul dies here

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Tarsus

Back 49

Paul's birthplace

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Thessalonica

Back 50

2nd missionary journey

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apostolos

Back 51

"sent one" - used two ways in the NT:
1. for those “A” apostles who were part of the foundation of the Church (Ephesians 2)
2. for “a” apostles who served as missionaries

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evangelion

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"gospel"
1. Good news
2. Our word gospel comes from the Old English "go'd spel"...meaning a good message

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kerygma

Back 53

"proclamation"
- our four gospels are the Kerygma in written form

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martyria

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witness (Acts 1)

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Genesis 12

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"through [Abe] all the nations of the earth will be blessed"

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Genesis 15

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"Abram believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness"

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Deuteronomy 18

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"another prophet unto [Moses]"

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2 Samuel 7

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"a Son of David on the throne of God forever"

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Psalm 110

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the most quoted OT passage in the NT
"The Lord said to my Lord 'Sit at my right hand..." (v.1) and "you are a priest forever in the order of Melchizadek..." (v.4)

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Isaiah 40

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"a voice calling in the wilderness"

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Isaiah 53

Back 61

"suffering servant"

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Daniel 7

Back 62

"one like a son of man"

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Joel 2

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"God says 'I will pour out my Spirit' in the last days..."

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Amos 9

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used at Jerusalem Council to show how the Gentiles were included without being Jewish

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Habbakuk 2

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"the just shall live by faith"

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Malachi 3,4

Back 66

John the Baptist in the spirit and power of "Elijah"