Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is about the witch trials in ancient Salem, and how one girl’s love interest caused many people, including the one she loves, to be hanged due to being accused as a witch. Half Hanged Mary by Margaret Atwood is about Mary Webster, a woman accused of witchcraft and hanged for the crime, but managed to survive the night. In both of these texts there is evidence of a corrupted leadership. The Crucible has evidence of a corrupted leadership as found in act 4 scene 5, when the text states “Danforth: (in deep concern, raising a hand to Hathome) Pray you.
Q1. According to tradition, who wrote the Gospel of Mark? Why are modern scholars unable to verify that tradition? What themes in the Gospel suggest that it was composed after the Jewish Revolt against Rome had already begun?
If John were closer to God and responsible enough to do what was right, he would not have put them at as much risk of
In chapter 3 of Speaking of Jesus, Carl Medearis talks about what it means to own Christianity. He says "If we don't truly know what the gospel is, we have to find an explanation for Christianity." Meaning that if we do not know what the gospel is or what it is teaching us, then we try to define it by our own standards, and that is where it gets messy. Medearis talks about how Christianity is more than a religion, but it is a relationship and people tend to not understand that. He explains why people are so defensive and put up their guards towards Christians, because Christians can be so judgemental.
(Mark 10:38). The two men said they could, but Jesus still denied them. King automatically remarks, “Now very quickly, we would automatically condemn James and John, and
Peter was prepared to fight and kill the guards arresting jesus, but instead jesus told him to stop and put away his sword. He may have been tempted, just for a moment, to let Peter hack some guys to pieces, but he knew that murder was a sin and he did not allow
Regardless , he would rather die than see his name and reputation blackened and the whole town knowing he supposedly signed a pact with Satan. There’s not one person I know who would do the same knowing that they would no longer be looked the same way. Some people debate whether or not John is in heaven or hell, I do not doubt it for a second that he is with God. “Love thy neighbor” just as John did, we should too. “Do not bear false witness to our neighbor” which is what we should have kept dearly, John did.
Mark begins his gospel proclaiming Jesus to be the Son of God. This is a bold statement for Mark to make as he is claiming Jesus to be kinship of God. Son of God was not a title that was commonly used, even to describe Jesus as it held such a significant and profound meaning. Mark, however, knows that Jesus truly is the Son of the divine God and is worthy to be given that title. Similarly, in the passage, Isaiah 40:3, Jesus is referred to as Lord.
Jesus foretold that one of the disciples will betray him said by John, “the evening meal was in progress, and the
A Commentary on Matthew 23:23 Matthew 23:23 verse is: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others”. From the previous chapters of Matthew 23 or even with Mark, Jesus did not really show His anger to the people. Yes, He was sometimes frustrated with His disciples for not having faith or that He is sometimes disappointed with how religious practices are being done but he just expresses it in a subtle manner.
Question:"Consider the figure of Jesus in the Gospel of John, the Gospel of Thomas, or the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. Who or what is Jesus, in the Gospel that you have selected?" When studying the Gospel of John, Jesus is identified as the Son of God because the metaphor of the Lamb is used, Jesus Christ is mentioned instead of Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus acknowledges himself to the world as the Son of God. In the Gospel, the Lamb of God is referenced multiple times and distinguishes a sacrifice is in the mist. The reader consciously knows Jesus is God’s only son, nevertheless making the role of sacrifice an even harder burden to carry.
Introduction This passage in Mark 5:21-43 to me primarily captures two essential principles. First, it is a beautiful display of Jesus’ love for us irrespective of our background, social position and our standing before him. Secondly, we see that having faith in Jesus reverses situations that seem to be beyond hope and out of our control. We are able to clearly see two characters whose faith has brought them to Jesus – Jairus, a Jewish synagogue leader and a nameless woman who has been suffering with a bleeding issue for 12 years.
So in John 15:1-8 it seems that he was warning them not to be like Judas but to remain in the
God: God is known in John by two ways, “the Father who sent” Jesus (5:37), and as “the Father of the Son” (5:17-23). In the gospel of John writing God, does not become the center of focus. The Jewish people already has strong ties and believes in God, however there was some debate whether the Jewish’s people believes that Jesus was the Messiah and or the Son of God. According to C. S. Lewis he made a statement about Jesus and John wholeheartedly agreed with, Lewis wrote “Jesus is lunatic, liar, or Lord”. The Messiah: John speaking about the Messiah is to prove that Jesus is the Messiah, and the Son of God (20:30-31).
Everyone knows the gospels are very important to the Catholic Church, But why? We read them at mass every Sunday so they must have a deeper meaning. Well that’s just it. They teach about Jesus’ life on earth, his death and resurrection. They might differ from each other but that is because they were written by four different authors.
