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Antithesis
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The section of Mathews Sermon on the mount. (Matt 5:21-48) in which Jesus contrasts selected provisions of the Mosaic Torah with his own ethical directives. The term refers to rhetorical structure in which contrasting ideas presented in parallel arrangements of words, phrases, or sentences.
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Apostle
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A person sent forth commissioned as an envoy or messenger, such as the Twelve whom Jesus selected to follow him.
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Beatitudes
Blessings that Jesus to ounces on the poor, the meek and the helpless. |
OkThe list of blessings or sources of happiness with which Jesus begins the sermon on the mount (Matt 5:3-12) Luke gives a simpler version of these sayings (6:20-23) |
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Ekklesia
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a political term , meaning an assembly of citizens. In the Greek city-state the citizens were called forth by the trumpet of the kerux (herald) summoning them to the assembly.
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Mathew Source or Mathean source
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Mathew only uses material found in his gospel . The M source includes numerous sayings and parables, such as the stories a bout the vineyard laborers and many of the kingdom pronouncements. Mathew frames his story of Jesus with a narrative of Jesus birth and infancy . He talks about a women in Jerusalem and the eleven disciples. |
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Lex Tallionis
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The law of strict retaliation, the principle of retributive justice expressed in the Torah command to exact "eye for eye" "life for life". A practice that Jesus rejects.
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Magi
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The wise men from the east who came who traveled to Bethlehem to pay homage during the birth of Jesus.
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Parousia
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A Greek term meaning presence or Coming.
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Sermon on the Mount
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is a collection of sayings and teachings of Jesus, which emphasizes his moral teaching found in the Gospel of Matthew . Explaining How to live a life that is dedicated to and pleasing to God, free from hypocrisy, full of love and grace, full of wisdom and discernment.
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Seven woes
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The series of seven condemnations of scribes and Pharisees attributed to Jesus when he was rejected by official Judaism. (Matt 23:13-32)
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Great Commission
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The instruction of the resurrected Jesus Christ to his disciples that they spread his teachings to all the nations of the world.
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Centurion
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A low ranking officer in the roman army in charge of a "century" or division of 80 or 100 men.
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New Moses
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Mathew descries Jesus as the New Moses
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Gehenna
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a symbol of posthumoumous torment (death of a child) |
