Hurlbut's Bible Lessons Part 13

=5.= What does the word J[=e]'[s+]us mean? =It means "salvation."=

=6.= Why was this name given to this child? =Because he is the Saviour of the world.=

=7.= To what people were brought the first news that the Saviour had come? =To shepherds near B[)e]th'l[)e]-h[)e]m.=

=8.= What did the shepherds do as soon as they heard the news? =They went to B[)e]th'l[)e]-h[)e]m and saw the little child and his mother.=

=9.= Who saw the child when he was brought into the Temple, knew that he was the Saviour, and took him up in his arms? =S[)i]m'e-on.=

=10.= What woman also saw the child and gave thanks to G.o.d?

=[)A]n'n[.a].=

Lesson III. The Wise Men and the Star.

(Tell Story 3 in Part Sixth.)

=1.= What men from a distant land came to see J[=e]'[s+]us? =Wise men from the east.=

=2.= What led them on their journey to the land where J[=e]'[s+]us was born? =A star in the sky.=

=3.= What question did the wise men ask? ="Where is he that is born King of the Jew[s+]?"=

=4.= Of whom did they ask this question? =Of H[)e]r'od the king.=

=5.= To which place did H[)e]r'od send them? =To B[)e]th'l[)e]-h[)e]m.=

=6.= What did they find in B[)e]th'l[)e]-h[)e]m? =The little child and his mother.=

=7.= What did they do when they saw the child? =They gave him rich gifts.=

=8.= What did an angel tell J[=o]'[s+]eph to do after the wise men had gone away? =To take the child to [=E]'[.g][)y]pt.=

=9.= Why must the child be taken to [=E]'[.g][)y]pt? =To save his life from King H[)e]r'od.=

=10.= How long did J[=o]'[s+]eph, and M[=a]'r[)y], and the child J[=e]'[s+]us stay in [=E]'[.g][)y]pt? =Until King H[)e]r'od died.=

=11.= Where did J[=o]'[s+]eph and M[=a]'r[)y] take the child J[=e]'[s+]us from [=E]'[.g][)y]pt? =To N[)a]z'a-r[)e]th.=

Lesson IV. The Boy Jesus.

(Tell Story 4 in Part Sixth.)

=1.= Where did J[=e]'[s+]us live while he was a boy? =In N[)a]z'a-r[)e]th.=

=2.= To what city was he taken when twelve years old? =To J[+e]-r[u:]'s[+a]-l[)e]m.=

=3.= What place did the boy J[=e]'[s+]us visit in J[+e]-r[u:]'s[+a]-l[)e]m? =The Temple.=

=4.= What did J[=e]'[s+]us do when J[=o]'[s+]eph and M[=a]'r[)y] left J[+e]-r[u:]'s[+a]-l[)e]m to go home to Nazareth? =He stayed in J[+e]-r[u:]'s[+a]-l[)e]m.=

=5.= How long was it before M[=a]'r[)y] and J[=o]'[s+]eph found the boy J[=e]'[s+]us? =Three days.=

=6.= Where did they find him? =In the Temple.=

=7.= What was J[=e]'[s+]us doing in the Temple? =Talking with the teachers of the Bible.=

=8.= What is said of J[=e]'[s+]us as a boy? =He was wise, and good, and loved by all.=

=9.= How long did J[=e]'[s+]us live in N[)a]z'a-r[)e]th? =Until he was thirty years old.=

=10.= At what trade did J[=e]'[s+]us work when he became a man? =As a carpenter.=

Lesson V. John the Baptist.

(Tell Story 5 in Part Sixth.)

=1.= When J[=e]'[s+]us was a young man in N[)a]z'a-r[)e]th who began to preach? =J[)o]hn the son of Z[)a]ch-a-r[=i]'as.=

=2.= Where did J[)o]hn preach? =In the desert near the river Jor'dan.=

=3.= Who went to hear J[)o]hn preach? =All the people of the land.=

=4.= What did J[)o]hn tell the people to do? =To turn from sin and serve G.o.d.=

=5.= Who did J[)o]hn say was soon to come? =One greater than himself.=

=6.= What did J[)o]hn do to those who were willing to serve G.o.d? =He baptized them in the river Jor'dan.=

=7.= By what name was J[)o]hn called? =J[)o]hn the B[)a]p't[)i]st.=

=8.= Who came to be baptized by J[)o]hn the B[)a]p't[)i]st?

=J[=e]'[s+]us of N[)a]z'a-r[)e]th.=

=9.= What took place when J[=e]'[s+]us was baptized? =The Spirit of G.o.d came upon him.=

=10.= What voice was heard from heaven? ="This is my beloved Son."=

=11.= What did this mean? =That J[=e]'[s+]us was the Son of G.o.d.=

Lesson VI. Jesus in the Desert and by the River.

(Tell Story 6 in Part Sixth.)

=1.= To what place did J[=e]'[s+]us go after he was baptized? =To a desert place.=