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Matthew and Luke
Question | Answer |
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Whose birth does the Gospel of Luke begin with? | John |
What are the names of the mother and father? | Zechariah and Elizabeth |
How is this story similar to Abraham and Sarah? | Women are unable to have children due to their age, so angels come down and bear both of them one. |
What is the name of the angel who delivers the message to Elizabeth? | Gabriel, the angel of the Lord. |
How does Mary respond to the angel's message? | Mary is confused and shocked because she doesn't understand how she could bear a child if she has absolutely no relations with a man. She says she is the handmaid of the Lord and she is allowing what needs to be done to her according to Gabriel's word. |
Describe the meeting between Mary and Elizabeth. | Elizabeth was very happy to see Mary and when Mary arrived, the infant leaped in her womb. Elizabeth filled with the holy spirit. |
After the birth of John, how was Zechariah released from his punishment? | He wrote John is his name on a tablet and immediately his mouth opened his tongue freed and he spoke blessing God. |
Why did Mary and Joseph travel to Bethelem? | Joseph was of the house of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his bethrothed,, who was the child. Mary also gave birth in Bethelem. |
Who are Simeon and Anna? What part do they play in Jesus birth narrative? | on paper |
How old is Jesus at the end of Luke ch. 12. What happens in this part of the story? | 12; Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and favor before God and man. |
Who is the patriarch of the Jewish people that Jesus is traced back to in Matthew's genealogy? | Abraham |
In Matthew, 1:18, it says that Mary was bethrothed to Joseph. What does bethrothed mean? | the first part of marriage; consulting a amn a woman as husband and wife. |
Why doesn't Joseph divorce Mary? | Joseph was going to leave her because she was pregnant. The angel told him, not to be afraid because the child was from God. |
Where was Jesus born? | Bethlehem |
Who was the king? | King Herod |
Magi came to look for the newborn king of the Jews. What are magi? | learned men |
What did the king say to the magi? | |
What guided the magi to the newborn Jesus? | star |
What gifts did they offer him? | gold, frankincense, and myyrh |
Why didn't the magi return to Herod as he had asked them to? | The magi were warned in a dream and departed for their country another way. |
What did the angel say to Joseph? | Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to egypt and stay there until I tell you to. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him. |
'what did Herod do when he realized that he had been deceived by the magi? | Herod ordered the massacre of all boys in Bethlem. |
When did Joseph, Mary, and Jesus return from Egypt? | When King Herod had died. |
What is a heavenly messenger? | angel |
Where did Jesus grow up? | Nazareth |
How was Jesus found by the wise men? | star |
What we call a list of ancestors? | Geneology |
Where did the holy family escape to? | Egypt |
What patriarch is Jesus related to? | Abraham |