The purpose of the three synoptic Gospels Matthew, Mark and Luke is to show the different perspectives of Christ and to bring a new light to the different aspects of Christ with each writer’s take by emphasizing different parts and characteristics of Christ for each writer’s specific audience. An author’s writing is greatly influenced by the author’s personality, and the style of writing the Gospels is unique because each Gospel is written by a different writer.
Matthew’s Gospel written by Matthew displays his view of Christ and how he shows it to his audience which in this case is, the Jews(C. Fuest, New Testament Survey notes). Matthew’s social style is amiable, and it can be seen in his writing. An amiable person is a person who connects …show more content…
Fuest, New Testament Survey notes). He wrote the Gospel of Luke and was the only Gentile writer in the New Testament. Luke’s Gospel portrays Christ as a man. He shows that even though Christ is God we can’t forget the humanity of Christ. Luke is an analytical person(C. Fuest, New Testament Survey notes). He is very thorough and detailed writer and relies on fact and eye-witness accounts for his book. His purpose for writing is he wanted a “historically accurate and .chronologically accurate account of the life of Jesus through careful and thorough investigation of the facts” (C. Fuest, New Testament Survey notes). He started from the beginning with John the Baptist’s birth foretold and ends with the ascension of Christ. Luke was writing to the Gentiles but specifically to this man named Theophilus(C. Fuest, New Testament Survey notes). Because he was writing to the Gentiles, he emphasized that salvation is for the gentiles as well; it was previously believed that salvation was only for the Jews because they were God’s chosen people(C. Fuest, New Testament Survey notes).
These three synoptic Gospels display the several different perspectives of Christ that the authors’, Matthew, Mark and Luke, specific audiences needed to hear while incorporating their social styles into their writing. The distinct differences between each Gospel make each Gospel unique and makes each Gospel necessary to the Bible because of the different styles,
Matthew’s Gospel written by Matthew displays his view of Christ and how he shows it to his audience which in this case is, the Jews(C. Fuest, New Testament Survey notes). Matthew’s social style is amiable, and it can be seen in his writing. An amiable person is a person who connects …show more content…
Fuest, New Testament Survey notes). He wrote the Gospel of Luke and was the only Gentile writer in the New Testament. Luke’s Gospel portrays Christ as a man. He shows that even though Christ is God we can’t forget the humanity of Christ. Luke is an analytical person(C. Fuest, New Testament Survey notes). He is very thorough and detailed writer and relies on fact and eye-witness accounts for his book. His purpose for writing is he wanted a “historically accurate and .chronologically accurate account of the life of Jesus through careful and thorough investigation of the facts” (C. Fuest, New Testament Survey notes). He started from the beginning with John the Baptist’s birth foretold and ends with the ascension of Christ. Luke was writing to the Gentiles but specifically to this man named Theophilus(C. Fuest, New Testament Survey notes). Because he was writing to the Gentiles, he emphasized that salvation is for the gentiles as well; it was previously believed that salvation was only for the Jews because they were God’s chosen people(C. Fuest, New Testament Survey notes).
These three synoptic Gospels display the several different perspectives of Christ that the authors’, Matthew, Mark and Luke, specific audiences needed to hear while incorporating their social styles into their writing. The distinct differences between each Gospel make each Gospel unique and makes each Gospel necessary to the Bible because of the different styles,