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Matthew 27 (Part 1)

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , , on March 30, 2023|

Read Matthew Chapter 27
1. What is the time frame of Matthew 27:1?

2. What did the chief priests and elders do according to Matthew 27:1? Why?

3. What do they do to Jesus according to Matthew 27:2?

4. Who is Pilate? Record what you learn about his rule, his reputation and his demise?

Going deeper: Why was it necessary for the Jewish leaders to take Jesus to Pilate?

5. What happens to Judas according to Matthew 27:3?

6. What does Judas tell the chief priests and elders in Matthew 27:4? How do they respond?

7. What does Judas do with the coins according to Matthew 27:5? Where does he go?

8. What is the response of the chief priests according to Matthew 27:6-8?

Going deeper: Where is the traditional site of the potter’s field (field of blood) located in Israel?

9. What do you learn from the following scriptures:
Jeremiah 18:1-19

Jeremiah 32:9-15

Zechariah 11:12-13

10. What do you learn from Matthew 27:9-10?

11. Where is Jesus in Matthew 27:11? Who is the governor?

12. What does the governor ask Jesus according to Matthew 27:11? What is Jesus’ response?

13. What does Pilate say to Jesus in Matthew 27:13-14? What is Jesus’ response? What is Pilate’s reaction?

14. What do you learn from the following verses?
Matthew 27:15

Matthew 27:16

Matthew 27:17

Matthew 27:18

Matthew 27:19

Matthew 27:20

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Matthew 26 (Part 2)

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , on March 2, 2023|

Read Matthew Chapter 26

1. What is His response in Matthew 26:18?

2. What does Jesus say when they were eating according to Matthew 26:21?

3. What was the response of the disciples in Matthew 26:22?

4. What does Jesus answer in Matthew 26:23-24?

5. What does Judas ask in Matthew 26:25?

6. What is Jesus’ response?

7. What does Jesus do according to Matthew 26:26? What does He say?

Going deeper: What is the blessing that Jesus would have said over the bread?

8. What does Jesus do next according to Matthew 26:27?

9. What does Jesus say in Matthew 26:27-29?

10. What did they do after the meal according to Matthew 26:30?

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Matthew 26 (Part 1)

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , , on February 23, 2023|

Read Matthew Chapter 26
1. What does Jesus tell the disciples in Matthew 26:2?

2. What do the chief priests , the scribes, and the elders of the people do according to Matthew 26:3-4?

3. Where did they gather?

4. What feast are they referring to in Matthew 26:5? Why didn’t they want to take him during the feast?

5. Where is Jesus according to Matthew 26:6?

6. Who approaches Jesus according to Matthew 26:7? What did she do?

7. What was the response of the disciples according to Matthew 26:8-9?

8. What does Jesus say to them as a result in Matthew 26:10-13?

9. What do you learn of Judas from Matthew 26:14-15?

10. What do the disciples ask Jesus in Matthew 26:17? Why?

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Matthew 24 (Part 2)

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , on February 9, 2023|

1. What do you learn from the following verses?
Daniel 9:24-27

Daniel 11:31-33

Daniel 12:11

12. What other warnings does Jesus give in Matthew 24:16-20?

13. Why would it be bad to travel in Israel in winter?

14. Why would it be bad to travel in Israel during Shabbat?

15. What explanation for His warnings does Jesus give in Matthew 24:21-22?

16. What warning does Jesus give in Matthew 24:23-26?

17. Copy Matthew 24:27 here. Meditate on this. What is His meaning?

18. What is the meaning of Jesus’ statement in Matthew 24:28?

19. What do you learn from the following verses?
Deuteronomy 28:25-26

1 Samuel 17:44

Psalm 79:1-2

20. What does Jesus say will follow immediately the trouble (suffering) of those days in Matthew 24:29?

21. What do you learn from the following verses?
Isaiah 13:10

Isaiah 34:4

Joel 2:10, 31

22. What sign will appear after that according to Matthew 24:30?

23. What will the Son of Man do according to Matthew 24:31?

Going deeper: Who are the elect? What do the scriptures teach about them?

24. What is the lesson from the fig tree that Jesus tells them to learn in Matthew 24:32-34? How does it apply to the second coming of Messiah?

