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Luke 3:1-20
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1In the fifteenth year of the
reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod
tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and
Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—
2during the high-priesthood
of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the
wilderness.
3He went into all the country
around the
4As it is written in the book
of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.
5Every valley shall be filled
in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight,
the rough ways smooth.
6And all people will see
God’s salvation.’”
7John said to the crowds
coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee
from the coming wrath?
8Produce fruit in keeping
with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our
father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for
Abraham.
9The ax is already at the
root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut
down and thrown into the fire.”
10“What should we do then?”
the crowd asked.
11John answered, “Anyone who
has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food
should do the same.”
12 Even tax collectors came
to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
13“Don’t collect any more
than you are required to,” he told them.
14Then some soldiers asked
him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse
people falsely—be content with your pay.”
15The people were waiting
expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be
the Messiah.
16John answered them all, “I
baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the
straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the
Holy Spirit and fire.
17His winnowing fork is in
his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn,
but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
18And with many other words
John exhorted the people and proclaimed the good news to them.
19But when John rebuked Herod
the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his brother’s wife, and all
the other evil things he had done,
20Herod added this to them
all: He locked John up in prison.
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1)
According to
verses 1 and 2 what was the historical setting when the word of God came to
John son of Zechariah in the wilderness?
o
It was
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In the fifteenth
year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar when
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Pontius Pilate
was governor of
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Herod was
tetrarch of
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His brother
Philip was tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis.
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And Lysanias was
tetrarch of
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During the
high-priesthood of
Ø
Annas.
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And Caiaphas.
2)
According to
verse 3 what did John do?
o
He
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Went into all the
country around the
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And preached a
baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
3)
According to
verses 4 to 6 what were the words of Isaiah the prophet that John fulfilled?
o
Prepare the way
for the Lord.
o
Make straight
paths for him.
o
Every valley
shall be filled in.
o
Every mountain
and hill made low.
o
The crooked roads
shall become straight.
o
The rough ways
smooth.
o
And all people
will see God’s salvation.
4)
According to
verse 7 what did John call the crowds
coming out to be baptized by him?
o
Brood of vipers!
5)
According to
verses 7 and 8 how could the crowds flee from the coming wrath?
o
They must produce
fruit in keeping with repentance.
6)
According to
verse 8 why did the crowds think that they were in God’s favor?
o
They relied on
the fact.
o
That
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They had Abraham
as their father.
7)
According to
verse 8 why was it unwise for the crowds to rely on the fact that they had Abraham
as their father?
o
It was unwise.
o
Because
o
Out of the stones
God can raise up children for Abraham.
8)
According to
verse 9 what will be done to every tree
that does not produce good fruit?
o
The ax is already
at the root of the trees.
o
And every tree
that does not produce good fruit will be
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Cut down.
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And thrown into
the fire.
9)
According to
verses 10 and 11 what was John’s reply to
the crowd’s question as to what they should
do?
o
Anyone who has
two shirts should share with the one who has none.
o
And anyone who
has food should do the same.
10)
According to
verse 12 who came to be baptized by John?
o
Tax collectors
came to be baptized.
11)
According to
verses 12 and 13 what was John’s reply to
tax collectors’ question as to what they should do?
o
Don’t collect any
more than you are required to.
12)
According to
verse 14 what was John’s reply to soldiers’ question as to what they should do?
o
Don’t extort
money.
o
Don’t accuse
people falsely.
o
Be content with
your pay.
13)
According to
verse 15 what were people waiting expectantly for and what were they wondering in their hearts about John?
o
They
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Were waiting
expectantly for the Messiah or the Christ.
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And were wondering
in their hearts.
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If
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John might
possibly be the Christ.
14)
According to what
John said in verse 16 how did he compare
himself with the Christ in terms of status?
o
The Christ is
more powerful than John.
o
John is not
worthy to untie the straps of Christ’s sandals.
15)
According to what
John said in verse 16 what was the difference
between him and the Christ in what they used to baptize people?
o
John baptized people
with water.
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The Christ
baptized people with
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The Holy Spirit.
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And fire.
16)
According to what
John said in verse 17 what would the Christ do?
o
The Christ would
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Clear his
threshing floor with his winnowing fork.
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Gather his wheat
into the barn.
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And burn up the
chaff with unquenchable fire.
17)
According to
verse 18 what else did John say to minister to the people?
o
With many other
words he
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Exhorted the
people.
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And proclaimed
the good news to them.
18)
According to
verses 19 and 20 what were the evil
things Herod the tetrarch had done?
o
He
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Married Herodias,
his brother’s wife.
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And locked John
up in prison.
19)
According to
verses 19 and 20 why did Herod lock John up in prison?
o
John rebuked
Herod because of his marriage to Herodias.
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Luke 3:1-20
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