Lesson 3

Question 1

What three (3) titles does Matthew mention at the beginning of his Gospel?

Answer 1

a) Christ
b) Son of David
c) Son of Abraham

Question 2

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Since it was vital in antiquity to know who a person’s father was, what was important in ancient writings?

Answer 2

Genealogies

Question 3

What kind of Jewish audience was Matthew writing to?

Answer 3

One sympathetic to the Rabbis and Pharisees and who privileged the Torah above all else

Question 4

Why did Matthew embed the gospel of Jesus Christ in a genealogy starting with David?

Answer 4

He wanted the Pharisees to understand the legitimacy of Jesus’ claim to be king of Israel

Question 5

In a heavily patriarchal society, what was unusual in a genealogy?

Answer 5

For a woman to be named

Question 6

What three (3) things did the women in Jesus’ genealogy have in common?

Answer 6

a) They displayed faith
b) They shared a questionable moral stature
c) They were foreigners (or closely associated with foreigners)

Question 7

Which OT text does Matthew 1:22-23 appropriate and apply to Jesus?

Answer 7

Isaiah 7:14

Question 8

When the Greek-speaking Jews who translated the Septuagint a few hundred years before the birth of Jesus used the word Παρθένος (parthenos, virgin) in Isaiah 7:14, what did they have no idea of?

Answer 8

The Christian teaching that Jesus was born of a virgin.