Glossary for Lessons 1-2

Glossary of terms and names for lessons 1 and 2

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E

Magician from Cyprus who was miraculously made blind, which convinced the proconsul to believe the gospel (Acts 13)

Term used by Dr. Bayer to describe Luke's writing in Acts. It means that it is a successive selection of smaller accounts.

Early church historian, who wrote around AD 323 that Luke was the author of Acts

J

Jewish historian from the first century. Wrote Antiquities.

L

Author of the third gospel and the Book of Acts

M

Old Testament prophet and deliverer. Luke taught that Jesus was a prophet like him.

Name of fragment, earliest known document listing the New Testament books that the Church considered canonical

N

Term used by Dr. Bayer to describe discourse that makes a point more indirectly by telling a story

Roman emperor who blamed the Christians for a fire in 64 A.D.

P

Early manuscript containing portions of Luke and John, probably copied between AD 175 and AD 200