The term, infancy narratives, is applied to the accounts of the birth and early life of Jesus. They are only found in two of the gospels. While Matthew and Luke are the only two gospels that contain the infancy narratives, they are a significant part in the story of Jesus. Matthew’s and Luke’s infancy narrative are both distinct, neither were a source for each other. While referred to as the infancy narratives they do not give us much from Jesus’ infancy and childhood. What the infancy narratives do answer is the question “Who is this Jesus of Nazareth?”
Matthew was influenced by the Christian community he wrote for which consisted of Jews and Gentiles. With Matthew trying to satisfy both the Jews and the Gentiles he starts his gospel with …show more content…
This is where Jesus died, rose, saved us from our sins and ascended back into heaven. Luke’s gospel begins and ends in Jerusalem. The infancy narrative begins with Zechariah in the Jerusalem Temple offering incense and ends with the child Jesus in the Temple. Luke’s gospel contains the unique with the story of the boy Jesus in the Temple and many people believe that was not a part of Luke’s original infancy narrative. It was later added on and is reflective of “hidden life” stories. The “hidden life” stories show us how Jesus recognized that he was the son of God even in his youth. These stories are (delete) centers on Jesus’ first moments of his rational life, the age when he could express himself on his own. After the story of Jesus at the temple was added, Luke added a second conclusion to this story instead of replacing the previous conclusion. This story also holds a lot more significance than just being a hidden life story. (Brown …show more content…
The holy family fled to Egypt when they learned that King Herod intended to kill all the infants of that area. Jesus’ fleeing into Egypt can relate with the history of the Jews. The trip into Egypt symbolically represents the two most significant events in Jewish history, the Exodus from Egypt and the Babylonian Exile. The massacre of infants by Herod is comparative to Pharaoh’s killing of male children in Egypt. Moses escaped, just like Jesus and the angel’s words to Joseph are very similar to the Lord’s words to Moses in Exodus which was about the pharaoh’s death. The death of the pharaoh allowed Moses to lead the Jews out of Egypt and Herod’s death allowed Jesus to return to the promise
Matthew was influenced by the Christian community he wrote for which consisted of Jews and Gentiles. With Matthew trying to satisfy both the Jews and the Gentiles he starts his gospel with …show more content…
This is where Jesus died, rose, saved us from our sins and ascended back into heaven. Luke’s gospel begins and ends in Jerusalem. The infancy narrative begins with Zechariah in the Jerusalem Temple offering incense and ends with the child Jesus in the Temple. Luke’s gospel contains the unique with the story of the boy Jesus in the Temple and many people believe that was not a part of Luke’s original infancy narrative. It was later added on and is reflective of “hidden life” stories. The “hidden life” stories show us how Jesus recognized that he was the son of God even in his youth. These stories are (delete) centers on Jesus’ first moments of his rational life, the age when he could express himself on his own. After the story of Jesus at the temple was added, Luke added a second conclusion to this story instead of replacing the previous conclusion. This story also holds a lot more significance than just being a hidden life story. (Brown …show more content…
The holy family fled to Egypt when they learned that King Herod intended to kill all the infants of that area. Jesus’ fleeing into Egypt can relate with the history of the Jews. The trip into Egypt symbolically represents the two most significant events in Jewish history, the Exodus from Egypt and the Babylonian Exile. The massacre of infants by Herod is comparative to Pharaoh’s killing of male children in Egypt. Moses escaped, just like Jesus and the angel’s words to Joseph are very similar to the Lord’s words to Moses in Exodus which was about the pharaoh’s death. The death of the pharaoh allowed Moses to lead the Jews out of Egypt and Herod’s death allowed Jesus to return to the promise