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What were the major events in the childhood of Jesus according to Matthew and Luke?
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Matthew's Gospel talks of the magi finding the baby Jesus in a house in Bethlehem, which was the home town of Joseph and Mary. Shortly afterwards, the young family fled direct from Bethlehem to Egypt for fear of King Herod and remained there until Herod's death. They then began to return home to Bethlehem but, being warned in a dream, turned aside and travelled to Nazareth in Galilee, where Jesus spent the remainder of his childhood.
Luke's Gospel talks of Jesus born in a manger, because Joseph and Mary had travelled from Nazareth in Galilee and there was no room in the inn at Bethlehem. A few weeks later, the young family travelled to Jerusalem, where Jesus was presented at the Temple, then they travelled peacefully home to Nazareth. While at the Temple, a man called Simeon, who had been told by the Holy Ghost that he would not die until he saw the Messiah, recognised Jesus and said that now he could die. A widow and prophetess, Anna, likewise saw the baby Jesus and praised God.
In Luke's Gospel, Jesus went to Jerusalem with his family when he was twelve, but became separated from his family. After three days, he was found in the Temple, where the most learned men were astounded at his knowledge. This has close parallels with a similar account given by Josephus in his Autobiography. Since the author of Luke is known to have borrowed other material from Josephus, it is certainly possible that this passage was inspired by Josephus' Autobiography.
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According to the New Testament what was the childhood home of Jesus?
AnswerAccording to the New Testament, Nazareth was the childhood home of Jesus.
What tells the events in the life of Jesus?
The first four books of the New Testament record the events of Jesus' life. They are the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
What are the stories that contain a geneaology of Jesus and the events surrounding his conception and birth?
The Gospel of Matthew.
Which gospel talks about Jesus' childhood?
Luke chapter 2, verse 49. == Book of Matthew and Luke.
Who traced Jesus back to Abraham?
I believe this was in the Geneology according to the gospel of Matthew.
When is Jesus going togo down to earth?
Jesus lists the events that must happen first before he can return. After those have been fulfilled, then He will return. You can find these events in the book of Matthew in the New Testament.
How Jesus is presented in saint Matthew's passage?
JESus is presented a MATThews as a saint of the disciples of jesus .HE choose matthew as a disciple of a jesus ' matthew was setting onthe road , jesus saw matthew setting on the road , jesus called matthew as a seeder of jesus chirst yes matthew is called the saint. jesus
HAD Jesus called his disciples before he cured his mother-in-law?
The mother-in-law was Peter Simon's mother-in-law. Jesus was not married. Jesus had called some of His disciples but perhaps not all. The Gospels are not exactly chronological. They do follow close but we are not sure about some of the events and there order. According to the Gospel of Matthew, Matthew is not called until after Peter's mother-in-law is healed. Did it happen that way? Perhaps
Is there any proof outside the Bible for the historicity of Matthew?
There is no extra-biblical proof of the historicity of the disciple Matthew. Scholars say that the Gospel According to St Matthew was not attributed to the disciple Matthew until the middle of the second century. The reasoning of the Church Fathers was that the Gospel must have been written by an eyewitness to the events in the life of Jesus, and they felt that internal clues in the Gospel pointed to Matthew. However, we now know that Matthew used Mark's Gospel as his primary source on the life of Jesus, somthing that a real eyewitness would not have needed to do.
What did mathew do before being a disciple?
Matthew, also known as Levi, worked as a tax collectorfor the occupying Roman government when Jesus called him. According to the gospel that bears his name, he literally got up and "walked off the job" to follow Jesus. (Matthew 9:9)
What are the special events in Matthew's Gospel?
== == 1. Sermon on the Mount; 2. Missionary discourse; 3. Parable discourse; 4. Church order; and 5. Eschatological discourse. The Gospel of Matthew is all about Jesus and GOD's plan of Salvation. The special events are the Birth, Life , Death and Resurrection of the LORD JESUS.
Why does Mark's Gospel not describe the childhood of Jesus?
A:It is likely that none of the gospels authors really knew anything about the birth and childhood of Jesus. Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says that Luke's infancy narrative is not only massively different from Matthew's, but also in details is virtually irreconcilable with it. Some believe the gospels to be inspired, but Fr. Brown says that inspiration does not guarantee historicity or reconcilability, otherwise God should have inspired the two evangelists to give us the same record. We should perhaps look at why the authors of Matthew and Luke did provide details of the childhood of Jesus, and why Matthew says that Jesus was taken from Bethlehem to Egypt and spent his early childhood in Egypt, while Luke says that Jesus was taken from Bethlehem to Jerusalem and then to Nazareth, where he spent his early childhood, travelling to Jerusalem each year for the Passover. Scholars now realise that Mark's Gospel was the first gospel to be written and that the Gospels of Matthew and Luke were based in large part on that gospel. Mark was clearly circulating widely among the Christian communities in the last quarter of the first century, but it seems that many Christians wanted to know more about Jesus, especially about his birth and early childhood. The two authors, traditionally regarded as the apostles Matthew and Luke, wrote nativity stories that met that need. Each knew nothing about the other's gospel, and each wrote his own version of the birth and childhood of Jesus.The then-anonymous author of Mark did not write an account of Jesus' childhood because he simply did not realise how important this would become.
