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Sadducees

Jewish sect at the time of Christ who did not believe in the resurrection.

Salvation

Deliverance from the tyranny of evil and from God's judgment against sin

Son of David

Name that Matthew uses frequently (more than all the other gospels combined) for Jesus

Synoptic

Means "seen together." The term is used for the first three gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, because of their similarities.