Bible 101
Across
- 1. In Acts, when followers of Jesus begin sharing the gospel in every known language, they are said to be speaking in _________________.
- 7. This is the Jewish holiday remembering how God led the Jews out of Egypt.
- 8. This is the tree in Eden which Adam and Eve never eat from. God kicks them out before they can.
- 9. This guy is considered the greatest king of Israel; he is promised that someone from his family line will reign forever.
- 11. Most of the books in the New Testament are these.
- 12. Jesus's big speech in the Gospel of Matthew is called the Sermon on the ______________.
- 14. Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount, "You've heard it said, 'Do not murder.' I say to you, 'Don't be _________."
- 15. This guy persecuted Christians before encountering Jesus and writing more of the New Testament than anyone else.
- 19. The Greek word for the Hebrew word messiah
- 20. This is the word for the person whom Jews thought God would use to transform the world for the better.
- 21. Adam and Eve get kicked out of Eden after eating from the Tree of the _______________ of good and evil.
Down
- 2. Jesus says, "You have heard it said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemies', but I say to you, love your _______________.'"
- 3. This is the holiday where Christians celebrate God giving the Holy Spirit to believers.
- 4. The books which made it into the Bible which Christians look to for direction in life are the Christian ___________.
- 5. Before Peter baptizes Cornelius, a non-Jew, God gives him a vision of a sheet coming down from heaven with what on it. He is told to eat.
- 6. The word in the Bible for a non-Jewish person.
- 7. In speaking about not judging others, Jesus says you must take this out of your own eye before taking a speck out of someone else's eye
- 10. In the James 2, James says, "Faith by itself, if not acompanied by ____________, is dead."
- 13. The name of the first 5 books of the Old Testament; Jews often call their Bible this
- 16. This book is the one book of stories about the disciples following Jesus's departure to heaven.
- 17. Which of the 4 gospels shows Jesus as being especially sensitive to the needs of the poor.
- 18. The books that tell the story of Jesus's life. There are 4 of them.
- 19. Rather following the rule "an eye for an eye", Jesus tells his followers to turn the other _________.