SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF BIBLE WOMEN
LESSON 6
EARLY GALILEAN MINISTRY
New Testament Women
The Fading Jewish Age
The Popularity Period
About 4 Months
PETER’S MOTHER-IN-LAW
1. With whom was she living (Mark 1:29)?
2. Who had come to visit this home? With whom (Matt 8:14; Mark 1:14-19, 29)?
3. What was her condition (Matt 8:14; Luke 4:38)?
4. Who told Jesus of her condition (Mark 1:30; Luke 4:38)?
5. Tell four things Jesus did in healing her (Matt 8:15; Mark 1:31; Luke 4:39).
6. After she was healed, what did she do immediately to express her gratitude (Luke 4:39)?
THINGS TO CONSIDER:
1. Notice all the different names by which Peter is called: John 1:42 (Cephas); Matt 16:18
(Peter); Mark 14:37 (Simon); Acts 10:5 (Simon Peter); beginning in Acts 1 throughout
most of the book (Peter); Acts 11:13 (last time called Simon); four times in Corinthians—1
Cor 1:12; 3:22; 9:5; 15:5 (Cephas); Gal 2:9 & 2 Pet 1 (Simon Peter).
2. What must have been the relationship between Peter and his mother-in-law?
3. Do you suppose Peter would have participated in joking about “mothers-in-law?”
4. Should any mother-in-law assume she may enter the home of her child to rule it?
5. What major teaching of a well-known religion is refuted by this account?
6. Later on, how does Paul refer to Peter’s marriage (1 Cor 9:5)?
(References in Luke)
THE WIDOW OF NAIN
1. Who came upon the scene with a great throng of people (7:11)?
2. As they come near the gate of the city, what procession was going out (7:12)?
3. What made the mother’s sorrow more bitter than usual (7:12)?
4. How did the prophets speak of the loss of an only son (Jer 6:26; Amos 8:10)?
5. Who was going with them, to comfort the mother (7:12)?
6. How was Jesus touched by the scene? What did He say (7:13)?
7. How did Jesus stop the bearers (7:14)?
8. Why did He address the young man personally? Could it have been that all the dead might
have been raised by the power of His voice (John 5:28, 29)? What will happen at the
resurrection?
9. What two things did the young man do (7:15)?
10.To whom did Jesus now give the son (7:15)?
11.In the resurrection will there be a reunion of all the faithful?
12.What ties will not exist then (20:35, 36)?
13.How were all the witnesses affected by the miracle (7:16)?
14.To where did the news spread (Luke 7:17)?
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