BibLe FiNaLs

member of church at jerusalem; served as secretary for Paul and Peter (he wrote what they said in 1 Peter and 1-2 Thessalonians

Paul was a mentor to him; "Paul's son"

pronoun change in Acts; show how the author Luke writes in 1st person meanin he was there for the activity; changed in Troas

"Macadonian town"; hometown of Luke and location of medical center; conversion of Lydia comes here (1st European to ever be saved); exorcism of a slave girl; Paul and Silas go to jail and sing hymns, jailer is saved and they are released

3 sabbaths occur; Pauls own people eventuall reject him and he began to focus on the Gentiles of the town; "free city"; capital of Macedonia; port city, main road;

birthplace for democracy; location of the worlds greatest university; Paul the only one here; Paul addresses the philosophers in the marketplace on Mars Hill here...

Capital of Acaah, mostly slaves; porty city, slave trade center, slums, poverty, immortality; worship the patron goddess Aphrodite "sex, love"; ppl had sex to worship

greek for "appearance, coming, arrival"; when ppl thought of Jesus coming they thought he was going to be in the form of king, dignitary, military hero

like 1st coming when Jesus will once again set a foot on Earth

Jesus is in air and people rise to meet him there; latin for "raptus" which means snatching away; olivet discourse

Is Rapture the 2nd coming?

What proceeds the coming? Paul says this must occur first
Political:Rebellion
Spiritual: Falling away

after Apostasy, this occurs; "son of destruction"
idiom=some one destined for destruction
this person will think he is god, but he is actually going to be powered by satan

birthplace: alexandria, egypt; jewish and christian, pastor at corinth; maybe helped with hebrews

a port city on the agean sea; paul mentions the Jerusalem Collection or offering here; paul spends 3 years; is on the western edge of asia minor/turkey; placed where east meets west; home of John; accessible by land and by sea; home of the goddess Artemis (Dianna) held one of the 7 wonders of the world; Paul spent his longest ministry here; Paul performs miracles, exorcises demon possesed, revives sorcerors to quit sorcery ways and commit to Jesus

famine, proves Gentile Christians are good ( they offer money )

1st letter is considered to be before 1 corinthians;
THEME: do not associate with immoral ppl
some thought to be in 2 corinthians
-Paul refers to how he wrote YOU

Paul's 2nd visit to Corinth

Paul tells the people of Corinth he is coming back for his 3rd visit; this is his 3rd letter
"I'm coming again"

Paul's 3rd visit to Corinth

(singular) explains that you and i are a body part. Christ is the head.

spiritual gift that is common

earthly languages, heavenly (prayer) language; is a proof of salvation

greek 'skolos'=stake (Physical illness)

known as the magna carta of christian freedom and liberty
THEME: freedom from legalism

jewish false teachers who taught circumcision and law as necessary for salvation; in galatians

date and audience of galatians

9 of them; is singular (all or nothing); the Spirit produces the fruit in you; not self effort

our choice, response; begins our relationship to God

Gods confirmation of that choice; entitles us to every benefit of that relationship

ROMANS

prison letters that Paul wrote while he was in prison at these 3 locations

ephesians, philemon, colossians, philippians

the letters of the NT are _____ (results from and responses to a specific occasion)
did not teach doctrine as their primary purpose, used specific theology to meet the unique needs of their readers

the oldest NT books

how to interpret

Audience of 1-2 Thessalonians

Purpose of 1-2 Thessalonians

Characteristics of Apocalyptic

4 approaches

jesus returns before a literal 1000 year reign

jesus presently rules at God's right hand

jesus will return after the whole world has converted to christianity

pretribulationism

midtribulationism

posttribulationism

seven churches

son of Philip. Taught by Aristotle.
-334 BC when began conquest of world
-By 332 had already conquered Syria, Palestine, and Egypt
-331 captured Persia. (Greek domination began after defeat of Persia)
-He also conquered Armenia, Mesopotamia, and India
-On june 13 he died unexpectedly of malaria (in Babylon).
-He had not planned a succession before he died so his generals split up and stabilized the empire. Each general ruled a sector of the empire(they became known as diadochi) corruption among them eventually occurred.

spread of Greek culture. (which was achieved during the reign of Alexander the great)

son of Antiochus III
-claimed to be God in the flesh. (DEUS – “epiphanes” meaning greek for manifested or revealed one)
-Jews did not believe in Antiochus 4 b/c the y are monotheistic. They mocked him and called him “Epihpames” instead which means “mad man”
- Antiochus was angered by this and harassed the Jews and meddled with their Temples. (Desecreted the Jews Holy place)

Word got to Egypt that Antiochus 4 had died (when in reality he was still alove). While the Jews were celebrating his death, Antiochus 4 came upon them and became a very very angry little man. In December 167 Antiochus 4 tore down the Temple of God and began his torturing methods upon them. This time became known as the

(8 day celebration): Feast of Dedication: Festival of Lights
-Judas and group of Jews captured the Holy City of Jerusalem and the Temple. They did not overtake the ACRA but the reclaim the templ on Dec. 25 164 BC.

the original language of the New Testament

Responsible for the The Chapter Divisions in the Old and New Testaments.

