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Matthew
calls his writing "The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of
Abraham." (1:1)
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Mary
was betrothed to Joseph, but the couple did not live together.
(1:18)
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Mary
is "found with child through the holy
Spirit." (1:18)
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Joseph,
a "righteous" man and "son
of David," decides to divorce Mary quietly. (1:19-20)
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Angel
of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream and explains that the
child was conceived through the holy Spirit. (1:20)
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God
decides child's name, Jesus, "because he
will save his people from their sins." (1:21)
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Child's
virgin birth takes
place to fulfill a prophecy from Isaiah 7:14. (1:23)
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Child
also receives the name Emmanuel, "God is with us."
(1:23)
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Joseph
takes Mary "into his home" and has
no relations with her until Jesus is born. (1:24-25)
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Jesus
is born in "Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King
Herod." (2:1)
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Magi
go to Herod to find out where Messiah is to be born (2:2)
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Herod
learns the approximate time of the Messiah's birth from the
magi, and asks them to return to him when they find him. (2:8)
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Magi
follow star to the "house" where Mary and the child
are [same as the "home" in 1:24? If so, then Joseph
and Mary were at home when Jesus is born]. (2:11)
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Magi
present gifts of gold, frankincense, myrrh.(2:11)
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Magi
are warned in a dream not to return to Herod. (2:12)
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Joseph
is warned in a dream to flee to Egypt with the child and Mary,
to avoid Herod's attempt to destroy the child. (2:13)
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Joseph
takes his family to Egypt, staying until Herod dies,
fulfilling a prophecy from Hosea 11:1, "Out of Egypt I
called my son." (2:14-15)
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Herod
orders the death of all boys two years and under in and around
Bethlehem based on the time given to him by the magi [Why all
boys under two years?
Has that much time passed since the magi
were there?], fulfilling a prophecy from Jeremiah.
(2:16-18)
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Joseph
is warned in a dream to leave Egypt and return to Israel.
(2:19-21)
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Joseph
is warned in a dream not to go to Judea, because Archelaus
(Herod's son) is there, so he
goes to Nazareth in Galilee, fulfilling a prophecy from an
unknown source. (2:22-23)
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In
the days of Herod, king of Judea,
Gabriel is sent to Joseph and Mary in Nazareth. (1:5,26)
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Mary
is "a virgin betrothed" to Joseph. (1:27)
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Angel
informs Mary that she will bear a son, and God
has chosen his name, Jesus. (1:31)
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Angel
informs Mary that her conception
will be by the holy Spirit. (1:35)
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Angel
tells Mary about Elizabeth's pregnancy, and Mary sets out for
"a town of Judah" to visit Zechariah and Elizabeth.
(1:36-40)
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Mary
worships God with canticle, and remains with Elizabeth for
three months before returning home. (1:46-56)
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Caesar
Augustus announces enrollment, the first enrollment, when
Quirinius is governor of Syria. (2:1-3)
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Joseph
and Mary leave Nazareth and go to Bethlehem to be enrolled,
because Joseph was
"of the house and family of David."
(2:4-5)
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Mary
gives birth while the couple is together in Bethlehem. She wraps the child in "swaddling
clothes" and lays him "in a manger, because there
was no room for them in the inn." (2:6-7)
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An
angel of the Lord tells shepherds "in the area" that
"in the city a
savior has been born," who is the Messiah. (2:8-11)
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A
"multitude of the heavenly host" appears with the
angel, and praises God. (2:13-14)
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Shepherds
go to Bethlehem, and tell Mary what
they were
told. (2:15-18)
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On
the eighth day, Jesus is circumcised and given his name.
(2:21)
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Mary
"purifies" herself by waiting the required number of
days (forty), then she takes Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem
to be consecrated (as first-born) to the Lord. (2:22-24)
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Simeon,
a "righteous and devout" man, identifies the infant
Jesus as the Messiah, and tells Mary and Joseph about the
child's destiny. (2:25-35)
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Anna,
the prophetess, comes forward and speaks "about the
child." (2:36-38)
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Joseph
and Mary return to Nazareth after they have
fulfilled the "prescriptions of the law," and
Jesus grows up there. (2:38-40)
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