26. Copy Matthew 24:25. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

27. What do you learn from Matthew 34:36?

28. How does Jesus compare the coming of the Son of Man to the days of Noah in Matthew 24:37-41?

29. What further instruction does Jesus give in Matthew 24:42-44?

30. What contrast does Jesus make between the faithful and wise servant in Matthew 24:45-51?

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Matthew 22 (Part 2)

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , on January 19, 2023|

1. What was the reaction of the Pharisees according to Matthew 22:22?

2. Who were the Sadducees? What did they believe about the resurrection of the dead?

3. What question do the Sadducees pose to Jesus in Matthew 22:23-28?

4. How does Jesus respond in Matthew 22:29-32?

5. What is the reaction of the multitudes according to Matthew 22:33?

6. What question does the lawyer ask Jesus according to Matthew 22:34?

7. What is Jesus’ response in Matthew 22:37-40?

8. What question does Jesus ask the Pharisees in Matthew 22:42? How do they respond?

9. What follow-up question does Jesus ask in Matthew 22:43-45?

10. What psalm is Jesus quoting?

11. What do you learn from Matthew 22:46?

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Matthew Chapter 19

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , , on October 27, 2022|

Read Matthew Chapter 19
1. Where does Jesus go according to Matthew 19:1?

2. Who followed Him? What did He do?

3. What question do the Pharisees ask Jesus according to Matthew 19:3?

4. How does Jesus respond in Matthew 19:4-6?

5. What follow up question do they ask Jesus?

6. Record Jesus’ response in Matthew 19:8-9.

7. What do you learn about divorce from Deuteronomy 24:1-4?

8. How does Jesus respond when His disciples conclude based on His teaching that it is better not to marry in Matthew 19:11-12?

9. How does Paul further illuminates the issues related to marriage and divorce in 1 Corinthians 7:10-16?

10. Who is brought to Jesus according to Matthew 19:13? Why?

11. How do the disciples respond?

12. Copy Matthew 19:14. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

13. What question is Jesus asked according to Matthew 19:16?

14. What is Jesus’ response in Matthew 19:17?

15. What is the follow up question in Matthew 19:18?

16. What is Jesus’ response in Matthew 19:18-19?

17. How does the young man respond in Matthew 19:20?

18. What is Jesus’ response in Matthew 19:21?

19. How does the man respond according to Matthew 19:22? Why?

20. Which commandments does Jesus omit in the list He gives in Matthew 19:18-19? (See Exodus 20) What do those have to do with what Jesus told the man in Matthew 19:21?

21. What does Jesus tell His disciples in Matthew 19:23-24?

22. What is the response of the disciples according to Matthew 19:25?

23. Copy Jesus’ response from Matthew 19:26. Meditate on this. Reflect on how this truth impacts or has impacted your faith, your life.

24. What is Peter’s concern in Matthew 19:27?

25. How does Jesus respond in Matthew 19:28-20? How does this apply to us today?

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Matthew Chapter 15

Posted in Matthew, tagged , , , on September 29, 2022|

Read Matthew Chapter 15
1. Who came to Jesus according to Matthew 15:1? What did they ask him?

2. How does he respond in Matthew 15:3-7? What is his point?

3. Who does Jesus quote in Matthew 15:8-9? To whom was that message originally addressed? What was their relationship to God? Why?

4. Who does Jesus call to himself according to Matthew 15:10? What does He tell them? What is His point?

5. How does Jesus answer His disciples when they ask him about the Pharisees being offended at his teaching in Matthew 15:13-14?

6. What does Peter ask Jesus to do according to Matthew 15:15? What is Jesus’ response in Matthew 15:16-20?

7. Where does Jesus go according to Matthew 15:21? Where is this located in Israel?

8. Who comes and cries out to Jesus according to Matthew 15:22? What does she tell him?

9. How does He respond to her according to Matthew 15:23?

10. What do Jesus’ disciples want him to do according to Matthew 15:23?

11. How does Jesus respond according to Matthew 15:24?

12. How does the woman respond in Matthew 15:25?

13. What does Jesus answer her in Matthew 15:28

14. Where does Jesus go from there according to Matthew 15:29?

15. Who comes to Jesus according to Matthew 15:30? What does He do?

16. What is the response of the multitude according to Matthew 15:31? Why?

17. What does Jesus tell his disciples in Matthew 15:32?

18. How do the disciples respond?

19. What does Jesus ask them in Matthew 15:34? How do they respond?

20. What does Jesus do next according to Matthew 15:35-36?

21. How many people ate the seven loaves and few little fish? What was left over?

22. What does Jesus do next according to Matthew 15:39?

 

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Matthew Chapter 11

Posted in Bible Study, Matthew, tagged , on August 4, 2022|

Read Matthew Chapter 11
1. What does Jesus do after He instructs the disciples according to Matthew 11:1?