“Robert Estienne” responsible for verse divisions in the New Testament.

collection of sacred writings “list, standard, measure”
-a list of authoritative books NOT a authoritative list of books.

the art and science of interpretation. (facts are facts fut interpretation of the facts differ)

son of Antipater
-initially made tetrarch of Galilee by Mark Antony
-when Mark Antony and Octavius begin to fight he does not take sides because he friends with both of them.
-Flees to rome when parthians set out to kill him
-at Rome he granted King of Palestine
-eventually defeats the Parthians and rules in Palestine
-People like him because he was loyal
-Known as a master builder. He is responsible for harbor Caesarea in Palestine
-Has 10 wives

(4BC – 39 AD) son of Herod the great
-tetrarch
-ruled lands of Galilee and Perca
-he was vain, arrogant and morally weak
-he married his brothers wife (Herodias)
-John the Baptist condemned his marriage to his sister-in-law and it angers him so he puts John the Baptist in jail. Herodias (the wife) orders John’s head on a platter.
-actually questions Jesus before he goes on trial. Jesus says nothing and Jesus is sent back to Pontius pilot
-is eventually banished to Spain (by the roman emperor Caligula) where he dies.

“half Jews”
-considered ‘half Jews” because they married foreigners (which God told them not too)
-Jews normally did not talk to Samaritans.

Rome’s first emperor (Augustus Caesar)
-ends up fighting Mark Antony for the rule of Rome and wins.
-expands empire
-closed door to temple of god Janus (pax romana period)
-builds roman roads
-established postal service
-created civil services (police, garbage pick up, fireman)

means “Roman Peace”
-period between 27 BC and 180 AD
-Safe roads
-Economy flourished
-Better Standard of living
-Rome only fought if chose too

English word comes from “dunamis” (dynamite/dynamic)
-not magical, requires faith, initiated by a word.
-acted parables

always appears with the word “wonder”

required no moral quality
-evoked amazement and astonishment (which wears off). Jesus is not impressed with wonder, he wants commintment.

(in all 4 gospels)
-not used in Old Testament and rarely appears after the gospels
-referred to as internal (inside people) and also referred to as “not of this world”
-The reign of God as “King” God’s active reign in the world

Mark refers to Jesus as this using it as a umbrella term. [meaning it referred to Jesus as the person and his mission –(suffer and die)

attitudes you be. 8 happy statements. 8 characteristics of any person who is a member of the kingdom.

meaning “to see”
-gospels Matthew Mark and Luke all see together.

meaning doctrine of Christ
-who he is (person)
-what he did (works)

“in the flesh”
-what we celebrate at Christmas (jesus birth)

relative of Jesus
-transitional figure meaning books of Old Testament but her ushers on the coming of the Messiah. (the one)
-he is the final prophet
-refers to his baptisms as water baptisms representing “repentance.” He speaks of one who will come and baptize with spirit and fire (judgement)

has conversation with Jesus at night
-Pharisee
-Member of Sanhedrin
-Jesus tells him that “he must be born again!” (is confused because he is thinking literally and not spiritually)
-Becomes a bold follower of Jesus

“good news” was not a literary term until Mark detailed the life and ministry if Jesus Christ

easy to remember saying that vividly captures a commonly held value of truth.

referred to as Little because the big one is in Revelations
-lengthy response from Jesus in the synoptics when disciples as about the end of the world.
-Jesus tells them there will be 3 signs of the end: (end of disciples lives), (end of temple and Jerusalem), and (Jesus will return)

“to suffer”

(1st martyr) first to die for the Christian Faith. Stoned to death.

(1st Missionary)
-missioned to Samaritan cities and Ethiopan enuch

capital of Syria
-where the 2nd church was at. The church was mission minded and funded all of Pauls missions.
-Here the term “Christian” was first referred to as followers of Jesus.

(grandson of Herod the Great)
-ruled over the territory of his uncles (Archaleaus, Antipas, and Philip)
-considered “King” (unlike uncles)
-was well liked by Jews because he persecuted Christians.

adopted by Roman emperor Claudius and his wife Agrippina.
-succeeds Claudius as emperor at age 13.
-First 5 years were good but the last 9 years of his reign were terrible. They were known as the “Reign of Terror”
-He was responsible for the death of his own mother Agrippina
-Had several wives. He just wanted to have a good time. (chariot races)
-He sets Rome on fire in 64 AD and blamed the fire on Christians.
-After he blames the Christians for the fire, he begins to persecute the Christians. (Paul was beheaded and Peter was crucified upside down because of him)
- He eventually commits suicide after his bodyguards turn against him.

went on first missionary journey with Paul and John Mark.
-nickname was “son of encouragement”

non Jewish people who decided to remain like they were because they didn’t want to be circumcised.

2 source theory

4 source theory

catalysts

criteria

1.Apostolicity (Authorship)

-communal group
-monastic (secluded from corruption of society)
-ascetics
-pledged themselves to be celibate
-initiation of 2-3 years where they had to give up all wealth.
-Prayer baptism study and scripture were daily routine
-John the Baptist thought to have been one

-supported Herod family and Romans (Caesar)
-mostly political

-freedom fighters
-patriots/nationalistic/revolutionaries
-believed to submit to Rome=treason before God.
-Only allegiance = God
-Disciple Simon the Canaanite
-Sicarii – was the sup group within (assasins)

“the Council”
-high supreme court for Jews

principles of the gospel

composition of the gospels

why were the gospels written?

why are there 4 gospels?

matthew

mark

luke

john

i am sayings

virgin birth

jesus' baptism

jesus' temptation

jesus's galilean ministry

jesus' miracles

sermon on the mount

parables

Purposes

Caesarea-philippi confession

Transfiguration

what did jesus' death accomplish?

resurrection significances

author of acts

holy spirits ministry

1st missionary highlights

jerusalem council issue

jerusalem council decision