1. What was the common, natural and immediate reaction of the women when they saw the resurrected Jesus, and also of the disciples when they saw Him? 2. What would have been the purpose for the soldiers to tell others that Jesus’ disciples had stolen His body away? Do you think that such a claim worked? 3. In the Great Commission that…

1. What would cause a people to become so recklessly blind to reality that they would demand the release of a murderer into their midst rather than Jesus? 2. While the startling events of nature that accompanied and followed the death of Jesus should have captured everyone’s attention, why do you think only the centurion noticed? 3. How do the facts of…

1. While Jesus could have left the memorializing of His death up to His disciples, why do you think it was so critical for Him to specify the details of the Lord’s Supper? 2. What insights do we receive into the heart of Jesus as Matthew describes for us how Jesus was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane? 3. How could Jesus…

1. From the parable of the virgins, what do we learn about proper preparedness for the coming of Jesus in regard to its timing? 2. From the parable of the talents, what do we learn about proper preparedness for the coming of Jesus in regard to our faithful work as His stewards? 3. From the depiction of the judgment scene in the…

1. Knowing the context (i.e., Jesus went into the temple in 21:23), what event is Jesus specifically addressing in the first 34 verses of this chapter (read verses 1-2)? 2. In warning these Jews that He would be coming (figuratively) in judgment upon Jerusalem, when did Jesus say that everything before verse 34 would take place? 3. When Jesus changed subjects in…

1. How did Jesus describe the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees in the first seven verses of the chapter? What can we learn from this? 2. Although some people today have tried to depict Jesus as soft and weak, what do we learn about Jesus’ character from the pronouncement of woes in this chapter? 3. Even though the Jews had repeatedly…

1. While all were invited to the wedding and marriage feast, what was the difference between those who rejected the invitation and those who accepted it? 2. What did Jesus teach about the state of the dead, when He used the present tense to talk about God’s relationship with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? 3. Why do you think Jesus chose the two…

1. Why do you think it was necessary for the King of kings to ride triumphantly into the capital city on a lowly donkey, instead of in a royal carriage? 2. By cleansing the temple for now the second time in His ministry, what was the primary message that Jesus was trying to get across to the people? 3. By specifying that…