Lesson Three

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

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

b) Greek: Παρθένος (parthenos)
c) English: virgi

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