abomination of desolation, 26
Abraham, 24, 30, 33, 146, 196–98, 400
promises to, 95, 202, 257, 316
Acts, book of, 13, 40, 120–21, 135, 136, 156–76
adoption, 124
Alexander the Great, 25, 37, 39, 65, 277, 394
“Alpha and Omega,” 368, 369, 379
analogy, principle of, 110
antichrist, 353, 354, 357, 367, 387, 397
Antioch (Syrian), 90, 164, 167, 181, 241, 243
Antiochus III, 25
Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 26, 38, 286
anti-Semitism, 279
apocalyptic imagery, 111, 116, 217, 280, 367
apocalyptic prophet, Jesus as, 63, 68, 111
apostles, 3, 13, 48–49, 110, 158–59, 258
Apostles’ Creed, 46, 126, 132, 143, 150, 337, 388
theories, 133, 315, 351, 396, 401, 404
Auerbach, Erich, 8
Augustine, 76, 115, 131, 142, 208, 266, 282, 377
Babylon, 24
Babylonian Talmud, 30
Barnabas, Epistle of, 363
“Beloved Disciple,” 139
Bethany, 147
body of Christ, 47, 223, 258, 389
Bruner, Frederick, 78
Burridge, Richard, 71
Caesarea, 164
Caesarea Philippi, 111
Calvin, John, 57, 253, 260, 282, 351
canon lists, 14
Catholic Letters. See General Letters
Christ. See Jesus Christ: as Messiah; Messiah
Christianity, 12, 22, 30, 44–51, 383, 384
early, 4–5, 14–15, 23, 36, 44–51, 74–75, 90, 335
under the Roman Empire, 29
church fathers, 16, 77, 130, 286, 363, 377, 389
circumcision, 34, 55, 194, 196, 244, 245, 390. See also epispasm
circumcision party, 244, 301, 390
Colossae, church at, 170, 184, 309, 390
Colossian heresy, 271, 272, 390
conversion narrative, 266, 390
Corinth, 170, 183, 191, 210, 277, 284
Council, Jerusalem, 166, 167, 172, 182, 243, 395
covenant, 3–5, 33, 65, 100, 188, 247–48, 390, 406
criticism
cross, Pauline theology of, 210, 213, 214, 246, 251, 257
curse of the law, 244–45, 251, 390
Cyprus, 165
Damascus road, 163, 172, 174, 243
David (king), 24, 33, 56, 59, 67, 196
Davidic Messiah, 33, 46, 67, 112, 114, 371
day of the Lord, 205, 280, 285–86, 344–45, 390. See also judgment
deacon/deaconess, 49, 78, 263, 295, 390
definite atonement. See limited atonement
Diotrephes, 358
disciple, 3, 13, 46, 47, 65, 79, 84, 87, 113, 391
divorce, 99
doxology, 203, 208, 230, 255, 364, 368, 391
elders, 49, 301, 338, 391. See also pastors; shepherds
“elect exiles,” 332–33
Ephesus, 139, 170, 210, 255, 347, 369
Epiphanes. See Antiochus IV Epiphanes
epispasm, 38
Ethiopian eunuch, 163
Eusebian canon tables, 80, 389
exegesis, 392
faith, 392
examples, 319
and works, 325
false teachers, 14, 237, 249, 265, 291, 296, 299, 343–44
Feast of Dedication, 26, 38, 146, 392
Feast of Passover. See Passover
Feast of Pentecost. See Pentecost
fellowship, 348–49
Gabriel, 54
gentiles, 35, 48, 64, 164–65, 182, 193, 203, 245, 257, 393, 395
God
kingdom of, 34, 57, 62–63, 67, 123, 140, 395
lamb of, 141
law of, 233
promises, 33, 134, 182, 189, 202
good works, 196, 257. See also orthopraxy
Gospels, 13, 40, 44, 70, 89, 105, 130, 138. See also apocryphal Gospels
grace, 195, 197, 208, 298, 361
Great Commission, 85, 101, 102, 393
great white throne, 377
Greco-Roman world, 38, 42–44, 128, 306, 409
Greek language and culture, 20, 25, 31, 36, 38, 397
