Glossary for Lessons 1-2

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K

Kurios

Greek word (transliteration) for "Lord."

L

Levi

Matthew's other name

O

Origen

Early 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."

P

Papias

Early 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."

Plutarch

Secular 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.

S

Son of David

Name that Matthew uses frequently (more than all the other gospels combined) for Jesus

Synoptic

Means "seen together." The term is used for the first three gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, because of their similarities.

Y

Yahweh

Hebrew name for God, which comes from the phrase, "I am that I am."

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