Matthew utilises references from the Old Testament which apply to Jewish audiences and their existing knowledge and provides a foundation of familiarity and authority; by drawing similar prophecies and direct quotations from the Old Testament, the prophecies which were made to the Jews by different prophets and relating them primarily to Jesus. The Gospel of Matthew uses these prophecies as how they were fulfilled by Jesus and how he primarily fits into the role of the Jewish Messiah. In summary, the Gospel of Matthew’s reliance on his audience to serve the purpose of establishing Jesus identity as a Messiah and fulfilment of the God’s promises in Jesus. Reference List Ehrman Bart, D 2023, Jesus, the Jewish Messiah: the Gospel According to Matthew, Oxford University Press.
Mackenzie Musser Miss Given English 11 Honors February 5, 2018 Response #3 Through The Poisonwood Bible, storytelling is presented in many different ways. In each chapter we were exposed to a different type of story from the next. Together they all make sense, but each and every single one of them are different in their own ways. The Poisonwood Bible really emphasizes the importance of storytelling, what is the purpose of memories if we aren’t going to share them?
In this week's reading of The Whole Message of the Bible in 16 Words by Chris Bruno, we were assigned to read the first two sections, the foundation and the frame. In the first section of his book, Bruno talks about the foundation of the Bible in two key words: The End and God. In the second section, he talks about the frame: creation, covenant, and kingdom. The first section of the book, Bruno focuses on the foundation on which the entire Bible is built: The End and God.
There are numerous chapters that we have covered in the Harper Collins Study Bible that spark my interest but my mind keeps traveling back to the book of Ruth. Although the book of Ruth only contains four chapters, which all flow together equally, chapter 3 intrigued me more than the rest. The chapter opens with Naomi explaining how she needs to find security for Ruth, her daughter-in-law. Naomi begins to speak about her closest relative Boaz and persuades Ruth to “…wash and anoint yourself, and put on your best clothes…”
Astonished by his findings, the naval officer stood quietly as the boys finally got control of themselves. Curious as he was, the officer found it best to refrain from too many questions after just witnessing the boy's obvious unstable states. All of the boys scrambled onto the cruiser while most of their heads hung down as if they were too heavy to lift. Ralph imagined his life before the island, telling himself he should be relieved that they were rescued, but he could not help but worry about the new life ahead of him. Ralph observed each of the boys surrounding him, wondering if they were nervous to go home like him.
Each of writers of the Gospels gives a picture of Jesus from completely different perspectives. From Matthews’s perspective, we see Jesus as the King of Israel, he goes on to expound on the wise men and the gifts they had brought for Jesus, but gives no mention to shepherds being present. Mark’s account reveals Jesus not only as the Son of God and God but also as the perfect servant of God, while Luke’s description of Jesus is not one of great wealth or status, but that of a perfect man and Luke does this by giving his readers a prologue of Jesus’s boyhood, and traces his genealogy back to Adam. From Luke’s account, Jesus seems to be from a loving, but very poor home, this conclusion is drawn based on Luke’s mention of the mother of Jesus, offering up two turtledoves (Luke 2:24), suggesting that she did not have the means
If we only had one of the Gospels then we would not know anything about Jesus. You will need more than one Gospel to learn about Jesus. See Matthew, Mark, Luke and John told storys about Jesus, Paul, Peter, John and many more. In Matthew you read about the sermon on the mount, the law, worship and others. In Mark we see that Jesus get baptize, and he is also called the son of God.
Matthew doesn’t state his purpose for writing this book but leaves it up to the reader, unlike Mark and Luke (p 66). Matthew teaches us that the Lord Jesus died for our transgressions (p 67). Matthew is also the only one out of the three to mention the church by name and that Jesus was the founder of the church (p 70, Matt 16:18). Mark also places a heavy emphasis on when Jesus’ healed or when He told a profound truth, He told them to remain silent. Not that
Matthew’s main purpose of writing his book, the “Gospel” is to confirm for his Jewish Christians readers, especially the Pharisees and Sadducees who stubbornly refused to accept Jesus as their Messiah (GotQuestion.org). His writing interprets Jesus as someone who relives the experience of Israel because in everything about Jesus, Matthew quotes His prophesies in the Old Testament so that the early followers of Jesus could make sense out of his birth, death, and resurrection (Sparknotes.com). He makes us to understand how the life of Christ is a fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies because he always writes word for word from the Old Testament prophesies. The Gospel of Matthew makes us to know the core teachings of Christianity, shows
Meanwhile they are different because the events aside from the fact that Jesus was born are all very different. Specifically the infancy narratives differ in particular ways that may cause the audience to question which infancy narrative is more correct. This essay will compare the infancy narratives of Matthew and Luke and will show how the infancy narrative of Luke previews the themes of Luke’s Gospel. The infancy narrative of Matthew occurs in the first two chapters of Matthew’s Gospel.
Burridge describes Mark as dark and riddling and somewhat ambiguous, on the contrary, Matthew is describe as a child, one who ask questions after questions in order to make the darkness of Mark’s narrative crystal clear. Jesus is also portrayal as the new Moses, perhaps, like Moses; most of the teaching and everything important that Jesus did was done on a mountain. Therefore, making Jesus the new Moses, the new lawgiver and the new teacher of Israel. Jesus fulfilled all of the Law and summarizes what Moses was about. As a teacher, Matthew illustrate five pedagogical blocks of Jesus; the Sermon of the Mountain, the mission of the church, the parables of the kingdom, the life of the church and the eschatological teachings, just like Moses gave us the five books.
Jesus foretold that one of the disciples will betray him said by John, “the evening meal was in progress, and the
We can say that Mark has one objective: to record in writing all the important events about the life of Jesus, in order not to forget and keep them against distortion or falsification. In doing so, Mark clearly shows us who the Jesus who lived among us is and how great is his Gospel message. This message offers us life in the Kingdom of God with whom we have been reconciled.
Not only are the Gospels unique in their portraits of Jesus, they are also unique in their presentations. Mark is the most dramatic of the four, a powerful and vivid story which grips the reader from beginning to end. Matthew is the most structured of the Gospels, crafted around five carefully ordered teaching sections. Luke is the most thematic, with themes like God’s love for the lost, the role of the Spirit, and Jerusalem’s role in God’s plan resurfacing again and again. John’s is the most theological of the four, with more explicit statements concerning Jesus’ identity and purpose.
Mark whose full name was John Mark an associate with Simon Peter, one of the 12 apostles that followed Jesus throughout His public ministry on earth. Peter was the name given to Simon by Jesus Christ personally. He was very close to Jesus and after the crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus, Peter was one of the founders of the early church. Although the book was written by Mark, the facts contained in it are thought to be the accounts of Peter during his ministry with Jesus. The consensus among scholars is that the book of Mark was written between 50 and 60 A.D.
