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Genealogy of Jesus

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which 2 of the 4 Gospels contain the Genealogy and Birth of Jesus?

a)

Mark and John

b)

Matthew and John

c)

Matthew and Luke

d)

Mark and Luke

2.

Which Gospel shows the genealogy on Joseph's side, the paternal side of Jesus?

a)

Matthew

b)

Mark

c)

Luke

d)

John

3.

Which Gospel shows the genealogy of Jesus on Mary's side, the maternal side of Jesus?

a)

Matthew

b)

Mark

c)

Luke

d)

John

4.

Which two gospels start with when Jesus was already an adult and skips the part about his birth story?

a)

John and Matthew

b)

Mark and Matthew

c)

John and Luke

d)

Mark and John

5.

Which Gospel genealogy account emphasizes the 'royal' family line of Jesus?

a)

Matthew

b)

Mark

c)

Luke

d)

John

6.

The genealogy of Jesus establishes His royal descent and His rightful claim to King ________ throne.

a)

Solomon's

b)

David’s

c)

Saul's

d)

Abraham's

7.

Which of the following statements are true about Matthew's genealogy? Choose all that apply.

a)

He starts with Adam and connects Adam to Jesus.

b)

He arranges the genealogy into three sets of fourteen generations.

c)

He started with Abraham and connects Abraham to Jesus.

d)

He strongly emphasizes Jesus connection to King David.

8.

Which of the following details were shown in Luke's account of Jesus' genealogy? Choose all that apply.

a)

From Jesus to Abraham

b)

From Jesus to Noah

c)

From Jesus to Adam

d)

From Jesus to God

9.

Both the Matthew and Luke genealogies show Jesus' Davidic origin & as well as the descendant of Abraham, the patriarch of the Jews. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

How do the Gospels of Matthew and Luke differ in their genealogy account of Jesus, in showing the father of Joseph?

a)

Matthew shows Jacob as the father of Joseph and Luke shows Heli as the father of Joseph

b)

Matthew shows Heli as the father of Joseph and Luke shows Jacob as the father of Joseph

c)

Matthew shows Matthan as the father of Joseph and Luke shows Matthat as the father of Joseph

d)

Matthew shows Matthat as the father of Joseph and Luke shows Matthan as the father of Joseph

11.

How does Eusebius, the historian, explain the 'apparent discrepancy' of the 2 different fathers of Joseph in the genealogies of Matthew and Luke?

a)

Through Deuteronomy 25:5

b)

Through Leviticus 25:5

c)

Through Exodus 25:5

d)

He does not explain the difference

12.

The genealogies of Matthew and Luke show exactly the same names from ____________________ to ___________________________?

a)

Abraham to Adam

b)

Abraham to Noah

c)

David to Jesus

d)

Abraham to David

13.

From the genealogy lists, how can we tell whether Jesus came from which of the 12 tribes of Israel?

a)

Tribe of Jacob

b)

Tribe of Levi

c)

Tribe of Joseph

d)

Tribe of Judah

14.

Matthew shows Jesus genealogy from which son of King David?

a)

Solomon

b)

Nathan

c)

Absalom

d)

Amnon

15.

Luke shows Jesus genealogy from which son of King David?

a)

Solomon

b)

Nathan

c)

Absalom

d)

Amnon

16.

In Matthew's lineage account of Jesus, he mentions the names of four women. What are their names?

a)

Tamar, Rahab, Ruth & Bathsheba

b)

Rahab, Ruth, Mary, & Tamar

c)

Tamar, Rahab, Esther, & Bathsheba

d)

Rahab, Tamar, Ruth, Mary

17.

Which of the women highlighted in Matthew's genealogy had questionable moral standing? Mark all the correct ones.

a)

Tamar

b)

Ruth

c)

Rahab

d)

Bathsheba

18.

What did Tamar do that was seen as a moral sin?

a)

She was raped by her half-brother

b)

She committed adultery with her father-in-law Judah

c)

She slept with 2 sons of Judah

d)

She married the brother of her husband Er

19.

How did Jesus come from the line of Tamar?

a)

From Perez, one of the 2 sons of Judah and Tamar

b)

From Zerah, one of the 2 sons of Judah and Tamar

c)

From Er, son of Judah and husband of Tamar

d)

From Onan, son of Judah and husband of Tamar

20.

What did Rahab do that was seen as a moral sin?

a)

She was a rescuer of Joshua's spies

b)

She asked for her life to be spared when Joshua conquered Jericho

c)

She was a prostitute

d)

She had a number of legal husbands

21.

How did Jesus come from the line of Rahab?

Mark all the correct statements

a)

Rahab married Boaz

b)

Rahab married Salmon, the father of Boaz

c)

Rahab was the mother of Boaz

d)

Rahab was the mother of Ruth

22.

What did Bathsheba do that was seen as immoral and a sexual sin?

a)

She divorced Uriah, her husband

b)

She committed adultery with King David

c)

She bathed naked at her house roof-top

d)

She plotted with King David to have Uriah die in battle

23.

Ruth came from a ____________________ family line

a)

Jewish

b)

Hittite

c)

Egyptian

d)

Moabite

24.

What key lessons can we learn from the Genealogy of Jesus? Mark all the correct statements.

a)

The family line of Jesus are all pure and all completely of Jewish descent

b)

The family line of Jesus contained some who were morally sinful

c)

The family line of Jesus was ethnically diverse

d)

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