MATTHEW :)

a. Was Matthew the first gospel written?
--Si Senorita!!
b. What does "Gospel" mean?
--significa buenas noticias.
c. What promise does Malachi close the OT with?
--Con una promesa. Dios enviará a un Mesías para fijar los problemas de Israel y traerles la paz y la alegría a las personas.
d. What does Matthew declare as he opens up the NT?
--que esta promesa de siglos por delante de ahora es cumplido
e. What does Matthew convince readers of?
--El cita una antigua profecía judía después de que otro y explicando cómo Jesús cumple cada promesa.
f. Who wrote Matthew? When was it written?
-- Matthew. 60-65 A.D.





"Shaking Jesus' Family Tree"
a. Why were genealogies so important to Jews?
-it kept a record of their family history.
b. Did Jesus meet the "ancestral requirements" for being the Messiah? How?
- yes he did. he was a jew, descended from abraham.
c. Why is his family tree a bit odd?
-it randomly matches lukes geneology, just a few same names show up in both.
d. How does Matthew target Jewish readers more than any other Gospel? (hint: see "The Jewish Gospel")
- traces jesus' family tree to abraham.
-points our 57 prophecies jesus fulfills.
-uses common jewish phrases such as kingdom of heaven.
-compares jesus to israel.

"Wise Men With Shocking News"

a. What does "Eastern lands" refer to?
-may have been the empire of parthia.
b. What did the wise men bring?
- myrrh, frankincense, gold
c. Who predicted that the Messiah would come from Bethlehem?
- Micah
d. What was Herod's "vicious" order?
- kill all the bethelehem boys under the age of two.
e. When do scholars think Jesus was born? (What year)
-6 or 7 B.C.