Genealogy
Matthew begins Jesus’ genealogy with this patriarch, through whom God promised to bless all nations.
Who is Abraham.
Before Mary and Joseph came together, she was found to be pregnant through this divine person.
Who is the Holy Spirit
An angel warned Joseph to flee with Mary and Jesus to this country.
What is Egypt
The title “Son of David” connects Jesus with God’s promise of an enduring dynasty and this everlasting reality
What is an eternal kingdom or throne.
Matthew quotes this prophet’s prediction that a virgin would conceive and bear a son called Immanuel.
Who is Isaiah
Jesus is called the “Son” of this king, identifying Him with Israel’s royal line.
Who is David.
Joseph planned to end the engagement quietly because Matthew describes him in this way.
What is righteous or just
This ruler wanted to kill Jesus because he viewed the child as a threat to his throne.
Who is Herod
The name Jesus translates to this meaning.
“The salvation of Yahweh” or "The Lord saves”
“Out of Egypt I called my son” comes from this Old Testament prophet.
Who is Hosea
Matthew divides Jesus’ genealogy into this repeated number of generations.
What is fourteen; three sections.
List three of the six things the angel declared/told Joseph in his dream.
Joseph son of David
Do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife
What is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit
She will give birth to a son
You are to give him the name Jesus
Because he will save his people from their sins.
Herod ordered the killing of the boys in and around Bethlehem who were this age and younger.
What is two year old males.
The title “Son of Abraham” connects Jesus with God’s promise to bless what in the Abrahamic Covenant?
What are all nations or all peoples of the earth
Matthew quotes this prophet when describing Rachel weeping for the children killed around Bethlehem.
Who is Jeremiah
Matthew traces Jesus’ legal descent through this man, while the class presentation connects Mary with Jesus’ bloodline.
Who is Jospeh.
The religious leaders identified this town as the prophesied birthplace of the Messiah.
What is Bethlehem.
Joseph settled his family in this Galilean town, fulfilling the statement that Jesus would be called a ________.
What is Nazareth; he was to be a called a Nazarene.
How many Magi does Matthew give who paid tribute to Jesus?
Although tradition often pictures three Magi, Matthew gives no number of actual Magi.
1. Jesus’ journey into and out of Egypt parallels the history of this Old Testament nation.
2. Explain the significance
1. Who is Israel
2. Matthew 2 carefully maps out Jesus’ movements: Bethlehem to Egypt , Egypt through the wilderness, and finally settling in Nazareth.
Name the four women listed in Jesus' Genealogy and explain the significance of why women were included.
Tamar
Ruth
Rahab
Wife of Uriah (Bathsheba)
List the three gifts the magi presented to Jesus.
Gold
Frankincense
Myrrh
After returning from Egypt, Joseph avoided Judea because this son of Herod ruled there.
Who is Archelaus
The Magi’s gifts are highly symbolic.
Gold represented Jesus’ royalty, frankincense represented His divinity. What is Myrrh and what did it represent?
Myrrh (an embalming spice used for burial) foreshadows His sacrificial death.
This Hebrew word was used to refer to Nazareth, used in Isaiah 11:1, for this image of the Messiah growing from Jesse’s apparently dead family line.
What is a branch or shoot.