jesus's birth

Question 1

Matthew 1:18-2:23

Answer 1

-emphasises Joseph
-includes the marriage of Mary and Joseph
-includes the magi’s visit
-shows Jesus as fulfillment of prophecy
-Jesus born in a house
-flight to Egypt and massacre of the innocents

Question 2

Luke 1:26-2:40

Answer 2

-emphasises Mary
-mentions John the baptists birth
-includes the shepherds visit
-has hymns and appeals to history
-Jesus was born in a stable and placed in a manger
-includes Jesus’s presentation at the temple and circumcision

Question 3

Angels

Answer 3

Matthew-unnamed angel appears to Joseph quotes from Isaiah 7:14
Luke - angel gabriel appears to Mary (the annunciation)

Question 4

Mary and Joseph

Answer 4

Matthew 1:24-Joseph married Mary
Luke 1:27- Joseph is engaged to Mary

Question 5

Visitors

Answer 5

Matthew- the wise men quote from Micah 5:2 and 2 Samuel 5:2
Luke- the shepherds

Question 6

Herod

Answer 6

Matthew - the slaughter of the infants quotes from Jeremiah 31:15

Question 7

Temple

Answer 7

Luke - the presentation of Christ in the temple Simeon’s song - the nunc dimittis

Question 8

Return journey

Answer 8

Matthew- the flight to Egypt and the return to Nazareth
Luke - return to Nazareth from Jerusalem

Question 9

Chronology

Answer 9

Matthew- Jesus was born in the days of Herod the king 2:1
Luke - when quirinius was governor of Syria 2:2