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Gospel Luke Bible Study #5
Luke 3:21-38 The Baptism And Genealogy of Jesus
1. What did Jesus do after being baptized? 3:21
=Jesus was praying
What happened while Jesus was praying? 3:21
=the havens were opened
Have you seen the heavens being opened? Acts 7:56
=56: And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened,
and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God”
What glorious sight did Stephen see when heaven opened?
=Jesus

2. How did the Holy Spirit descend on Jesus? 3:22
=The Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove
Can you see the Holy Spirit?
=No
How do you know when the Holy Spirit comes?
=after presence of Holy Spirit, we could feel holiness.
What did the disciples feel and see when the Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecostal? Acts 2:2, 3
=And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire
house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on
each one of them
How were the disciples changed after the Holy Spirit came on them?
=They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave
them utterance

3. What did a voice from heaven say? 3:22
=you are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased
Who said it?
=God
In what language do you think He spoke?
=Aram
Who is Jesus? 3:22
=you are my beloved Son
What relationship does God have with His Son?
=love
What might the Son feel when He heard what the Father said to Him?
=filled with God’s love
When did God also speak about His Son?
=transfiguration on the mountain

4. How was the baptism of Jesus different from the baptism of repentance?
=1) The call of Jesus to public ministry
2) He identified Himself with sinners
3) a call accompanied with the Holy Spirit
Father’s voice Palm 2:7 Isaiah 42:1
4) Inauguration
Tell how the Trinity is revealed in this passage
=working as different persons
How old was Jesus when He began His ministry? 3:23
=thirty years of age
=Levi started serving in public
John began his ministry when the word of God came to him
With what did Jesus begin His ministry?
=God’s voice and coming down Holy Spirit

5. When did God hint about the salvation of mankind? Gen 3:15
=3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
What did God do to prepare the salvation of mankind? Gen 12:1-3
=God promised to build a nation of God
With what hope did the descendants of Abraham live
=coming savior
What is the value and greatness of this genealogy?
=this genealogy brought Jesus to Israel
Read 3:38. What does ‘Adam, the son of God’ mean?
=Cain-lost God’s image
=Seth-kept God’s image
= Islam 7c, Buddism 5B.C
= Mormon 1830
=No genealogy

6. Whose son is Jesus? 3:22
=Jesus is the Son of God
Can Jesus have a genealogy?
=No
Whose genealogy is this which Luke wrote of in 3:23-38?
=Joseph to Adam-Luke
=Abraham to Joseph
Compare the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:23 and in Matthew 1:1-16
The genealogy in Luke The genealogy in Matthew
Joseph Joseph
Heli Jacob
Matthat Mattan

David David
Nathan Solomon
Why are they different?
=Mary’s genealogy vs Joseph’s genealogy
=Leviate marriage
=Legal/ Real genealogy