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48 Cards in this Set
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The Commandments
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The collection of 10 laws given by God
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Disciples
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Followers of Jesus
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The eye of a needle
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A metaphor used by Jesus to show that wealth makes it difficult to enter the kingdom of God
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The Kingdom
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The rule of God in people's lives
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Levi
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A tax collector who was called to be a disciple
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Peter's denial
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The way Peter said he was not a follower of Jesus after the arrest of Jesus
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Self-sacrifice
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Putting other people's needs before your own
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Service
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An act of help or assistance
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Sons of Zebedee
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The brothers James and John whom Jesus called to follow him
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True Family
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Those who follow the teachings of Jesus
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True Greatness
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The teaching of Jesus that service of others is true greatness
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The twelve
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The twelve selected from the disciples to be Jesus' closest disciples
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Corban
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A gift dedicated to God which meant it could not be used for anything else
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Fasting
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Going without food on certain days as a sign of devotion to God
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The Law
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The collection of laws handed down by God and collected in the Torah
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Palm Sunday
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The Sunday before Good Friday when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey
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Passion
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The sufferings of Jesus
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especially in the time leading up to his crucifixion
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Pharisees
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A religious group whose aim was to keep the traditional Jewish faith alive
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Ritual Cleanliness
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The Jewish laws on food and washing which prevented anything unclean from entering the body
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Sabbath
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The Jewish day of rest on the seventh day of the week
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Saducees
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Group of priests who controlled the temple and collaborated with the Romans
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Scribes
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Religious lawyers
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originally men who made copies of the Torah
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Sinners
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Those who did not follow all the Jewish laws
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The Temple
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The building in Jerusalem where sacrifices were made
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Blasphemy
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Associating oneself with God
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Crucifixion
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The Roman death penalty suffered by Jesus when he was nailed to the cross
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Feast of Unleavened Bread
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The first day of the Passover festival
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Gethsemane
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The place where Jesus was arrested
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Golgotha
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The place of the skull; the place where Jesus was crucified
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High Priest
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The chief Jewish leader at the time of jesus
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Judas Iscariot
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The disciple who betrayed Jesus
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Last Supper
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The last meal Jesus ate with his disciples which founded the Eucharist
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Passover
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Jewish festival celebrating the release from Egypt
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Pontius Pilate
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The Roman procurator of Judea at the time of Jesus
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Sanhedrin
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The supreme Jewish council which found Jesus guilty of blasphemy
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Upper room
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The place where the Last Supper took place
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Baptism
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Confessing sins and being immersed in water as a sign of purification
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Confession
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An acknowledgement or declaration of something
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Elijah
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The Old Testament prophet believed to return before the Messiah
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Healing Miracle
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A miracle in which Jesus shows his power over sickness
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Jairus
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The synagogue ruler whose daughter was brought back to life by Jesus
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John the Baptist
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The man who baptised Jesus in the river Jordan
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Legion
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A man from whom Jesus cast out many demons
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Messiah
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The anointed one who would bring in God's kingdom
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Moses
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The Old Testament prophet to whom God give his laws
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Nature Miracle
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A miracle in which Jesus shows his power over nature
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Son of Man
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A title used by Jesus himself
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probably meaning he would suffer before bringing in God's kingdom
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Transfiguration
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When Jesus' appearance was changed
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