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| According to Hebrew belief, a vast ocean of water and fire that existed before creation |
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| "Fertile plain;" a region in the near east where Hebrews believed that life began; associated with present-day Iraq |
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| First son of Eve; a tiller of soil; he murdered his brother |
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| Second son of Eve; a keeper of flocks who was murdered by his brother |
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| The hero of the flood story; his family and animals were saved in the ark |
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| Hebrew word for Babylon; tower where God confused humans by giving them different languages |
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| Home of Abraham from which he migrated into Canaan (located in present day Iraq) |
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| The first Patriarch of the Hebrew whose name mean "Father of a Multitude" |
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| Nephew of Abraham who accompanied him into Canaan |
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| The "promised land" which is located West of the Jordan River (Present-day Israel/Jordan) |
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| The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac |
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| The title of the ruler of ancient Egypt |
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| An agreement between two or more parties |
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| The Egyptian handmaid of Sarah and mother of Ishmael |
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| Son of Hagar and Abraham and founder of a nation |
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| Removal of male foreskin as a sign of initiation into the covenant of the Lord |
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| Ancient cities of Syria which were destroyed by fire because of their wickeness |
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| Son of Abraham and Sarah; father of Jacob and Esau |
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| Sacrificial offering which is destroyed by fire |
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| Wife of Isaac; mother of Jacob and Esau |
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| Rebekah's brother; father of Rachel and Leah |
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| Oldest son of Isaac; twin brother of Jacob |
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| Twin brother of Esau; son of Isaac; later he was named Israel |
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| Younger daughter of Laban; wife of Jacob; her sons were Joseph and Benjamin |
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| Elder daughter of Laban; wife of Jacob; her sons were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun |
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| Maidservant of Rachel; her sons were Dan and Naphtal |
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| Maidservant of Leah; her sons were Gad and Asher |
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| Name given to Jacob and used by the twelve tribes for the designation of their nation |
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| Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issacher, Zebulon, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher |
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| Daughter of Jacob and Leah; sister to the twelve sons of Jacob; her rape was revenged by Simeon and Levi |
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| An Egyptian official to whom Joseph was sold; he was chief steward to the pharaoh |
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| Elder son of Joseph and founder of a tribe |
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| Younger son of Joseph and founder of a tribe |
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| Part of Egypt where Israelites lived |
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| Hebrew patriarch and law-giver who led his people out of Egypt |
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| Wife of Moses and daughter of Jethro |
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| Elder brother of Moses and priest of the Hebrews |
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| Father of Zipporah and priest of Midian; also called Reuel |
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| Sister of Moses and Aaron |
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| Curses from God on the Egyptians to punish them for sinfulness; water into blood, frogs, gnats, flies, pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, death of first-born |
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| Disease or sickness, usually infectious |
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| Feast commemorating the passing over of the death angel in Egypt just prior to the Exodus |
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| Desert through which the Israelites traveled on their way to Mount Sinai |
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| Food supplied to Israelites by God when they were in the desert |
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| A nomadic desert people who were often at war with the Israelites (traditionally believed to be the descendants of Esau) |
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| Son of Nun; a military leader (judge) of the Israelites who took the place of Moses after his death |
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| Sons of Moses and Zipporah |
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| A mountain in the Arabian Peninsula at which the law was given to the Israelites through Moses (also called Mount Horeb) |
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| The act of making good any loss, damage, or injury |
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| A person who is not a citizen of the country in which he lives |
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| A person who is not a citizen of the country in which he lives |
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| To observe or make a survey in order to gain military information |
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| An ancient city of Palestine that was first taken by the Israelites when they crossed the Jordan River |
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| A prostitute or promiscuous woman |
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| A woman of Jericho who protected the Israelite spies and whose family was saved from death |
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| A sacred chest which held the stone tablets given to Moses by God and other sacred objects |
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| Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, Barach, Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson |
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| Canaanite god who was worshipped in various forms |
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| An ancient near-east tribe which was frequently at war with the Israelites |
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| Father of Samson; member of the tribe of Dan |
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| Philistine woman who obtained Samson's secret and betrayed him |