2. What does John the Baptist do when he hears about what Jesus is doing according to Matthew 11:2-3?

Going deeper: Where was John the Baptist imprisoned?

3. How does Jesus respond in Matthew 11:4-6? What is the importance of these things they are seeing Jesus do?

Going deeper: Review the following scriptures which describe the things Messiah will do when He comes. How are the following passages relevant to what Jesus is telling John? Isaiah 35:4-6, Isaiah 29:18-19.

4. Who is Jesus talking about in Matthew 11:7-10?

5. Copy Malachi 3:1. Meditate on this record your thoughts and impressions on this and Matthew 11:10.

6. What does Jesus say about John the Baptist in Matthew 11:11-15?

7. What comparison does Jesus make in Matthew 11:16-17? What is the meaning He is trying to convey?

Going deeper: The phrase “to what shall I liken” was often used by rabbis when they were telling a parable.

8. What comparison does Jesus make in Matthew 11:18-19?

9. Where was Chorazin located in Israel at the time of Jesus?

10. Where was Bethsaida located in Israel at the time of Jesus?

11. What does Jesus say of Chorazin and Bethsaida in Matthew 11:20-24?

12. What is the significance of Jesus’ mention of Tyre and Sidon? According to Jesus, how would their reaction be different from the other cities of Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum?

13. Copy Isaiah 14:11. How does this relate to Jesus’s statements regarding Capernaum in Matthew 11:23?

14. What is Jesus’ prayer in Matthew 11:25-26?

15. Restate in your own words the truths you find in Matthew 11:27.

16. Copy Matthew 11:28-30. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

Going deeper: What would the “yoke” mean to an observant Jew in the time of Jesus? How does that influence how we understand this passage?

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Matthew Chapter 10 (Part 1)

Posted in Bible Study, Matthew, tagged , , , , on July 21, 2022|

Read Matthew Chapter 10
1. What does Jesus do according to Matthew 10:1?

2. Who are the twelve disciples?

3. What do you learn of Simon (Peter) from the following verses?
Matthew 4:18

Matthew 16:13-20

Mark 1:29

Mark 14:37

Luke 5:1-11

John 6:67-69

John 13:6-9

John 18:10-11

John 18:15-18; 25-26

4. What do you learn of Andrew from the following verses?
Mark 1:16

John 1:35-40

John 1:44

John 12: 20-23

Acts 1:13

5. What do you learn of James from the following verses?
Matthew 4:21

Matthew 27:55-57

Mark 1:19

Mark 3:17

Mark 10:35-45

Luke 5:10

Luke 8:51

Luke 9:28

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Jerusalem: Challenge and ideal

June 28, 2022 by memullin | Edit

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Matthew Chapter 7

June 23, 2022 by memullin | Edit

Read Matthew Chapter 7
1. What is Jesus instructing them not to do in Matthew 7:1-2? Why?

2. What does God say about judging in the following verses?
Leviticus 19:15

Numbers 35:15-25

Luke 6:37:43-45

John 7:24

1 Corinthians 5:9-13

3. Consider words that are synonyms of “judge.” Make a list of some that might be applicable to Jesus’s point in Matthew 7:1-2.

4. Look up the following words in a dictionary. Record what you find as it might apply to this passage.
Discernment

Judgment

Criticism

Inspection

According to commentators, Jesus is not prohibiting all types of judgment or evaluation among believers. He is addressing the issue of criticizing those of the household of faith. His point is that we should expect to be judged according to the criteria or type of judgment we apply to others. As a result, we should always seek to judge righteously, so that any judgment applied to us would also be done righteously. It seems to be an extension of the command to love your neighbor as yourself. See Matthew 7:12.

