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16.2 Conflict
Edexcel, Mark's Gospel, Conflict and Argument, GCSE, Religious Studies
Question | Answer |
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corban | a gift dedicated to God which meant that it could not be used for anything else |
fasting | going without food on certain days as a sign of devotion to God |
the Law | the collection of laws handed down by God and collected in the Torah |
Palm Sunday | the Sunday before Good Friday when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey |
Passion | the sufferings of Jesus, especially in the time leading up to his crucifixion |
Pharisees | a religious group whose aim was to keep the traditional Jewish faith alive |
ritual cleanliness | the Jewish laws on food and washing which prevented anything unclean entering the body |
Sabbath | the Jewish day of rest on the seventh day of the week |
Sadducees | group of priests who controlled the Temple and collaborated with the Romans |
scribes | religious lawyers; originally men who made copies of the Torah |
sinners | those who did not follow all the Jewish laws |
the Temple | the building in Jerusalem where sacrifices were made |