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| Land southeast of the Dead Sea; Moabites were often enemies of the Israelites |
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| Moabite woman; ancestress of King David |
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| Woman of Judah who traveled with her husband to Moab; mother-in-law of Ruth |
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| Wealthy man of Bethlehem who married Ruth; ancestor of King David |
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| To gather fruit or grain that is left after the crop is harvested; usually reserved for the poor |
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| Measure approximately equal to a bushel |
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| Son of Elkanah and Hannah; judge, prophet, and priest of Israel |
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| Home of Samuel; town where the Ark of the Covenant was kept |
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| Judge and high priest at Shiloh; Samuel's teacher |
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| The primary god of the Philistines; the "fish god" |
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| Person who foretells future events |
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| Son of Kish; a Benjaminite; first king of Israel |
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| Saul's oldest son; close friend of David |
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| David's father; Jesus eventually came from his family |
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| Giant Philistine soldier from Gath who was killed by David |
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| Second and greatest king of Israel |
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| Prophet during the time of David and Solomon; adviser to David |
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| Wife of David; mother of Solomon |
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| Bathsheba's first husband; David caused him to be killed in battle |
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| Son of David; third king of Israel; builder of the temple |
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| Son of Saul who was installed as king of the North by Abner; he fought against David and was later murdered |
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| Another name for Jerusalem (one of the hills on which it was built) |
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| Son of David who led an unsuccessful revolt against his father |
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| Fourth son of David; he tried to become king during his father's old age but lost out to Solomon |
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| King of Tyre who sent workmen and materials to help build the temple and palace |
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| David's nephew who became general of the army after Abner's death |
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| Court official of Solomon who led the revolt against Rehoboam and became the first king of the Northern kingdom of Israel |
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| Son of Solomon who was first king of the Southern kingdom of Judah; ten tribes of the North revolted against his rule |
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| Seventh king of Israel (Northern kingdom) who worshiped Baal and abandoned Yahweh |
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| Sidonian princess who was Ahab's wife; she brought the worship of Baal to Israel |
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| Prophet of the Northern kingdom during the reign of King Ahab; he opposed Jezebel |
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| Prophet of the Northern kingdom who was the disciple and successor to Elijah |
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| King of the Northern Kingdom who overthrew Ahab's son and restored worship of Yahweh |
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| King of Assyria who invaded the Northern kingdom and began the siege of Samaria |
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| Assyrian king who succeeded Shalmaneser and conquered the Northern kingdom |
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| Assyrian king who invaded Judah but was turned away from Jerusalem by disaster |
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| King of Judah (Southern kingdom) who helped save Jerusalem from the Assyrians and reformed religious practices |
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| King of Judah who was a great religious reformer and renewed the covenant with God after finding a book in the Temple |
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| King of Babylon who conquered Judah and destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 587 BCE |
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| King of Judah who was arrested and punished by Nebuchadnezzar |
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| Prophet of Judah who stresses God's holiness and warns people about the results of their wickedness |
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| To renounce one's religious faith |
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| What remains or is left behind; those Israelites who have remained faithful to Yahweh |
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| Waste or impurity produced during metal processing |
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| Metal mixed with another metal for strength |
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| Judean shepherd who prophesied in Israel against religious formalism and abuse of the poor |
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| Capital city of the Northern kingdom; place of wickedness to the prophets |
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| Plumb line; weight fastened to a line to make walls straight |
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| Northern kingdom prophet who used an extended metaphor to compare Israel's situation with his marriage |
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| Hosea's wife who is portrayed as a harlot and compared to the Kingdom of Israel |
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| To marry or take as one's own |
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| An Israelite tribe of the North; often used as an alternate name of the Northern kingdom |
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| Judean prophet who prophesied in Judah against the corrupt city and oppression of the poor |
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| Literary work or song that attacks or ridicules |
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| Empire that destroyed the Northern kingdom and threatened the Southern kingdom |
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| Prophet of the Southern kingdom who suffered for his preaching at the hands of the people |
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| Jeremiah's assistant; another book of prophecy bears his name |
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| Disgusting and hateful actions; sacrileges |
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| Things which do not exist |
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| Hopelessly sad and dejected |
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| Person skilled in a trade; idol maker |
