Chapter 1: A Light to the Nations Quiz

The covenant of God with Israel, recorded in the books of the Hebrew Scriptures: [blank_start]Old Testament[blank_end]

Saul the Pharisee, who persecuted Christians but was converted after receiving a vision of Christ: [blank_start]Paul[blank_end]

Foster father of Jesus, husband of Mary: [blank_start]Joseph[blank_end]

Jewish holy day of thanksgiving for the wheat harvest. It was held 50 days after passover: [blank_start]Pentecost[blank_end]

The Son of God and the Jewish Messiah: [blank_start]Jesus[blank_end]

Greek meaning "fiftieth": [blank_start]pentekoste[blank_end]

Reign of Herod the Great [blank_start]37-4 BC[blank_end] Birth of Jesus Christ [blank_start]6 or 4 BC[blank_end] Death and resurrection of Jesus [blank_start]AD 28 or 30[blank_end] Deaths of St. Peter & Paul [blank_start]AD 68[blank_end]

An enumeration or count of the population: [blank_start]census[blank_end]

One sent forth, a messenger: [blank_start]apostle[blank_end]

Mother of Jesus: [blank_start]Mary[blank_end]

King of Judea when Jesus was born: [blank_start]Herod the Great[blank_end]

Hebrew for Messiah: [blank_start]Mashiach[blank_end]

The covenant with all mankind made through the sacrifice of Christ on the cross and recorded in the books of the Christian Scriptures: [blank_start]New Testament[blank_end]

Greek meaning "letter": [blank_start]epistole[blank_end]

Painful suffering: [blank_start]passion[blank_end]

Jesus' closest companions and disciples: [blank_start]the Twelve Apostles[blank_end]

Greek for "messenger": [blank_start]apostolos[blank_end]

A contract: [blank_start]testament[blank_end]

Greek for "Messiah": [blank_start]Christos[blank_end]

A witness, later coming to mean someone who dies rather than deny his faith: [blank_start]martyr[blank_end]

The first five books of the Old Testament which recounts the origins and Law of the Hebrew people: [blank_start]The Torah[blank_end]

The "Anointed One", a king or royal person: [blank_start]Messiah[blank_end]

The sacred writings of a religion: [blank_start]scripture[blank_end]

The central sacrament of the Christian Faith: [blank_start]Eucharist[blank_end]

Hebrew for "passover": [blank_start]pesach[blank_end]

Latin for "endurance": [blank_start]passio[blank_end]

Roman procurator, or governor, of Judea, under whom Jesus was crucified: [blank_start]Pontius Pilate[blank_end]

Greek meaning "witness": [blank_start]martyros[blank_end]

Jewish ceremonial meal and feast commemorating the escape and deliverance of the Hebrew people from the bondage of Egypt: [blank_start]Passover[blank_end]

A fisherman who became the chief of the apostles of Jesus: [blank_start]Peter[blank_end]

Letter: [blank_start]epistle[blank_end]