Gospel Of John

Uniqueness of John, History of Luke

Lexis Hooton

The Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John differ in many ways. Between 95 and 100 CE, small fragments of the Gospel according to John was found in Egypt dating from the first half of the second century CE. John, son of Zebedee, diverges from the Synoptic gospels in many ways. Meanwhile The Gospel as told by Luke, has its own set of traits that stands out from the other Gospels using an interesting set of sources to create its own unique voice. The goal of this essay is to explain the specific special elements in the Gospel of John, the history of the Gospel of Luke, and their portrayal of Jesus.

The first defining characteristics of John is that his material has virtually no parallel in the

In the book of Mark, Jesus is described as a humble carpenter-prophet, but John presented him as a divine hero. Unlike the previous Synoptics, John does not give much indication that Jesus was remembered as an apocalyptic prophet. Nowhere in John does Jesus predict Jerusalem’s fall or perform any exorcisms. During his time on Earth, Jesus reveals his glory and then returning to his place of origin (heaven) upon his death by crucifixion. John describes a realized eschatology, meaning that divine judgement and eternal life is realized by Jesus’ presence amongst believers. While in previous Gospels this is something that will happen in the future, to John it is currently happening because God already accomplished his purpose in sending the

Also incorporating his own research skills, Luke is considered an “orderly account” for attaining “secure knowledge” having living two or three generations after Jesus’ time. However, the author- calling himself the “beloved physician”- was not an eyewitness to any of these narratives and did not know Jesus personally. Most likely, he accompanied paul of the apostle’s missions. While Mark was used as his primary source, Like omits large portions of material, much like that of Matthew, in order to incorporate his own ideas, suggesting Luke was not happy with his predecessors’