Question

What did Jesus teach regarding women?

Answer 1

Answer:

D. He taught that women were equal to men.

Explanation:

In the Bible, Jesus showed a lot of instances where he deems the women to be on equal footing with the men. he was born from a woman, had interactions with women, and even employed women as the first messengers of the news about his resurrection.

Luke 13:16 shows the moment Jesus addressed a woman as "daughter of Abraham". Jesus was reproached for healing the woman on a Sabbath in this scene. The speech of Jesus is significant for it implies the legitimate acceptance that even women are also important to God. There are many references where the men were called "sons of Abraham" but this is the first time that a woman had been called the same.

There are also instances where he healed women, helped them and even made them his disciples. He did not seem to have any differentiation between the men and women, for he even addressed them in public. In those days, women were supposed to stay at home and not be seen in public but we also fins lots of women attending his lectures, sermons and he did welcome them.

Irrespective of the character of the woman, he approached them in a loving manner, be it the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4), the bleeding woman (Luke 8, Matthew 9 etc), the woman accused of adultery (John 8).