Hi, welcome to my biblical news and I will be your news reporter for today. We are going to go over three verses of the bible that use the same word but in a different context. The first verse is 1st Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so, shall we ever be with the Lord. Paul is the author of Thessalonians, and scholars will approximately say it is written in between 49 and 51 AD. The Thessalonian church was based on Thessalonica which was the proud capital of the Roman province of Macedonia and has a population of over 100,00 people. Religiously, the city was committed to the Greco-Roman pantheon and the imperial cult, and Egyptian cults …show more content…
As we can see the word caught up is used in a different context. It is not talking about taking perter to heaven, but taking a hold of Peter fell. As well this verse has no relation to the previous verse, for the gospel of Matthew is written for the Jews. The gospel of Matthew approximately written between 50 and 60 Ad. Matthew writes the gospel to let the Jews understand that Jesus is messianic identity and the completes the prophecies of the old testament. The literature of the gospel is a narrative or story. It talks about the birth story, calling or vocation stories, miracle stories, parables pronouncement stories, encounter stories, passion stories, and resurrection stories. The book is also well organized and it is categorized as a gospel. The social context of the verse is at the sea of Galilee. Which lies in the lower portion of Jordan Valley in a mountain range that rises to 4,000 feet above sea level. The lake itself is 700 feet below the Mediterranean Sea, the boat most likely they were in was a Galilean fishing boat, it could hold 15 men, and was 26.5 feet long, 7.5 feet wide, and 4.5 feet