Homes Jesus Visited

Lesson 3

 

                                                              PETER’S HOUSE

                                             Matt. 8:14-17; Mk. 1:29-34; Lk. 4:38-40

 

1.                  In what city was Peter’s house? (Cp. Mk. 1:21-29)

 

2.                  In each of these records, this even takes place in a context in which the issue it the ______________ of Jesus as a teacher.  (Mk.1:23,27; Lk.4:32,26,42; Matt.7:29; 8:9, 26-27; 9:8)

 

3.                  How does Mark’s record differ from the others in the way this house is described?  Why might this be?

 

4.                  What important fact is established by the fact that Peter had a mother-in-law?  What does 1 Cor. 9:5 add to the information we have here?

 

5.                  Notice the way the writers describe what happened when Jesus entered the house:

a.                   “Immediately they _______ him about her” (Mk. 1:30).

b.                  “And they ______________to him on her behalf” (Lk. 4:38).

c.                   “He ______ his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever” (Matt. 8:14).

 

6.                  What additional detail does Luke provide about the nature of her illness?

 

7.                  Describe what Jesus did for her.

a.                   Lk. 4:39–“He stood over her and ____________ the fever.”

b.                  Matt. 8:15–“He ______________ her hand.”

c.                   Mk. 1:31–“And he came and took her by the hand and ____________ her up.”

 

8.                  What do all three records say the fever did?

 

9.                  What detail does Luke add to what Peter’s mother-in-law began to do?  What is the significance of this for us?

 

10.              What happened to Peter’s house in the community because Jesus had blessed his family?

 

11.              What does Matthew say this kind of work by Jesus meant? (Cf. Matt. 8:17)

 

12.              Five characteristics of the miracles of Jesus are:

a.                   The ___________________ accomplishment of what otherwise takes time

b.                  Some kind of ___________________ that it was done by his authority

c.                   In both manner of the work and treatment of people, ____________ propriety

d.                  The necessary _______________ to confirm his power

e.                   Reliable and numerous __________________