Theory question 105
Birth and Early Life of JesusSection B (Themes from the Four Gospels and the Acts of Apostles). Answer at least one question from this section.
(a) Described the Lukan account of the Annuciation of the birth of Jesus
(b) In what two ways is the Lukan account different from that of Matthew?
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(a) In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent to Nazareth to a virgin, Mary, betrothed to Joseph of the house of David (Luke 1:26-27).
He greeted her, "Hail, O favoured one, the Lord is with you!"; she was troubled (Luke 1:28-29).
He said, "Do not be afraid… you will conceive and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus" (Luke 1:30-31).
He will be great, the Son of the Most High; God will give Him David's throne and His kingdom will have no end (Luke 1:32-33).
Mary asked how, since she had no husband (Luke 1:34).
The Holy Spirit would come upon her and the power of the Most High overshadow her; the child would be called holy, the Son of God (Luke 1:35).
Her kinswoman Elizabeth had conceived in old age, for with God nothing is impossible (Luke 1:36-37).
Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38).
(b) Any two: in Luke the angel comes to Mary, in Matthew to Joseph (Matthew 1:20); in Luke it is a waking visit, in Matthew a dream; Luke names the angel Gabriel, Matthew does not; Luke sets it at Nazareth; Matthew explains the name Jesus "for he will save his people from their sins" and quotes Isaiah's Immanuel prophecy (Matthew 1:21-23); Luke records Mary's response.
Narrate Luke 1:26-38, then two differences from Matthew 1:18-25.