Final Exam Cards: New Testament Characters

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Zecariah and Elizabeth are his parents and Jesus is his cousin. He was ecebntually beheaded by a son of Herod the Great

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John the Baptist

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Wife of the Priest Zechariah, she became the mother of john the baptist in her old age. She was a kinswoman of mary.

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Elizabeth

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The name is a Latin translation of the greek name Ieous, which is a translation of the hebrew name joshua

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Jesus

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This disicple was known as the doubter because his need for physical proof that the resurrected Jesus was indeed alive

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THOMAS

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This angel announced to Zecariah that he and his wife would be parents of John

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Gabriel

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Tax Collector at Capernaum, he became a disciple upon Jesus' invitation and subsequently wrote the first gospel.

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Matthew

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Sometimes stubborn and spontaneous, this brother of andrew was none the less a leader among the followers of jesus

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Peter

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sometimes identified as the zealot, he was one of the twelve. Zealots beileved the only good roman was a dead roman

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simon

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Sometimes called James the Younger, little else is known of this disciple who traveled with jesus and the disciples

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James the Son of Alphesus

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Promised by the Holy Spirit that he would see God's Messiah before his death, this devout Jew met baby Jesus at the Temple.

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Simeon

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Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin (the supreme Jewish council) who met Jesus at night

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Nicodemus

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Perhaps the only disciple from Judea, this person is known as the group treasurer and the one who betrayed jesus for silver

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Judas

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Ordered the cenus of the roman empire that resulted in Mary and Joesph journeying to Bethlehem

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Caesar Augustus

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Name means Large hearted in greek and courageous in hebrew. listed as ione of the 12 in matthew and mark

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Thaddaeus

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Little is known of this apostle. Beyond being listed as a disciple in the synoptic gospels he is not mentioned again in the bible

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Bartholomew

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Known as John Mark in the book of acts, he is traditionally considered the author of the second gospel

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Mark

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Devout Women of advanced age who visited the temple daily. She reconigzed the baby Jesus as the Messiah

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Anna