5. What is Jesus describing in Matthew 7:3-4? (Hint: See Matthew 7:5)

6. What do you learn about hypocrites and hypocrisy from the following verses?
Proverbs 11:9

Matthew 23:13-30

Mark 7:6

James 3:17

7. What remedy does Jesus suggest in Matthew 7:5?

8. Copy Matthew 7:6. Meditate on this. What is Jesus’ point?

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9. What is the lesson Jesus is teaching in Matthew 7:7-11?

10. How do the following verses help clarify or add meaning to Matthew 7:7-11?
Psalm 37:4

Matthew 21:21-22

John 15:7

John 16:23-24

11. Explain the meaning of Matthew 7:12 in your own words.

12. What is Jesus’ message to them in Matthew 7:13-14?

13. How is Matthew 7:13-14 similar to or different from Deuteronomy 30:15-20? Psalm 1?

14. In Matthew 7:15-20, Jesus is explaining how we are to judge people (as fruit inspectors). What does He say about false prophets? How can we know them?

15. What do the following passages add to your understanding of false prophets and how you can identify them?
Deuteronomy 13:1-5

Jeremiah 14:14

Mark 13:22

2 Peter 2:1-3

John 10:12

16. What does Jesus say about those who will enter the kingdom of heaven in Matthew 7:21-23?

17. What does Jesus say about those who hear His words and act on them in Matthew 7:24-27?

18. What was the reaction of the crowd to Jesus’ teaching according to Matthew 7:28-29?

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Walking to nowhere

June 21, 2022 by memullin | Edit

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre

June 20, 2022 by memullin | Edit

The last day I was in Israel was a Sunday, and I was staying in Jerusalem. As a final way to close the trip, my friends and I visited the Old City one last time. It was a beautiful day. In this post, I will share with you some of the splendor of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It is a place that can be difficult to navigate for all the apparent organized chaos and the different manifestations of faith and ritual that are all around. This time, perhaps because it was a Sunday, I was able to genuinely enjoy the beauty and serenity of the church. Whatever you may believe about where Yeshua, the Messiah (Jesus Christ) was buried, this church is a place where generations of believers have come and remembered the crucifixion and burial of Yeshua. God said that He would be found by those who seek Him with all their heart. See Jeremiah 29:13.

Church of Holy Sepulchre
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Worshiper at the Holy Sepulchre
worshipers at Holy Sepulchre
Holy Sepulchre
First Century burial tomb – Holy Sepulchre
structure covering the tomb (according to Helena) of Christ

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Shabbat Shalom

June 18, 2022 by memullin | Edit

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Rooted in His Word Israel Tour – Day 2 (continued)

June 17, 2022 by memullin | Edit

I apologize for taking a few days to get back to the tour highlights. I left off in my last post about our recent tour of Israel with our visit to Tel Arad. That is definitely a place to visit. From Tel Arad, we headed north and made our way out of the Negev basin. As we climbed, we noted places along the way such as Maon, Carmel (not the Mt Carmel on the coast), and Ziph. (See Joshua 15:55 for the reference to these cities as being part of the allotment to the Tribe of Judah).

We were not able to visit all the tels, but from a vantage point in the wilderness of Ziph, we were able to remember David’s time in the wilderness of Ziph as described in 1 Samuel 23. We were able to see the route by which David would have easily traveled to En Gedi from Ziph. These connection in the land bring the scriptures to life.

In this area, we were also able to remember the story of Abraham and the three visitors. We could look out and see the Salt Sea, and the traditional location of Zoar at the south end and remember that Lot had asked to be able to go to Zoar after leaving Sodom when it was slated for destruction. Recent excavations and other findings at Tall el-Hamman to the north east of the Salt Sea suggest that the location for Sodom may be in that area, but I leave that for another day. (See article in Nature Journal A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea)

We reached our final destination, Hebron, with time to visit both the tel and the cave of the Patriarchs. This was not the first time I visited tel Hebron or the Cave of Machpelah. You can see my earlier post here.

We visited the tel first. This is definitely worth the climb. The tel has been partially excavated.

tel Hebron excavations
tel Hebron excavations
excavated area on tel Hebron
Olive press found at tel Hebron excavations
Olive press at tel Hebron
Mikveh (ritual bathing pool) at tel Hebron (notice the three sets of stairs which is unusual)
stepped streets found in the excavations at tel Hebron
wall from the Middle Bronze Age (age of the Patriarchs)
closer look at Middle Bronze Age wall
city wall – tel Hebron
ancient city wall – likely from the time of King David

After visiting the tel, we visited the cave of Machpelah – the burial place of the patriarchs. Here are some images from our visit.

