Lesson 3 & 4

Question 1

John the Baptist’s life strikingly resembles the lives of which two (2) OT figures?

Answer 1

a) Moses

b) Elijah

Question 2

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

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Why were genealogies important in ancient writings?

Answer 3

Knowing who a person’s father was gave understanding of the son and spoke to the nobility of their character

Question 4

What kind of Jewish audience was Matthew writing to?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

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

Answer 5

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

Question 6

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

Answer 6

For a woman to be named

Question 7

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

Answer 7

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

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Isaiah 7:14

Question 9

Give the meaning of the following words:

a) Hebrew: (almah)
b) Greek: (parthenos)
c) English: virgin

Answer 9

a) Hebrew: A young woman, a maiden, a virgin.
b) Greek: A virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations; a female (virgin), beyond puberty but not yet married.
c) English: A person who has never had sexual intercourse.

Question 10

What is a recurring theme throughout Matthew’s Gospel?

Answer 10

Jesus as the embodiment of obedient or ideal Israel

Question 11

While Matthew’s Gospel was written with a Rabbinical audience in mind, it also sought to account for what?

Answer 11

The presence of Gentiles in the early church

Question 12

How is Jesus able to be the king of all humanity?

Answer 12

He was of both Jewish and Gentile extraction

Question 13

As Matthew tells the infancy narrative, which two (2) OT figures should come to mind?

Answer 13

a) Joseph the Patriarch

b) Miriam, the sister of Moses

Question 14

How is Israel’s history being relived?

Answer 14

In the life of Jesus

Question 15

When the devil used the words “If Thou be the Son of God,” what was he trying to do?

Answer 15

Discredit the voice from heaven and cause Jesus to doubt His Sonness

Question 16

How did Satan use Scripture against Jesus?

Answer 16

Satan tempted Him to fulfil prophecy through His own actions

Question 17

List five (5) great events that happened on mountains in Matthew’s Gospel

Answer 17

a) The Sermon on the Mount
b) The Transfiguration
c) Jesus’ prayer
d) The crucifixion on Mount Calvary
e) The ascension from Mount Olivet

Question 18

In the third temptation, what was Satan essentially offering Jesus?

Answer 18

A shortcut to His Messianic misison (ruling over all the kingdoms of the world)

Question 19

How does Matthew portray Peter?

Answer 19

As Jesus’ closest friend (despite him often voicing the sentiments of Satan)

Question 20

Why did Matthew structure his Gospel into five different discourses of Jesus?

Answer 20

He was trying to situate Jesus within the teachings of Moses