Matthew's Account

Question 1

What is the theme of Matthews birth narratives?

Answer 1

is that the coming of Jesus Christ fulfilled the promise made in the Old Testament

Question 2

Genealogy takes the ancestry of Jesus right back to Abraham, what does this fulfill?

Answer 2

The promise God made to Abraham in Genesis ‘All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you’

Question 3

Jesus is also referred to as the ‘son of David’ what promise does this fulfill?

Answer 3

Old Testament promise that the throne of King David would be established forever (Samuel)

Question 4

what does Matthew quote when the wise men asked where the ‘king of Jews’ was born?

Answer 4

-Quotes from the prophet of Micah that the king would be born in Bethlehem, the town from which King David came

Question 5

Matthew also used the Old Testament prophecy in Isiah what is it?

Answer 5

that a virgin would give birth and that the child would be titled ‘Immanuel’, meaning ‘God with us’
- Matthew highlighted the fact that, in Jesus, God was coming to his poeple

Question 6

Mary and Joseph took the baby to safety in Egypt, what did this give Matthew the chance to use?

Answer 6

Old Testament Prophecy of Hosea ‘Out of Egypt i called my son’