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• Gospel of Peter

  [Bible]

  The Gospel of Peter is an ancient Greek gospel bearing the name of the apostle Peter. It is not part of the biblical canon, and only a fragment dealing with the passion and resurrection of Jesus survives.

• Sign

  [Bible]

  A sign is a mark that reveals God's will or shows in advance what is to come. In the Old Testament the term refers to signs of the covenant and to the symbolic acts of the prophets; in the New Testament it extends to the signs performed by Jesus and to the signs of the end times.

• Gospel of Nicodemus

  [Bible]

  The Gospel of Nicodemus is an ancient Christian text that recounts the trial, death, and resurrection of Jesus and his descent into Hades. Also known as the Acts of Pilate, it is a work of New Testament apocrypha and is not part of the biblical canon.

• Relic

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  A relic is the preserved remains of a saint or martyr, an object that a saint or martyr used, or an object associated with the life of Jesus, kept as an object of veneration. The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church venerate relics, while Protestants generally reject the practice.

• Aloes

  [Bible]

  Aloes is a precious aromatic mentioned in the Bible. In the Old Testament it describes the fragrance of a king and of lovers; in the New Testament it refers to the spices Nicodemus brought for the burial of Jesus.

• Sycamore Fig

  [Bible]

  The sycamore fig is a tree of the fig family that grows in the warm lowlands of Egypt and Palestine. In the Bible it appears as the tree Amos tended and as the tree Zacchaeus climbed to see Jesus.

• Zebulun

  [People]

  Zebulun was the sixth son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Zebulun, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The tribe's territory is connected with the region of Galilee, where Jesus later carried out his ministry.

• Nahshon

  [People]

  Nahshon was the leader of the tribe of Judah during the wilderness period after the Exodus. The son of Amminadab and the brother-in-law of Aaron, he appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ.

• Amminadab

  [People]

  Amminadab was a man of the tribe of Judah, the son of Ram and the father of Nahshon and Elisheba. He was the father-in-law of Aaron, and his name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ.

• Joanna

  [People]

  Joanna is a woman mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward. She ministered to Jesus and his disciples out of her own means and was one of the women who brought news of the empty tomb to the apostles on the morning of the resurrection.

• Zebedee

  [People]

  Zebedee was a Galilean fisherman and the father of James and John, two of the twelve disciples of Jesus. In the Gospels his name appears mostly in the phrase "the sons of Zebedee."

• Hezron

  [People]

  Hezron, the son of Perez and grandson of Judah, is an Old Testament figure whose name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ. The clan of the Hezronites within the tribe of Judah descended from him.

• Chuza

  [People]

  Chuza was the steward of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee. He was the husband of Joanna, one of the women who ministered to Jesus and his company out of their own means, and he is named only once in Scripture, in Luke 8:3.

• Ram

  [People]

  Ram was an Old Testament figure of the tribe of Judah, the son of Hezron and the father of Amminadab. His name appears in the genealogies of David in Ruth and 1 Chronicles and in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew.

• Mediator

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  A mediator is one who stands between two estranged parties and restores the relationship between them. Protestants confess Jesus Christ as the one Mediator between God and humanity.

• Albert Schweitzer

  [People]

  Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) was an Alsatian theologian, philosopher, organist, and physician. His The Quest of the Historical Jesus left a major mark on historical Jesus research, and his medical work at Lambaréné in Gabon, Africa, earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952.

• Hesychasm

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Hesychasm, from the Greek hesychia, meaning "stillness," is a spirituality of prayer in the monastic tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church that seeks union with God by stilling the heart and ceaselessly repeating the Jesus Prayer.

• Special Revelation

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Special revelation is a theological term for God's disclosure of Himself and His saving will through particular means such as prophecy, historical events, Jesus Christ, and Scripture, as distinguished from general revelation through nature and conscience.

• Ebionites

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The Ebionites were a Jewish Christian group that existed from the first to the fourth century. Because they insisted on observance of the Mosaic Law and regarded Jesus as a man chosen by God, the early church fathers described them as a group that had departed from orthodoxy.

• Nard

  [Bible]

  Nard is a precious aromatic ointment made from the roots of a plant that grows in the Himalayan region. In the Bible it appears in the Song of Solomon and the Gospels. It is best known as the "pure nard" (KJV "spikenard") that a woman poured on Jesus.