Hades, 159, 369, 377, 393. See also hell
Hanukkah. See Feast of Dedication
Hasmonean dynasty, 26, 28, 34, 35, 394, 397, 402
healing, spiritual gift of, 222
kingdom of, 62, 93, 97, 140, 395
Hebrew Scriptures. See Jewish Scriptures
hell, 286, 337. See also Hades
Herod Antipas, 28
Herod the Great, 28, 41, 54–55, 165, 394
high priest, Jesus as, 311, 315, 317, 394
History of the Jewish War (Josephus), 36, 395
and Jesus, 56, 58, 141, 150, 157
honor-shame culture, 42–43, 49, 128, 297, 394
Hurtado, Larry, 250
“I am” statements, 152
“in Christ,” 180, 181, 187, 255, 266
intertestamental period. See Second Temple period
Islam, 18
Israel
God’s dealings with, 33, 201–3, 250
history, 24, 31, 38, 99, 203, 219, 361
See also Judaism
James (brother of John), 165
James (half brother of Jesus), 48, 324
destruction, 29
new, 378–79
Jerusalem Council, 166, 167, 172, 182, 243, 395
Jerusalem Talmud, 30
Jesus Christ
apocryphal accounts, 56, 72–73, 74
ascension, 45, 47, 61, 136, 157
deity, 46, 48, 96, 101, 146, 342
depictions, 78, 82, 91, 105, 120, 138–40, 156
equal with God, 101, 108, 146, 147, 264
focus of the Scriptures, 45, 71
healings, 57, 66–67, 75, 111–12, 124, 146, 403
humanity, 48, 57, 58, 125, 357
image of God, 271
incarnation, 45, 70, 154, 382, 395
and the kingdom of God/heaven, 58, 62–63, 93, 97, 123
as lamb, 141, 366, 371, 375–76
as Messiah, 67, 99–100, 106, 112, 129, 144–45, 160, 397
ministry, 56, 63, 87, 93, 94, 115
miracles, 110, 115, 124, 141, 147
opposition to, 96–97, 106, 109–10, 142, 147
parables, 63, 66, 97, 110, 111, 128, 150, 399
and Paul, 163–64, 180, 186–89, 192, 198, 250, 255
as promise and fulfillment, 5, 34, 46, 67, 92, 93, 97, 121, 132
resurrection, 47, 61, 68–69, 117, 132, 151
as Savior, 78, 156, 188, 296, 302, 362
second coming, 47, 277, 367, 375
as Second person of the Trinity, 3, 52
Son of David, 59, 67, 92, 114, 117–18, 382, 403
Son of God, 46, 67–68, 93, 96, 114, 192, 403
Son of Man, 68, 98, 108, 114, 116, 368–69, 375, 404
teaching, 46, 57, 62–65, 95, 100, 110, 126, 149
transfiguration, 98, 113, 114, 129, 342–43, 405
Jesus traditions, 44, 72, 74, 328, 395
Jewish Scriptures, 3, 6–7, 15, 18, 30, 31, 44, 86, 97
John the Baptizer, 56, 93, 98, 107, 109, 111, 123, 141, 145
calendar and festivals, 26, 38, 59, 133, 392
under the Roman Empire, 24–25, 34
Second Temple, 24–25, 32–34, 36–37, 45, 99
Judea, 156
judgment, 99, 131, 284–85, 286, 390. See also day of the Lord
justification, 102–3, 191, 195–96, 326, 395
Kierkegaard, Søren, 327
king, Jesus as, 67, 115, 132–33
kingdom of God, 34, 57, 62–63, 67, 123, 140, 395
kingdom of heaven, 62, 93, 97, 140, 395
Koine Greek, 396
last judgment. See judgment
law
and grace, 195
of Moses, 167, 188, 199, 245, 247, 250
literary criticism, 81, 83, 396
Lord’s Supper. See Last Supper
love
man of lawlessness, 285, 286, 287, 397
Martha, 147–49
Mary (mother of Jesus), 54–55, 91, 122
Mattathias, 26
Messiah, 33, 67, 99–100, 106, 112, 129, 144–45, 159, 397. See also Jesus Christ: as Messiah
millennium, 367, 377, 398, 400
miracles, Jesus’s, 47, 58, 147
