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Religion vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the Passover meal that Jesus and his disciples celebrated before his arrest | last supper |
| means olive press, a garden outside Jerusalem where Jesus went to pray after the last supper | Gethsemane |
| one of the twelve, he betrayed Jesus to the authorities | Judas Iscariot |
| the reigning high priest who had been appointed by the roman government | Caiaphas |
| someone from the town of Nazareth. This is how a placard identified Jesus on the cross | Nazarene |
| the crime of insulting God or of claiming Godlike attributes. Jesus was accused of this for identifying himself as the Son of God and Christ | Blasphemy |
| the Jewish governing council. Its responsibilities were mainly religious | Sanhedrin |
| the roman governor of Judea. Although he found Jesus guilty of nothing, he sentenced him to death by crucifixion | Pontius Pilate |
| the center of Roman government in a province | Praetorium |
| a hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. The name means place of the skull | Golgotha (Calvary in Latin) |
| a form of execution in which the victim is nailed or bound to a cross and left to die slowly and painfully | Crucifixion |
| the man who was forced to help Jesus carry the cross to Golgotha | Simon of Cyrene |
| an influential member of the Sanhedrin who buried Jesus’ body in his own tomb | .Joseph of Arimathea |
| one of the women who followed Jesus | Mary Magdalene |
| the sacrament by which Christ forgives sins | Resurrection |
| a small village of few hours away from Jerusalem. After his resurrection, two of Jesus’ followers met him on the road to Emmaus, but did not recognize him until he broke bread with them | Emmaus |
| the reigning high priest who has been appointments by the Roman government | Cleopas |
| the old testament scriptures. Jesus said that he had come to fulfill the law and the prophets | Law and the Prophets: |
| one of the 12. He was not present when Jesus appeared to the rest | Thomas |
| God the father, God the Son, and God the Holy spirit. The trinity refers to three persons but one God | Trinity |