Introduction to Biblical Interpretation

Week 5: Chapters 22-27 (pgs. 309-388)

Poetry and apocalypse

Discussion Questions: 4; 1,2; 1; 2,3; 5; 3

What does this chapter reveal about who Jesus is? (22)

What purposes did Jesus’s baptism and temptation serve? (23)

How would you sum up the main message that Jesus had for the people? (23)

Why might Jesus have used parables as a way to teach people? (24)

What was Jesus’s primary mission during his life? (25)

What character qualities do you see in Jesus? (25)

What can you learn about God’s love through the events of the crucifixion? (26)

When Jesus appeared to people after his resurrection, how do you think their lives were changed? (27)