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- 1. Paul wrote most of his letters about ____ years after the death of Jesus.
- 5. In Paul's day, letters were ordinarily written on _______.
- 6. The very first Christians were faithful Jews who believed Jesus to be the _______.
- 7. As Jesus became recognized as a teacher with particular power, Jews eventually accepted him as a new ______ sent by God.
- 9. Luke did not write the Acts of the Apostles until approximately ______ years after Paul's experience.
- 11. Paul's Jewish name was ______, while his name in Roman or Greek circles was Paul.
- 14. Virtually all that we know about Paul is found in the ________.
- 17. Who did Paul never meet?
- 18. What came first the Gospels or the epistles?
- 21. Paul's letters to the _________, exemplify his love and concern for the people he served.
- 23. During Paul's travels he helped to build the first community to be called Christian in this capital of ______.
- 24. The word ________ can be used to describe the point at which someone who had no faith at all comes to believe in God.
Down
- 2. _____ epistles in the New Testament were either written by or attributed to Paul.
- 3. The letter to the Romans is considered Paul's _______.
- 4. Paul was born a Jew in _________.
- 8. Diaspora comes from the word meaning, _________.
- 10. Paul was a ________ by training.
- 12. What event turns the focus from Jesus of History to the Christ of Faith?
- 13. What did Jesus' followers refer to him as?
- 15. The second half of Acts is dominated by the personality, preaching, and _______ travels of Paul and his coworkers.
- 16. Acts begins with a description of Jesus' ______ into heaven and meres on to the story of Pentecost.
- 19. What is an epistle?
- 20. Paul tells almost nothing about what happened to him on the road to ________.
- 22. Paul spoke to his audiences with a sense of _______.
- 25. Based on a Latin word meaning "call".