The Infancy Narratives in Matthew and Luke
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The Infancy
Narratives in
Matthew and Luke
Matthew
Matthew calls his writing “ The
book of the genealogy of Jesus
Christ, the son of David, the
son of Abraham.”
Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
but the couple did not live
together.
Joseph a “righteous” man and
“son of David” decides to
divorce Mary quietly.
Angel of the lord appears to
Joseph in a dream and
explains that the child was
conceived through the holy
spirit.
Luke
In the days of Herod, king of
Judea, Gabriel is sent to
Joseph and Mary in Nazareth.
Mary is “a virgin betrothed” to
Joseph.
Angel informs Mary that she
will bear a son, and God has
chosen his name, Jesus.
Angel informs Mary that her
conception will be by the Holy
Spirit.
Angel tells Mary about
Elizabeth's pregnancy, and
Mary sets out for “a town of
Judah” to visit Zechariah and
Elizabeth.
Matthew
Luke
God decides child’s name,
Jesus, “because he will save his
people from their sins.”
Child’s virgin birth takes place
to fulfill a prophecy from
Isaiah.
Child also receives the name
Emmanuel, “God is with us.”
Joseph takes Mary “into his
home” and has no relations
with her until Jesus is born.
Jesus is born in “Bethlehem of
Judea, in the days of King
Herod.
Magi go to Herod to find out
where the Messiah is to be
born.
Mary worships God with
canticle, and remains with
Elizabeth for three months
before returning home.
Caesar Augustus announces
enrollment, the first
enrollment, when Quirinius is
governor of Syria.
Joseph and Mary leave
Nazareth and go to Bethlehem
to be enrolled, because there
was no room for them in the
inn.
An angel of the Lord tells
shepherds “in the area” that
“in the city a savior has been
born,” who is the Messiah.
Matthew
Herod learns the approximate
time of the Messiah’s birth
from the magi, and asks them
to return to him when they
find him.
Magi follow star to the “house”
where Mary and the child are.
[as the “home”]
Magi present gifts of gold,
frankincense, myrrh
Magi are warned in a dream
no to return to Herod.
Joseph is warned in a dream to
flee to Egypt with the child and
Mary, to avoid Herod’s
attempt to destroy the child.
Luke
A “multitude of the heavenly
host” appears with the angel,
and praises God.
Shepherds got to Bethlehem,
and tell Mary what they were
told.
On the eighth day, Jesus is
circumcised and given his
name.
Mary “purifies” herself by
waiting the required number
of days (forty), then takes
Jesus to the temple in
Jerusalem to be consecrated
(as first-born) to the Lord.
Matthew
Luke
Joseph takes his family to
Egypt, staying until Herod
dies, fulfilling a prophecy from
Hosea, “Out of Egypt I called
my son”.
Herod orders the death of al
the boys two years and under
in and around Bethlehem
bases on the time given to him
by the magi, fulfilling a
prophecy from Jeremiah.
Joseph is warned in a dream to
leave Egypt and return to
Israel.
Joseph is warned in a dream
not to go to Judea, because
Archelaus (Herods son) is
there, so he goes to Nazareth
in Galilee.
Simeon, a “righteous and
devout” man, identifies the
infant Jesus as the Messiah,
and tells Mary and Joseph
about the child’s destiny.
Anna, the prophetess, comes
forward and speaks “about the
child”.
Joseph and Mary return to
Nazareth after they have
fulfilled the prescriptions of
the law,” and Jesus grows up
there.
The “12” Points of Agreement
Points of Agreement
Matthew
Luke
1
Jesus birth is related to the reign of Herod the Great.
2.1
1:5
2
Mary is a virgin who has not yet come to live with her
husband.
1:18
1:27,34
3
Joseph is from the house of David.
1:16,20
1:27 2:4
4
An angel from heaven pronounces the coming birth of
Jesus
1:20-21
1:28-30
5
Jesus is said to be the son of David.
1:1
1:32
6
Jesus conception takes place through the Holy Spirit.
1:18,20
1:35
7
Joseph is not involved in Jesus conception.
1:18-25
1:34
8
The name “Jesus” is given by heaven before birth.
1:21
1:31
9
Jesus “will save” or is a “savior”
1:21
2:11
10
Jesus is born after Joseph and Mary begin living
together.
1:24-25
2:4-7
11
Jesus is born in Bethlehem
2:1
2:4-7
12
Jesus settles, along with Mary and Joesph in Nazareth.
2:22-23
2:39,51