Background Study: Wedding Feast (Galilee)

Question 1

During Jesus’ time, who was responsible for arranging marriages?

Answer 1

The families

Question 2

Who acted on the behalf of the bridegroom and negotiated the betrothal contract with the father of the bride?

Answer 2

The friend of the bridegroom

Question 3

How long was a betrothal?

Answer 3

1 year

Question 4

Who would offer a dowry to the father of the bride to compensate her family?

Answer 4

The father of the groom

Question 5

Who would parade to the bride’s house?

Answer 5

The bridegroom and his friends

Question 6

What did the bridesmaids help adorn the bride with?

Answer 6

Beautiful clothing and jewelry

Question 7

What type of mood was a bridal party?

Answer 7

Joyful

Question 8

Where would the wedding feast be held?

Answer 8

The groom’s house

Question 9

How did the delighted guests celebrate the newly married couple?

Answer 9

With singing, eating, and entertainment

Question 10

Where did the Bride and Groom preside over the festivities?

Answer 10

Under a canopy

Question 11

Who were responsible for hosting the week long wedding feast?

Answer 11

The grooms parents

Question 12

What would be extremely embarrassing for the groom’s family?

Answer 12

Running out of food or wine

Question 13

What was expected at a wedding feast?

Answer 13

Nothing but the best from the Groom’s family

Question 14

What would be an absolute necessity for any grand occasion in Jesus’ time?

Answer 14

Large water pots

Question 15

Large pots helped accommodate guests to fulfill what Jewish law?

Answer 15

Regular hand washing and ritual purification

Question 16

What picture does the water into wine portray that we have in Jesus?

Answer 16

The new covenant though Jesus shedding His blood

Question 17

Galilee is part of the northern tribes of Israel that were taken into captivity by Assyria during what year?

Answer 17

722 BC

Question 18

After 600 years of capture and mixing into other cultures what origin were most Galileans?

Answer 18

Mixed ethnicity

Question 19

Who looked down on Galileans because of their diluted Jewish practices and distinguishing accent?

Answer 19

Jews from Jerusalem Judea

Question 20

What verse show us an example of the disdain Jews had to Galileans?

Answer 20

Mark 14:70

Question 21

Because no Jewish person would want to enter Samaria to go to Galilee what side of the Jordan river was the silver of land they would travel on to avoid Samaria?

Answer 21

West

Question 22

What is the highest elevation in the Holy Land?

Answer 22

Upper Galilee

Question 23

What part of Galilee was Jesus’ home town Nazareth located?

Answer 23

Lower Galilee

Question 24

Why did Jesus used several parables and stories that included elements of farming?

Answer 24

Because lower Galilee was full of fertile lands so they would have been easily understood

Question 25

What region were all of Jesus’ disciples from?

Answer 25

Galilee

Question 26

What body of water is mentioned in Matthew 4:18?

Answer 26

The sea of Galilee

Question 27

Where did Jesus grow up according to Luke 2:39?

Answer 27

Nazareth

Question 28

At what city did Jesus turn water into wine (John 2:1-11)?

Answer 28

Cana

Question 29

Between what two cities did Jesus and His disciples travel between in John 2:11-13?

Answer 29

Cana and Capernaum