BIBLE STUDY OF BOOK OF PROVERBS WEEK # 8 (SHARING)

A woman with wisdom in the Bible…….

 

Mary, mother of Jesus:  A Devout Woman

Hebrew: Miriam.

 

Mary was the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus Christ, who was conceived within her by the Holy Spirit when she was a virgin. She is often called the "Virgin Mary," though never in Scripture are those two words put together as a proper name (Matt. 2:11; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:27; Acts 1:14).

Little is known of her personal history. Her genealogy is given in Luke 3.  She was of the tribe of Judah and the lineage of David (Psalm 132:11; Luke 1:32). She was connected by marriage with Elisabeth, who was of the lineage of Aaron (Luke 1:36). While she resided at Nazareth with her parents, before she became the wife of Joseph, the angel Gabriel announced to her that she was to be the mother of the promised Messiah (Luke 1:35). After this she went to visit her cousin Elisabeth, who was living with her husband Zacharias (probably at Juttah, Josh. 15:55; 21:16, in the neighborhood of Maon), at a considerable distance, about 100 miles  from Nazareth. Immediately on entering the house she was saluted by Elisabeth as the mother of her Lord, and then immediately gave her hymn of thanksgiving (Luke 1:46-56; compare 1 Sam. 2:1-10). After three months Mary returned to Nazareth to her own home. Joseph was supernaturally made aware (Matt. 1:18-25) of her condition, and took her to his own home. Soon after this the decree of Augustus (Luke 2:1) required that they should proceed to Bethlehem (Micah 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles from Nazareth; and while they were there they found shelter in the inn or khan provided for strangers (Luke 2:6,7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle, and there she brought forth her son, who was called Jesus (Matt. 1:21), because he was to save his people from their sins.

 

 

Scripture:      

·         1:26-38, the Annunciation

·         1:39-56, Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth

·         2:1-7, the birth of Mary's son Jesus

·         2:21-38, Mary takes Jesus to the Temple

·         2:41-52, Mary and Joseph lose Jesus during a visit to Jerusalem

·         4:16-30, Jesus is rejected at Nazareth

·         8:19-21, the family of Jesus visit him during his ministry.

 

Proverbs:

Proverbs 18:21

Proverbs 18:22

Proverbs 22:6

Proverbs 31:10

Proverbs 31:11

Proverbs 31:18