Unit 1

Question 1

Suffering servant

Answer 1

The servant (the chosen one) mission is to bring God’s glory
suffering servant will:
- ordinary man
- deposed and rejected
-pierced crushed chastised and wounded
-did not protest or defend self
- death will be of a criminal , did no wrong

Question 2

Importance of line of david

Answer 2

• term messiah was used to describe the person whom the jews expected, restore davinc age
• Jews expecting a kingly messiah who would deliver and restore the kingdom of Israel

Question 3

Messianic secret

Answer 3

explains the failure of both the disciples and religious authorities to fully understand Jesus was the Messiah

Question 4

Matthew’s proof text

Answer 4

• first dream of joseph
• herod magi and bethlehem
• second dream of joseph
• herod murder of the children
• third dream of joseph

Question 5

first dream of joseph

Answer 5

religious experience angel vitst joseph to adopt child of own
proof text: a virgin will give birth to a son
son will be called immanuel

Question 6

Herod, magi, bethlehem

Answer 6

Jesus was born in bethlehem

proof text: messiah would be born in bethlehem

Question 7

second dream of joseph

Answer 7

jesus moved out of egypt for safety

OT: God called isreal (my son) out of egypt

Question 8

Murder of the children

Answer 8

Massacre, King Herod orders soldiers to kill boys in Bethlehem under the age of 2 to protect his rule
brown- story is symbolic
Matthew links to weeping Rachel- represents all mothers crying for their sons

Question 9

third dream of joseph

Answer 9

Messiah would be from nazareth
link: jesus went to live in nazareth
nazareth also means a branch, could mean a branch of a family tree

Question 10

Hellenism

Answer 10

Greek culture and ideas spread to those into other societies, jews were hellenised

Question 11

Cynicism

Answer 11

giving up material possessions

Question 12

Pharisees

Answer 12

largest group
controlled religious affairs
believed in the written law and life after death
expected a prophetic messiah

Question 13

sadducees

Answer 13

priestly, wealthy class who controlled political affairs, rejected anything expect written law

Question 14

Zealots

Answer 14

expected a kingly messiah

nationalist who despised romans, believed in direct action to rid palestine of romans

Question 15

essences

Answer 15

monastic type of communities, established own rules and rejected the temple hierarchy
expected a priestly messiah

Question 16

Romans

Answer 16

crucifixion was a roman tradition, jesus was crucified