Jesus is a new Moses, inaugurating the new covenant and bringing the law given at Mount Sinai to its fulfillment. All of these have their roots in the Old Testament and point in one way or another to the theme of fulfillment and the coming of the kingdom of heaven. So who was Matthew and why did he write this Gospel? Strictly speaking, all four Gospels are anonymous, meaning that the authors do not name themselves.
Church tradition, however, tells us that the author of the first gospel was Matthew, a tax collector Jesus called to be his disciple Matt , Little else is known about Matthew.
For whom did Matthew write? While Mark tends to explain Jewish customs for his readers Mark —4, , suggesting a predominantly Gentile audience, Matthew often presents them without explanation ceremonial washings, Matthew ; the temple tax, Matthew ; phylacteries and tassels, Matthew ; whitewashed tombs, Matthew While these points would suggest a Jewish audience, Matthew also has some of the strongest indictments against the Jewish religious leaders.
For example, what in Mark is a brief warning against the scribes Mark becomes in Matthew an extended tirade against the teachers of the law and the Pharisees Matt — Jesus castigates them as hypocrites, blind guides, fools, greedy, self-indulgent, murderers, even sons of snakes.
Strong language indeed! So is Matthew pro-Jewish or anti-Jewish? Both sides, the church and the synagogue, are claiming to be the true people of God. The church represents the true people of God, made up of both Jews and Gentiles, who have embraced Jesus as the Messiah and accepted his message of the kingdom of God. Mark L. How to Read the Bible.
Word Studies. And we see his radical teaching, giving shape to our lives. But more than that, as we reflect on who it is that would have such authority, we come to learn that here is One who is greater than Moses; greater than David; greater than Abraham. He speaks as God himself, for he is Immanuel, God with us. He is our God, and we are his people.
The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts together make up more than twenty-five percent of our New Testament—more than the letters of Paul. Genres are categories of literature, each with its own tone and techniques. The Bible uses a handful of genres—narrative and law, prophecy and letters, wisdom literature, and apocalyptic literature. Understanding the genre in which the passage is written can help guide our reading.
Follow the Biblical Genre Series to They hoped that I would be able to explain it all for them. I had been avoiding Revelation all Read more posts about: Books of the Bible , Understanding Scripture. New teaching Another unique feature of Matthew is his emphasis on the teaching of Jesus.
Related Blogs. See more posts from Mark Giacobbe. Help us share God's Word where needed most. Mark puts more emphasis on the miracles of Jesus rather than His teachings compared to the other three gospels. You will also notice that the stories of Jesus' deeds miracles are told in greater detail than the parts of the gospel that record Jesus' words teachings. Finally, he presents Jesus as a suffering servant as well as the Son of God.
He portrays Jesus as having all human emotions Jesus becomes angry , amazed , and hungry and limited power, despite saying several times that he knows Jesus is the Son of God. He is by no means the only one to humanize Jesus, but he offers the most human depiction of Jesus.
Answer: The endings of all four gospels are basically the same. They describe the accounts of the Resurrection and Jesus' words to his disciples after he rose from the grave. The accounts of Jesus' words are what vary between them, as each account focuses on different interactions between Jesus and his different disciples. The biggest difference between the endings, in my opinion, is the fact that Mark and Luke go a bit further into detail and describe the Ascension of Jesus back into heaven.
Matthew and John do not do this at the end of their gospels. Matthew and Mark also talk about The Great Commission basically this means Jesus told the disciples to spread his teachings across the world.
Luke and John have variations of Jesus telling his disciples to follow him, but they do not speak of Jesus telling his disciples to spread the good news. John's gospel ends with multiple accounts of Jesus talking to his disciples and performing miracles. His gospel is the only one that mentions miracles of any kind after Jesus has risen. Question: Are there any Bible verses that are exactly the same in all four Gospels Answer: I have done extensive research into this question, and I cannot find any verses that are exactly the same in all four gospels.
This is likely do to the fact that no one gospel tells all the same stories. They also vary greatly in length and how they tell their gospels accounts. No two gospels tell the series of events in the same order, which would make it very difficult to have all four accounts line up with the exact same verse.
Question: What is your analysis on the verse Luke 17 : 27? I do not understand the verse, because Jesus can never be harsh like this. Answer: You cannot take a single verse out of context like that.
Luke "People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood destroyed them all. This one verse is referring to Genesis where God's wrath destroyed the world and He started the world over. The old testament is full of God's wrath as that was his only way of atonement before Jesus. This single verse is not about Jesus at all, but about God's works before the time of Jesus.
To understand this one verse you need to read multiple passages before and after it. To get a full understanding, I suggest reading Luke Then the flood came and destroyed them all. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. This whole part of the passage is about the coming of the Son of Man.
He is foretelling the future, per se to His disciples. Jesus is saying that most people will not realize who the Son of Man is until it is too late. Just like in the days of Noah and Lot, there will be death and destruction and only those who know God and give their life to Him will be saved. This verse and whole passage has nothing to do with Jesus' character, but rather, what will happen on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
I hope this clarification is helpful for you! Answer: There is no difference between the two. The wording is different sure, it's written by two different authors so that is to be expected.
However, the story is still the same. Jesus is baptized by John in the Jordan. It's common knowledge where John was preaching and baptizing others, so it's not necessary for Luke to include that information. The stories are still the same, even if Luke doesn't specifically state the location of the baptism or who performed it.
As Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: 'You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased. Luke "When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. It seeks to tell the story of Jesus Christ to a distinctively Jewish audience.
Ultimately, Mark concludes with an implicit call to action. This Gospel tells a powerful story with a challenge that essentially asks believers what they will do with what they now know.
Luke is a sophisticated account of the life of Jesus that is intended to appeal to educated Greeks that were a whole generation removed from the life and ministry of Jesus Christ and who are no longer interested in mythical stories from the past but want a conclusive argument in support of the validity of the historical figure of Jesus Christ. It is not presented to convert people to Christianity from other religious traditions, but is written to devoted, committed Christians in the Church that John founded and led.
As these Christians struggled to understand the challenges of faith and fidelity to Jesus Christ in a world that they saw as increasingly hostile to their beliefs, John writes to encourage the believers in the validity of their decision to believe in Christ.
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