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John's Gospel Purposes

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Each Gospel writer is unique in their approach to revealing Jesus’ arrival on earth and launching of his ministry. For instance, Matthew begins his Gospel with a Jewish genealogical tree; so that he can connect Jesus to Abraham pointing to him as the long awaited Jewish Messiah; whereas Luke begins with the birth of John the Baptist and does not get to the family tree until chapter three. Interestingly, Luke’s family tree starts with Jesus and goes back to Adam perhaps signifying Jesus as lord of both the Jews and Gentiles. On a completely different level, John’s Gospel begins with a proclamation of Jesus being God who came to earth opposed to God sending a messiah (essentially, God was the Messiah). Lastly, Mark skips the birth of Christ all
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