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ChristosGreek word (transliteration) for Messiah, literally "The Annointed One." | |
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EcclesiaGreek term for assembly, people of God, church. | |
EschatologyTheological term for the study of the "last things." | |
EuangelionGreek word (transliteration) for "gospel." Literally means "good news." | |
EusebiusEarly Christian historian (263-340). Wrote Ecclesiastical History, in which he quotes Origen's comments about the four gospels, as well as comments from other writers. | |
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JosephThe legal father of Jesus (not physical), husband of Mary, descendant of David. | |
JosephusJewish historian from the 1st century A.D. Mentions Jesus Christ in his writings. | |
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KahalHebrew term for assembly, people of God | |
Kingdom of HeavenPhrase used only by Matthew to refer to the new spiritual realm established by Jesus. Matthew uses this phrase without the name "God" to follow the Jewish custom of avoiding using His name. | |
KuriosGreek word (transliteration) for "Lord." | |
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LeviMatthew's other name | |
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OrigenEarly Christian writer (185-232 AD), who argued that only the four gospels we now have were authentic. Eusebius quotes him as saying, "The four Gospels...are the only indisputable ones in the Church of God under heaven." | |
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PapiasEarly Christian writer (from early 2nd century). Eusebius quotes him in Ecclesiastical History as making the following comment on the Gospel of Matthew: "Matthew put the logia in an ordered arrangement." | |
PlutarchSecular Greek historian, A.D. 46-120. Wrote a biography of the Life of Cicero, which is an example of how even secular biographies at that time tried to preserve accurate records. | |
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Son of DavidName that Matthew uses frequently (more than all the other gospels combined) for Jesus | |
SynopticMeans "seen together." The term is used for the first three gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, because of their similarities. | |
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YahwehHebrew name for God, which comes from the phrase, "I am that I am." | |