Jesus’ Questions in the Gospel of Matthew: Promoting Critical Thinking Skills

This research aimed to analyze the effectiveness of Jesus’ questions in promoting critical thinking skills in the Gospel of Matthew. The research method used is qualitative with a document analysis approach. There are 48 sample questions of Jesus used in this research. The results show that Jesus’ questions in the Gospel of Matthew consistently accomplish the criteria of high-level thinking questions because Jesus often uses questions at the level of analysis (79%) and comprehension (77%), and these questions effectively promote the audience’s critical thinking skills.