BIBLE DICTIONARY
(Select the definition that best matches these words)
1. AMEN a. A Greek work meaning “Let him preach!”
b. The spoken command that formally ended temple worship.
c. A word intended to confirm the words, wishes, or predictions of another.
d. A word tacked onto prayers to signify that they are over.
2. APOCRYPHA
a. The name of the Ethiopian eunuch evangelized by Philip.
b. Lampstand that stood in the Holy of Holies.
c. Golden statue on the Plan of Dura that Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused to worship.
d. The name given by church father Jerome to the books not considered among the canonical books of the Bible.
3. MASKIL
a. An obscure word that appears in the title of many psalms.
b. One of the guards whom Paul won to Christ during his Roman imprisonment.
c. A kind of gourd used for food and for storage during times of famine.
d. One of a shepherd’s most important tools, used to shear tangled, matted wool away from a sheep’s legs.
4. VULGATE
a. One of the many entrances to the city of Jerusalem.
b. Early church manuscript that describes the worship of first-century Christians.
c. A Latin version of the Bible, usually attributed to Jerome.
d. Roman soldier who guarded Paul during his house arrest in Rome.
WHO SAID IT?
1. “Do you understand what you are reading?”