Read Matthew Chapter 8
1. Where was Jesus according to Matthew 8:1?
2. Who comes to Jesus in Matthew 8:2? What does he say to Jesus?
3. What was Jesus response according to Matthew 8:3-4?
4. What do you learn about leprosy and the treatment of lepers from the following verses?
Leviticus 13:45-46
Numbers 5:2
5. What was required of someone cured of leprosy according to Leviticus 14:1-32?
6. Where does Jesus go according to Matthew 8:5?
7. Where is Capernaum located? Look at a map to help you.
8. What was Capernaum known for?
9. Who came to Jesus when he entered Capernaum according to Matthew 8:5?
Going deeper: What was a centurion in the Roman army? What was his responsibilities? Why would there have been a Roman centurion in Capernaum?
10. What does the centurion tell Jesus in Matthew 8:6?
11. How does Jesus respond in Matthew 8:7?
12. How does the centurion respond to Jesus’ offer in Matthew 8:8-9?
13. What does the centurion recognize in Jesus?
14. What is Jesus’ reaction to the centurion’s statement according to Matthew 8:10?
15. What prophecy does Jesus make in Matthew 8:11-12?
16. What does Jesus say to the centurion in Matthew 8:13?
17. What happens to the centurion’s servant?
18. Where did Peter’s mother-in-law live? How do you know?
19. What did Jesus do when he entered Peter’s house according to Matthew 8:14-15?
20. What happened that evening according to Matthew 8:16-17?
21. Copy Isaiah 53:4 here. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.
22. What does Jesus do when He sees the multitudes around Him in Matthew 8:18?
23. What does the scribe tell Jesus in Matthew 8:19?
24. How does Jesus respond?
25. What does Jesus tell the man who says he must go bury his father?
26. What do Jesus and the disciples do according to Matthew 8:23?
27. What happens according to Matthew 8:24?
28. What was the response of the disciples to the storm and their master sleeping?
29. How did Jesus respond to His disciples in Matthew 8:26?
30. How did Jesus respond to the storm according to Matthew 8:26?
Going deeper: For other gospel versions of this story, see Mark 4:35-41 and Luke 8:22-25
31. Where did the boat with Jesus and the disciples end up? Where is this located in Israel? Consult a map to help you locate it.
32. Who met Jesus when he arrived on the other side of the sea according to Matthew 8:28?
33. What did the demons say to Jesus in Matthew 8:29-31?
34. What did Jesus say to the demons according to Matthew 8:32? What happened as a result?
35. What was the response of those who kept the pigs and the city? Why?
Going deeper: What did it mean that men were raising pigs in this city?
Going even deeper: For other gospel versions of these events, see Mark 5:1-20 and Luke 8:26-39
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