missionary journeys of Paul, 165–71, 186
Moses, 30, 35, 129, 134, 220, 223, 247, 299
new heaven and earth, 201, 378
New Perspective on Paul, 188, 398
New Testament, 1, 4–5, 13, 15, 20, 398
language of, 20
and Old Testament, 3, 6, 86, 100, 117, 334, 368
symbolic world, 23
Old Testament, 4, 7, 15, 110, 399
and New Testament, 3, 6, 86, 100, 117, 334, 368
Septuagint, 20, 31–32, 44, 403
See also Jewish Scriptures
Old Testament pseudepigrapha, 30, 32, 399
Olivet Discourse, 116
oral tradition, 13, 15, 44, 74, 82. See also Jesus tradition
orthopraxy, 293, 296, 303, 326, 334
outside the New Testament, 45, 110, 111, 116
parallel Gospel stories, 75, 83
Passover, 38, 100, 133, 149, 399
pastors, 49, 258. See also elders; shepherds
Paul, 95
as apostle, 218, 229, 236–37, 242
death, 175
education, 180
ethics, 189, 199, 205–6, 216–17, 221, 224, 235–36, 293–95, 307
first missionary journey, 165, 182, 186
and Jerusalem Council, 166–67, 172
and Jesus, 163–64, 180, 186–89, 192, 198, 250, 255
letters, 13, 170, 175, 183, 185
opposition to, 236–37
second missionary journey, 167, 183, 186
theology, 186–89, 195, 197, 213, 249, 255, 258, 264, 271, 293
third missionary journey, 169, 184, 186
people of God, 97–98
Peter, 60, 84, 106, 158–60, 335, 338
death, 338
denial of Jesus, 116, 131, 153
sermon on Pentecost, 158–60
Pharisees, 35–36, 38, 99, 109, 400
Philippi, 262
Pilate, Pontius, 28, 41, 60, 133, 150–51
Pisidia. See Antioch (Pisidian)
postmillennialism, 377, 398, 400
premillennialism, 377, 398, 400
priest, Jesus as, 130, 149, 315–18, 394
promised land, 24, 33, 314, 320
Qumran, 36. See also Dead Sea Scrolls
ransom theory of atonement, 113, 315, 401
reception criticism, 81, 85, 401
redaction criticism, 81, 83, 401
resurrection, 132, 147, 199, 224–26, 337, 401
of Jesus, 47, 101, 134, 135, 150, 188
righteousness, 64, 95, 195, 197–98, 402
Roman citizenship, 172, 180, 402
Roman Empire, 26, 28, 39, 41, 50, 180, 306
rulers and authorities, 272
salvation, 64, 192, 203, 235, 286, 402
Samaritan woman, 143
Sanhedrin, 60, 161–62, 172, 403
Saul of Tarsus. See Paul
Second Temple period, 18, 24, 25, 29–38
Septuagint, 20, 31–32, 44, 403
Sermon on the Mount, 91, 94, 95, 328
sexual immorality, 216–17, 279
shepherds, 49, 54, 338, 400. See also elders; pastors
Simon Peter. See Peter
Skepticism, 40
Son of David, 59, 67, 92, 114, 117–18, 382, 403
Son of God, 46, 67–68, 93, 114, 192, 403
Son of Man, 68, 98, 108, 114, 116, 368–69, 375, 404
Stephen, 162
Strauss, Mark, 78
substitutionary atonement, 315, 404
symbolic world, 23, 29, 38, 44, 404
Synoptic Gospels, 63, 75, 139, 155, 404
tabernacle, 404
Tarsus, 179
temple, Jerusalem, 33, 129, 142
textual criticism, 16–17, 18, 352, 405
Thomas, Gospel of, 74
Tilling, Chris, 250
transfiguration, 114, 129, 342–43, 405
Trinity, 3, 147, 151, 333, 405
union with Christ, 102, 192, 255, 259, 405
Upper Room Discourse, 149, 406
Walton, Steve, 32
Watson, Francis, 78
Wenham, David, 32
will of God, 95
wisdom, 213–14
women
in the church, 121, 224, 247, 256, 293–96, 394
worship, 221–22