# Matthew 2 Bible study questions

> Magi from the east follow a star to Jesus, Herod tries to kill the child, and the family runs to Egypt, then settles in Nazareth.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/group-questions/matthew-2
10 questions for a small group or a leader. Read the chapter aloud first: https://www.lumin.faith/read/matthew/2.md

## Start here

1. What is the farthest you have traveled to see someone?

## Look: what does it say?

2. What do the magi ask when they reach Jerusalem, and how do Herod and the city react? (Matthew 2:1-3)
3. How do the chief priests and scribes know where the Messiah will be born? (Matthew 2:4-6)
4. What do the magi do when they find the child, and what gifts do they bring? (Matthew 2:10-11)

## Understand: what does it mean?

5. The scribes knew the answer but stayed home. The magi had less to go on and came. What do you make of that? (Matthew 2:4-9)
6. Herod says he wants to worship too. What is he after? (Matthew 2:7-8,16)
7. God speaks to Joseph in dreams 3 times in this chapter. What does Joseph do each time? (Matthew 2:13-14,19-23)

## Live it: what will we do?

8. Where are you more like the scribes, knowing the right answer without moving?
9. The magi went home by another road. What would going home another way look like for you this week? (Matthew 2:12)
10. Who do you know who is far from home or not safe, like the family in Egypt? How could the group help? (Matthew 2:13-15)

## Close in prayer

Thank God that Jesus came for people from far away, and ask for the nerve to come close to him.

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