Confessing Christ Boldly Flashcards
What does Matthew call his work?
A book.
What does Mark call his work?
A gospel.
What does Luke call his work?
An orderly account.
97 - What is the Q source?
Historical critical methods (which says Mark was written first) solution of the synoptic problem, the Four Document Hypothesis says that where Matthew and Luke do not parallel Mark, there is a second source of this information - Q source.
98 - What does Matthew do more than any other Gospel?
Connect Jesus to his Jewish roots and to the prophecies of the OT.
What does the first Gospel anticipate?
The Gentile mission in the visit of the magi and the
great commission of Jesus.
99 - Who is the Gospel of Matthew addressed to?
Followers of the Jewish background who were well grounded in the OT.
How does the Gospel of Matthew end?
Matthew 28
The Great Commission
16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority iin heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
100 - What was of central concern in the Second Temple period?
Observance of the Torah.
What does Torah mean?
First five books of Moses.
Hebrew word for instruction or revelation.
In the Second Temple Period, who were the Jews expecting?
A royal figure in the line of David, who would deliver them from the bondage to the Romans.
101 - How does Matthew demonstrate Jesus is the Messiah?
By offering a genealogy.
Three groups of 14 (last block is actually 13).
102 - How many women were part of the Messianic line?
4
3 were Gentiles and one was married to a Gentile.
What is Matthew concern in the genealogy?
Theology not chronology.
A new creation.
102 - In the birth narrative, what is most important to Matthew?
Showing that Jesus is the Messiah and He is the Son of God “with us.”
103 - Where is John the Baptist baptizing?
In the wilderness of Judea, a narrow strip of desolate land between the Judean hills and the Dead Sea.
What is repentance?
A reversal of mind.
It bears fruit.
It does not bring in the kingdom rather it is our response to the coming of the kingdom.
What is a mikveh?
A pool for ritual washings in the Second Temple period.
103 - In the baptism of Jesus what does Matthew focus on?
The signs that attend the baptism.
Heaven opened, the dove descending and resting, the voice from heaven.
104 - Where is Jesus ministry located?
In Capernaum on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee.
What phrase for heaven does Matthew prefer?
Kingdom of heaven
Who were Matthew’s readers?
Jewish Christians.
106 - When are the disciples first called apostles in Matthew?
In Matthew 10 when they are sent to only Israel and warned away from Gentiles and Samaritans.