| A | B |
|---|
| Christian Scriptures | New Testament, 27 books of 2nd part of bible |
| Gospels | 4 inspired books that give account of life and teachings of Jesus |
| synoptic | "same view", refers to the Gospels of Matthew,Mark, Luke & John |
| Gentile | a non jewish person |
| evangelist | writer of a Gospel, Matthew, Mark,Luke, John |
| discourse | a long speech |
| inspirationn | action of God moving the human authors of bible to communicate what God wanted made known. |
| Epistles | letters to early Christian that are in the New Testament. |
| Acts of the Apostles | books in New Testament,describes early days of the Christian community |
| Book of Revelation | Apocalypse,book in New Testament encourages persecuted Christians to accept the Cross & hope for Triumph of God at end of the world |
| Q | from German word quelle which means source |
| Apocalypse | refers to the end of the world or the Book of Revelation |
| 3 ways to know Jesus | experience ( firsthand), oral stories ( eyewitnesses), written accounts of his life |
| Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Jesus | attributed to St Jerome who spent his life translating bible from Hebrew & Greek into Latin. Was hermit and priest. |
| First Gospel written | Mark |
| Last Gospel written | John |
| Written initially for Jewish converts | Matthew |
| written for everyone, especially Gentiles | Luke |
| symoptic Gospel writers | Matthew Mark Luke |
| Gospels written with poetry, symbols and discourse | John |
| Number of books in the Old Testament | 46 |
| number of books in New Testament | 27 |
| number of books in the bible | 73 |
