Study Questions

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1. Why did Jesus' parents go to Jerusalem every year? (2:41)


2. How did Jesus get left behind in Jerusalem? (2:43-44)


3. What was Jesus doing during the three days that He was on His own? (2:46)


4. What were the effects of Jesus' questions and answers on the teachers in Jerusalem? (2:46-47)


5. How did Mary respond when she and Joseph finally found Jesus? (2:48)


6. How did Jesus answer His parents' concern for Him? (2:49)


7. After replying to His parents, what did Jesus do? (2:51)


8. What happened to Jesus as He grew? (2:52)


9. Of the four ways in which Jesus grew (in wisdom, in stature, in favor with God, in favor with man), which one needs the most work in your life?

Luke 2:21-40

Study Questions

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1. Why did Mary and Joseph take Jesus to the temple? When? (2:22-23)


2. Who was Simeon? (2:25-27)


3. What did Simeon do with the Christ child? (2:28-32)


4. How did Simeon's prophecy point out that Christ would be the Savior for the world? (2:32)


5. What did Joseph and Mary do after they heard what Simeon had to say? (2:33)


6. What did Simeon say to Mary? (2:34-35)


7. How did Luke describe the woman named Anna? (2:36-38)


8. What was Anna's response to finding Mary, Joseph, and the Christ child in the temple? (2:38)


9. How did Luke summarize Jesus' childhood years? (2:40)

Luke 2:8-20

Study Questions

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1. At what time and place did the angels appear to the shepherds? (2:8)


2. How many angels did the shepherds see at first? (2:9)


3. How did the shepherds react when they saw the angel? (2:9)


4. What message did the angel tell the shepherds? (2:10-11)


5. What titles did the angel use to describe the baby? (2:11)


6. By what symbol or sign were the shepherds supposed to identify the Christ child? (2:12)


7. How many angels did the shepherds hear praising God? (2:13)


8. What was the immediate reaction of the shepherds after the angels left? (2:15)


9. After finding the Christ child, what did the shepherds do? (2:17-20)


10. What kind of reactions did the shepherds get when they told others what had happened that night? (2:18)

Luke 2:1-7

Study Questions

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Who decreed that a census be taken of the entire Roman world? (2:1)

1. What historical facts did Luke provide that allow us to approximate the date of Christ's birth? (2:1-2)
2. What was the purpose of Joseph and Mary's trip to Bethlehem? (2:1-4)
3. What reason did Luke give for Joseph having to travel to Bethlehem for the census? (2:4)
4. What was Joseph and Mary's marital status at the time of Jesus' birth? (2:5)
5. What were the conditions in Bethlehem the night Jesus was born? (2:7)

Luke 1:67-80

Study Questions

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1. Who is described in the first part of Zechariah's song? (1:68-75)
2. Who is the subject of the second part of Zechariah's song? (1:76-79)
3. Who was the source of inspiration for Zechariah's song? (1:67)
4. How did Zechariah describe the "covenant" with God? (1:72-74)
5. What title did Zechariah say would be given to his son? (1:76)
6. For whom was John supposed to prepare a way? How? (1:76)
7. What basic facts did Luke include about John's childhood? (1:80)

Luke 1:57-66

Study Questions

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1. What two groups celebrated the birth of Zechariah and Elizabeth's baby? (1:58)
2. When did Elizabeth's relatives come to visit her child? Why? (1:59)
3. What was the relatives' response when Elizabeth told them the child wouldn't be called Zechariah? (1:61)
4. Why did the relatives have to make signs to Zechariah about what he wanted to call the child? (1:62)
5. Why was Zechariah's voice restored? (1:63-64)
6. How did Zechariah react when his voice was restored? (1:64)
7. What was the effect of all these events on the people in the region in which Zechariah and Elizabeth lived? (1:65-66)
8. What was obvious to all who heard John’s story? (1:66)

Luke 1:46-56

Study Questions

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1. What different titles for God did Mary mention in her song? (1:46-47, 49)
2. What specific actions did Mary say God had done for her? (1:46-49)
3. How did Mary describe herself in her song? (1:47-48)
4. What reasons did Mary give for believing that all generations would call her "blessed"? (1:48)
5. What happens to people who fear God? (1:50)
6. What happens to the proud? (1:51)
7. To whom was God merciful? (1:54-55)

Luke 1:39-45

Study Questions

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1. To where did Mary hurry? (1:39)
   
2. What two remarkable things happened as soon as Mary called her greeting to Elizabeth? (1:41)
   
3. How did Elizabeth respond to the baby's leaping inside her? (1:42-45)
   
4. In what way was Mary blessed? (1:42)
   
5. In what significant way did Elizabeth address Mary? (1:43)

Luke 1:26-38

Study Questions

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1. Who is Gabriel? Where did he come from?

2. Who was he sent to visit?

3. How does Luke, the author, describe Mary?

4. How did Gabriel describe the son that would be born to Mary?

5. What was Mary’s response to Gabriel’s Message?

6. How was Mary’s response similar or different from that of Zachariah’s in verse 18?

7. What did Gabriel say to Mary in response to her question?

Luke 1:5-25

Study questions

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1. What characteristics did Zechariah and Elizabeth have in common?

2. How were Zechariah and Elizabeth "upright in the sight of God"?

3. For what duty was Zechariah chosen by lot?

4. What experience gripped Zechariah with fear?

5. How did Gabriel describe the main purpose of John's life?

6. Why was Zechariah rendered unable to speak until the day of the prophecy's fulfillment?

7. How many miracles are referred to in this passage?

Luke 1:1-4

Study Questions

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1. What kind of people did Luke rely on for his information? (verse 2)

2. What does Luke say to back up the trustworthiness of what he wrote? (verse 3)

3. Who is Luke writing to? (verse 3)

4. What was Luke’s purpose in writing Theophilus? (verse 4)

5. What does the phrase "know the certainty of the things you have been taught" mean?