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| A young Jewish man who was taken into captivity in Babylon |
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| King of Babylon during the captivity of the Jews |
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| Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego |
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| Friends of Daniel and who were thrown into a hot furnace but survived |
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| Group of people in the Babylonian Empire who were known for their belief in astrology |
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| The worthless husks left after grain has been thrashed |
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| Crown prince of Babylon whose feast was interrupted by a mysterious writing on the wall |
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| Person identified in Daniel as the king after Belshazzar; not otherwise known |
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| Jewish man from David's family who was betrothed to Mary |
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| Mother of Jesus; an angel appeared to her with the announcement of Jesus' birth |
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| Name given by Isaiah to a child who will guide and protect Israel (meaning: God is with us) |
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| Temple priest who was the father of John the Baptist |
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| Wife of Zechariah; mother of John the Baptist; cousin of Mary |
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| Angel who appeared to Zechariah and Mary |
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| Astrologers from "the East" who followed the star to find the place of Jesus' birth |
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| Idumean who was appointed king of Judea by the Romans |
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| Holy man of the temple in Jerusalem who recognized Jesus as the Messiah |
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| Holy woman of the temple in Jerusalem |
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| Cousin of Jesus who preached a baptism of repentance at the Jordan River |
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| A town on the Northwest shore of the sea of Galilee which became the center of Jesus' ministry |
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| An officer in the Roman legion who commanded 100 men |
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| Tax collector who was chosen by Jesus to become one of the twelve apostles (sometimes also called Levi) |
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| Leader of a synagogue whose daughter was raised from the dead by Jesus |
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| Son of Herod the Great; tetrarch of Galilee |
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| Wife of Herod Antipas and mother of Salome; her marriage was condemned by John the Baptist and she later had Salome ask for John's head |
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| Blessings on certain types of people which Jesus pronounced at the sermon on the mount (Latin for "Blesseds") |
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| Name of a Philistine god which eventually became associated with evil or demonic forces |
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| Native of Samaria; people who were considered foreigners and outcasts by the Jews |
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| A servant or slave who oversees his master's house and possessions |
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| A figure in a story by Jesus; he is a poor man who had nothing in life but attains heaven after death |
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| One of the original twelve apostles; he betrayed Jesus to the authorities |
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| Garden on the Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed the night he was arrested |
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| Jewish high council of 71 members headed by the high pries; it included Pharisees and Sadducees |
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| Jewish prisoner who was released by Pilate at the request of the people |
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| Bystander who was forced to help carry Jesus' cross |
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| "Place of the Skulls;" hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified |
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| Prominent Jewish man who asked for Jesus' body and buried it in his own tomb |
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| Woman who was a follower of Jesus; Jesus appeared first to her after his resurrection |
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| "Sent one" or "messenger;" usually applied to the Chosen Twelve |
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| Tax collector employed by the Roman government |
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| Any follower (usually of Jesus) |
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| Peter's brother; a fisherman who became an apostle |
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| First apostle of Jesus; a fisherman and brother of Andrew |
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| An apostle of Jesus; a man from Bethsaida |
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| Disciple who was brought to Jesus by Philip |
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| The Southern province of Palestine |
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| The Northern province of Palestine |
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| The middle province of Palestine; home of the Samaritans |
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| A village which is the scene of two miracles, including Jesus' first miracle at a wedding |
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| Member of the Sanhedrin who was a secret follower of Jesus |
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| A pool at Jerusalem where the sick gathered, hoping to be cured; place where Jesus cured an infirm man |
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| Jewish place of schooling and worship |
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| Men who copied and interpreted the Hebrew Scripture (also called lawyers) |
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| Man of Bethany who was raised from the dead by Jesus |
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| Sister of Lazarus who anointed the feet of Jesus |
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| Sister of Lazarus and Mary |
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| Apostle who asked for proof of the resurrection of Jesus |
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| High priest who proposed the death of Jesus |
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| "Helper" or "Intercessor;" Name given to the Holy Spirit by Jesus; also called Paraclete |
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| Jewish priest in Sanhedrin; father-in-law of Caiaphas |
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| Jewish priest in Sanhedrin; father-in-law of Caiaphas |
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| Roman governor of Judea at the time of Christ |
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