The woman who opened her home to Jesus and her sister who sat listening at his feet.
Who are Martha and Mary?
Elizabeth and Zacharias
Who are an elderly couple, past child bearing age, who were visited by an angel of God and promised a child around the same time Mary and Joseph were told they would welcome the son of God into the world?
*God redeemed the shame of Elizabeth in a patrilineal culture that depended on male heirs to carry on the family. Elizabeth and Zacharias were John the baptist’s parents.
The day that commemorates the deliverance of Israel from Egypt, which was the central act of redemption in the Old Testament.
What is the Passover?
The ones who separated themselves from everything they thought were unholy and they thought everyone was separated from the love of God, except themselves.
The Pharisees
Our Core Gals’ one source of home baked pastries.
Who is Michaela?
Finish the following verse: “He said to another man, ‘Follow me.’ But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury ________” (Luke 9:57).
my father" (Luke 9:57).
“No good ___ bears bad ___, nor does a bad___bear___fruit. Each ___is recognized by its own___...” (Luke 6:43-44).
What is tree, fruit, tree, fruit, tree, fruit?
The Roman prefect of Judaea who presided at the trial of Jesus and gave the order for his crucifixion.
Who was Pontious Pilate?
The Greek word that translates in English to “Good News”.
“Gospel”
Last semester, this Core Gal “danced before the Lord with all [her] might.” (2 Samuel 6:14)
Who is Nana?
Finish the following verse:
“Jesus said to him “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and ______” (Luke 9:60).
proclaim the kingdom of God
The quiet announcement.
What is...
How the messiah, arrived on earth born to a virgin and carpenter(1), in a manger(2), the fact that the first witnesses were nearby shepherds who had been tending their flock(3).
They had nothing, unlike the wise men who brought gold, frankincense and myrrh. This is not how people expected the promised savior to arrive. When someone whispers something to us, we lean in and listen closely. This is precisely why God chose to announce Jesus in a quiet way– so that we would be listening closely when He Himself announces to the world that Christ is His Son (4).
* Cultural Context – “Shepherds were low class, not allowed to give testimony in court. Yet, these are who God chose to first know the news of his son.”
The Mount of Olives.
What is the place Jesus prayed before he was betrayed by Judas and taken by the Romans to be judged?
The other book that Luke wrote and an extension to the book of Luke, starting with the day of Pentecost.
What is the Book of Acts?
“She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.” (Proverbs 31:26)
Who is Deborah?
Finish the following verse: “Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first, let me go back and say______.” (Luke 9:61)
goodbye to my family
Mary said this when the angel told her she would birth the son of god?
What is, "How will this be, since I am a virgin?” (Luke 1:34)
Barabbas.
Who was guilty for an insurrection in the city and murder and released by a crowd in Jerusalem in exchange for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ?
The only gentile writer in the Bible.
Luke
“She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.” (Proverbs 31:16 )
Who is Hanna?
Finish the following verses:
“He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Our Father who…. (Luke 10:2-4)."
Art in heaven
Hallowed be your name,
Your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins, for we forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation" (Luke 10:2-4).
Finish Luke’s Beatitudes:
"Blessed are you who are ___ for yours is the kingdom of God.
Blessed are you who ___ now for you will be ____.
Blessed are you who ____ now, for you will ____."
(Luke 6:20-21)
What is poor, hunger, satisfied, weep, laugh.
The first people who found Jesus’ tomb empty.
Who are Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James?
Levi.
Who was the disgraced tax-collector that Jesus asked to follow him in Luke chapter 5?
This Core Gal loves her dad’s soup.
Who is Abigail?