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114 Cards in this Set
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Primary purpose of the Gospels
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John 20:30-31: Christ is the true Messiah
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Writing to the Jews |
Matthew
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Writing to the Romans |
Mark
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Writing to the Gentiles |
Luke
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Writing to all |
John - nonChristians, etc.
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Characteristics of the gospels:
No parables |
John
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Shortest |
Mark
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Most vivid |
Mark
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Fulfillment of Prophecy |
Matthew
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Testimony |
John
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Characteristics of the gospels:
No reference to law or geneology |
Mark
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Emphasis on women and poor |
Luke
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Special designations of Christ |
John - Lamb of God, etc.
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Stresses Kingship |
Matthew
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Dated by Passover Feasts |
John
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Activity and energy |
Mark
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Writing to Theophilus |
Luke
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Geneology to Adam |
Luke
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Wonder |
Mark
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Many references to prayer |
Luke
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Highest percentage of new material |
John
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Characteristics of the gospels:
About Christ's diety |
John
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Was not an eyewitness |
Luke
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Emphasizes discourses |
Matthew
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Emphasizes deeds |
Mark
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Longest journey to Jerusalem |
Luke
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Characteristics of the gospels:
Major Textual Problem |
Mark 16:9-20; John 8:1-11
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Author of Acts
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Luke
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The meaning of Theophilus
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Lover of God or Friend of God
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Luke's occupation
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physician
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Luke and medical terms
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there is some reference to medical terms but not too many
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Amount of Mark that is new
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10%
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Jude and James
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brothers of Jesus who wrote books of the New Testament
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How do we date John?
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we look at the Passovers and the content
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How do the geneologies differ?
Back to Adam |
Luke - descends
only 19 verses in common |
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How do the geneologies differ?
Back to Abraham |
Matthrew - ascends
only 19 verses in common |
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The gospels, how of the New Testament?
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48% of the New Testament is the gospels
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The synotic gospel
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to be seen together, look alike
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Selective History
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when an author chooses to talk about certain things but not others; leave out information if it doesn't suit his purpose
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Micah 5:2
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passage predicting the bith of Jesus
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When Jesus was born
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We don't know
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Nazareth
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no one has really heard of it; kind of obscure; where both Mary and Joseph are from
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Birth stories of Jesus
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Luke and Mark
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Eight days after the birth
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circumcision and naming
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Fortieth day after birth
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They travel to the temple, rite of purification
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The Sermon on the Mount
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Matthew 5, 6&7
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Jesus' sisters
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he had some but we are not told their names
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terminus Ad Quem
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the date before the book could have been written
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terminus Ad Quo
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the date after the book could have been written
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The number of miracles that Jesus worked
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35 - Matthew had 20 of them
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The Kingdom of Heaven
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expression that Jesus used - meaning "it is at hand" or the church
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name and the title of the Son of God
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Jesus Christ (Messiah)
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Brothers of Jesus
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james, joses, judas, simeon
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the silent years
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12-30; they are called the silent years because we don't know anything about Jesus' life during these years
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the Lord's supper
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Thursday before His death
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Zebedee
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father of james and john
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Matthew and Levi
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they are one in the same person; Matthew is sometimes referred to as Matthew the publican
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Early writers and Matthew
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The early writers say that Matthew was the first gospel which helps to prove that he was first
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Date of the Gospels
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Matthew: 53 to 58
Mark: 67 to 69 Luke: 60 John : 90 to 95 |
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Theme of each gospel
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Matthew: Jesus the Messiah
Mark: Jesus the servant of God Luke: Jesus the Savoir of the world John: Jesus Son of God |
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Place where each gospel was written
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John: Ephesus
Others : we don't know |
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The two geneologies
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Luke 3; Matthew 1
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Heli
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thought to be either the father of Joseph or the father-in-law of Joseph
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Nunc Dimittis
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uttered by Simeon when he saw the Messiah
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Benedictus
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hymn uttered by Zacahriah when his voice came back
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Magnificat
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hymn uttered by Mary when she visited Elizabeth and praised God
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the condescension of Jesus
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leaving Heaven and coming to Earth in the form of a man
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Incarnation
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diety taking a body
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Justin Martyr
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said that Jesus was born in a cave - unclear
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Gabriel
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gave the enunciation to to Zacariah, Mary, and maybe Joseph
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The miraculous star
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led the wisemen and was sent by God
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The appearance of the angels to the shepherds
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one angel, brought them the good news, told them to find the manger
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The sign for the shepherds
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manger
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First recorded words of Jesus
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Luke 2 -- Spoken at the temple, " Do you not know..."
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Characteristics of John's baptism
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Got the idea from God (naturally)
1) expectation 2) repentance 3) remission 4) obedience |
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Why Jesus was baptized
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to obey God
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length of John's ministry
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6 months to 1 year
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Ireaneus and Polycarp
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studied together; Polycarp studied with John
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The meaning of "at hand"
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near
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Believe in John
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not just mental but to obey
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Magi
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wisemen
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John Mark an apostle
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no; only Matthew and John
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Mark and Peter
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Peter baptized Mark, traveled together, Mark wrote Peter's memoirs
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Mark and Barnabas
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cousins, seperated in Perga
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Straightway
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Mark uses this word
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The meaning of a parable
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lay alongside of
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What is a paradox
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seeming contradiction
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What is a proverb
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short statement full of wisdom
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Matthew and explainations of Jewish customs
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there aren't any because Matthew was writing to the Jews
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Luke and explainations of Jewish customs
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do have explainations because readers wouldn't understand otherwise
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Mark and explainations of Jewish terms
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there are some because readers wouldn't understand otherwise
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Boanerges
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sons of thunder - James and John
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Corban
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it is a gift
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Gospels and chronological order
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John is the closest to chronological order, the others aren't
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Contention between Paul and Barnabas
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Barnabas was interested in the man and Paul was interested in the work
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The name John in the book of John
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John never uses his own name, he refers to himself as " that disciple whom Jesus loved"
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The inner circle
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Peter, James, John
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The longest ministry of Jesus
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Galilee - 1 and a half to 2 years
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John Ryland's Fragment
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oldest known fragment of scriptures 125 A.D.
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The Muratorian Fragment
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list of the New Testament books
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Luke and the New Testament
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wrote more of the material than any other writer
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Luke and Paul
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traveled together
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A.T. Robertson
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wrote Luke the physician; asserted that there was not medical terminilogy in every verse
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William Hobart
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commented that he thought there was medical terminolgy in every verse of Luke
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What do the temptations show?
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our Lord was a human
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What Jesus quoted to the Devil
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Deuteronomy 8:3, 6:16, 6:2?
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For the remission of sins
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John preached this
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Hosanna
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Lord save
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The upper room in John
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Chapters 13-17
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The weeping of Jesus
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only twice in the gospels
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Pilate
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the governer of Judea
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The six trials of Jesus
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3 of them were religious, three of them were civil
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When Jesus was crucified
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He was crucified at 9 a.m. and remained alive until 3 p.m.
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Why did Jesus die
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to manifest the love of God, to show us how to suffer, to forgive our sins
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