| A | B |
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| Bethlehem | the place where Jesus was born |
| Galilee | Where Jesus grew up |
| Jerusalem | the political and religious center of Israel and Jewish life |
| Samaria | Located in northern Israel; looked down on by the Jews of Judea |
| Pontius Pilate | Leader of Samaria and Judea; controlled everything around Jerusalem |
| Zealots | a rebellious group of Jews who wanted to rid Israel of Roman rule |
| Pharisees | influential, religious leaders who focused on keeping the Jews faithful to the Law |
| Sadducees | an aristocratic, ruling class of Jews who controlled the Temple in Jerusalem |
| Scribes | Teachers of the Law; Jewsih scholars who assisted in writing and telling Jews about their religious traditions |
| synoptic | "similar" or "to see together" |
| Synoptic Gospels | Matthew, Mark, Luke |
| geneology | a list of a person's ancestors |
| Sermon on the Mount | a collection of Jesus' teachings, including the Beatitudes, found in the Gospel of Matthew |
| Beatitudes | Jesus' teachings about the meaning and path to true happiness and a description of the way to eternal holiness to which God calls all of us |
| Messianic Secret | Jesus' command to his disciples not to tell that he is the Messiah |
| parables | stories told by Jesus that used simple images or comparisons to illustrate moral or spiritual truths |
| miracles | signs of wonder that can be attributed to God only |
| Logos | referred to Jesus as "Word of God" in John's Gospel |
| Book of Signs | First half of the Gospel according to John containing 7 miracles performed by Jesus |
