Jesus’ Early Life Review

Complete the following Worksheet using your Notes. Answers should be in blue so they can easily be seen.

1. In St. John’s Gospel we are told that Jesus exists with the Father from before creation and by which
everything in the universe was created

2. The word “incarnation” comes from a Latin phrase that means becoming flesh.

3. What truth is at the heart of the mystery of the Incarnation? Everyone uses the incarnation as a war to
tell time; BC and AC

4. What does it mean that Jesus was both true God and true Man? being God doesnt limit him from being
human, and vice versa

5. Why does Matthew’s Gospel begin with a listing of the genealogy of Jesus? He is using the exact words
used in Genesis to show that it begins with Adam and ends with Christ

6. What is Matthew demonstrating by compressing the genealogy of Jesus numerically? 3 is a

symbolically perfect number, as is 7. 14 is twice 7 and their were 3 groups of 14

7. Fill in the Blanks: To sum up the history of Israel, Matthew speaks of the covenant with Abraham, the
covenant with David, and the deportation to Babylon.

8. How does the angel address Mary when he comes to announce that she will bear a child?
Hail Mary, full of grace, the lord is with you.

9. Fill in the Blanks: The Holy Spirit would Mary in the same way that the cloud the once
the had been put in it.

10. Mary’s submission to God’s will contrasts with what?

The former people God choose, who were always hesitant

11. What three titles did the angels use to describe the child Jesus to the shepherds?
Savior, Christ, and Lord

12. What did these titles indicate?

He is the messiah that they have been waiting for

13. Fill in the Blanks: The Bible does not tell us how many Wise Men visited Jesus. However, tradition sets their
number at three due to the three gifts they brought. These gifts are full of meaning. What is symbolized by
each?
a. Gold means Jesus is kingship on earth.
b. Frankincense means Jesus is deity.
c. Myrrh means Jesus is a virtue and also points to His death.
14. Why does Herod want to get rid of Jesus?
Because he doesnt want to give up his power
15. How did Jesus escape the massacre of the Holy Innocents?
An angel came tellng them to flee before the order was called

16. Which of the four Gospels is the only one to tell us a story from the early hidden years of Jesus?
John?

17. How old was Jesus when he was left behind by his parents in Jerusalem?
12 years old

18. How long was Jesus missing?

3 days
19. What was Jesus doing when Joseph and Mary found him?
Teaching older scholars about Christ

20. After the one childhood story of Jesus, he went back to Nazareth with his parents and lived a normal life being
obedient to them. But this obedience of Christ in the daily routine of his hidden life was already the beginning of his
mission to .

True or False:
30. T - Immaculate Conception means Jesus was born free of Original Sin
31. F - Simeon and Anna were at the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
32. F - After their exile in Egypt, the Holy Family settled in Jerusalem.
36. F - The wise men came from the west.

Matching:
A. Gabriel D. Epiphany
B. Immaculate Conception E. Holy Innocents
C. Incarnation

1. B - Angel who appeared to Mary.

2. D - The coming of God in human form. The central event of history.
3. E - The manifestation of Jesus as the Christ. The feast celebrates the adoration of the Christ child by
royal visitors.
4. F - Mary was conceived without the stain of original sin.
5. C - The male children under two killed by Herod in an attempt to kill Christ.

Fill in the blanks:

David Brings the Ark Mary Visits Elizabeth
“David arose and went” to bring up the ark. “Mary arose and went” to visit Elizabeth.

David said, “How can the Ark of the Lord Elizabeth said, “And why is this granted me
come to me?” that the mother of my Lord should come to
me?”
 David was “leaping and dancing before the
Lord.”
“And the ark of the Lord remained in the
house of Obededom the Gittite three
months.”
“The babe in my womb leaped for joy.”
“And Mary remained with her about three
months.”

Continue to Fill in the Blanks:

1. The name of the mother of Mary was Anne
2. Mary humbly accepted the news that she would become the Mother of God and said, “Behold,
I am the of the Lord. Be it done unto me according to Thy will.”
3. The name of Mary’s cousin was Elizabeth.
4. What did Mary’s cousin name her own child? John.
5. Joseph did not know if he should marry Mary, but an angel came to him in a and told him
it was all part of God’s plan.
6. When a census was taken, the Jewish people would not consider themselves as being from
where they were living at that moment, but from where their ancestral was from instead.
7. What town did Joseph and Mary go to for the census? Bethlehem.
8. The three wise-men followed the light of a star.
9. Shepards were called to be of the first people to come and pay homage to the Baby Jesus.
10. Herod was not happy that the of the Messiah who would rule Israel seemed to be coming
true because it was a threat to his own kingship.