Cave of Machpelah
inside the building on the Jewish side
Ark for the Torah scrolls.

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Matthew Chapter 6 (Part 2)

June 16, 2022 by memullin | Edit

Read Matthew Chapter 6:16-34
1. What does Jesus teach them about fasting in Matthew 6:16–18?

2. What do you learn about fasts and fasting from the following passages?
2 Samuel 12:20-22

Ezra 8:21-22

Esther 4:16

Psalm 69:9-11

3. Read Isaiah chapter 58. This passage reveals a great deal about what God thinks about fasts, how they should be conducted, and what they should be about.
a. What does God accuse Israel of doing on their days of fast in Isaiah 58:3?

b. What motives does God accuse Israel of having in their fasts in Isaiah 58:4?

c. What does God say about the fast He has chosen in the following verses?
Isaiah 58:6

Isaiah 58:7

d. What does God promise will be the result of such fasting in Isaiah 58:8-9?

e. Record His additional conditions in the following verses:
Isaiah 58:9

Isaiah 58:10

Isaiah 58:13

f. Record His additional promises in the following verses:
Isaiah 58:11

Isaiah 58:12

Isaiah 58:14

Going Deeper: For more on Fasting, refer to Daniel 9:2-4 and Joel 2:12-32

4. What does Jesus teach them in Matthew 6:19-34?

5. What further insight into Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 6:19-34 do you gain from the following verses?
Proverbs 11:4

Proverbs 12:25

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Luke 10:40-42

Luke 12:22-34

Philippians 4:6-7

6. Copy Matthew 6:21. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

7. What do you learn from the following passages about loving God first?
Exodus 20:1-11

Deuteronomy 4:23-24

Deuteronomy 6:4

Going deeper: What did the idiomatic expression “eye is good” or “eye is bad” mean in first century Jewish society?

8. What do you learn about the light and darkness within from the following passages?
Isaiah 5:20

John 3:18-20

9. What application regarding prayer in your own life can you make from this chapter?

10. How can you apply Jesus’ teaching on forgiveness to your own life?

11. Have you been storing up treasures somewhere other than heaven? How does this chapter help you to reconsider that practice?

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Blessings for Shabbat

June 11, 2022 by memullin | Edit

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Matthew Chapter 9 (Part 2)

Posted in Bible Study, Matthew, tagged , , , on July 14, 2022|

Read Matthew Chapter 9:18-38
1. Who came to see Jesus according to Matthew 9:18?

2. What was the leader of the synagogue’s name according to Mark 5:22?

3. What does Jairus say to Jesus according to Matthew 9:18? What is his posture?

4. What is Jesus’ response according to Matthew 9:19?

5. What happened on Jesus’ way to Jairus’ house according to Matthew 9:20?

6. What are we told of the woman’s thoughts in Matthew 9:21?

7. What is Jesus’ response to her reaching out to touch Him according to Matthew 9:22? What happened to the woman?

8. What does Jesus see when he came to Jairus’ house according to Matthew 9:23? What was the significance of what he saw?

9. What does Jesus tell them in Matthew 9:24? How did the crowd respond to him?

10. What does Jesus do next according to Matthew 9:25? What happened to the young girl?

11. What do you learn from Matthew 9:26?

Going deeper: You can read the account of the healing of these two women in Mark 5:21-43 and Luke 8:40-56.

12. Who does Jesus encounter next according to Matthew 9:27? What are they crying out?

13. What does Jesus ask the blind men according to Matthew 9:28? How do they respond?

14. What does Jesus do next according to Matthew 9:29? What is the result?

15. What evidence of their faith can you see in the passage?

16. What stern warning does Jesus give them in Matthew 9:30? How do they respond?

17. Who is brought to Jesus according to Matthew 9:32?

18. What happened according to Matthew 9:33?

19. What was the response of the Pharisees?

20. What does Matthew tell us that Jesus was doing in Matthew 9:35-36?

21. Copy Matthew 9:37-38. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions. How is this still true today?

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