Synoptic Gospels Research Paper

The Synoptic Gospels illustrates Jesus as an universal savior that came from the heaven as flesh. In Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Jesus is the promised Messiah from the Old Testament, the human son of God, and the universal savior, respectively. To start, Matthew, one of the twelve disciples, wrote the Gospel of Matthew for Jewish Christian. Matthew wrote this book in order to proclaim that Jesus is truly the promised Messiah that is stated in the Old Testament. Matthew proves that Jesus is the Messiah because Jesus’ male family-tree goes back to Abraham. “An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Issac… and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was …show more content…
Luke states this for the gentile Christians, who were lowered down in the society, because the Jewish consider themselves as a higher status since they are God’s chosen people. Around the time when Jesus lived, the society viewed shepherds as corrupted and cheaters of the society. However, God utilizing the ignored of the society, like the shepherds, to complete his plan. It demonstrates that salvations is for everyone. “So they(shepherd) went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger…The shepherd returned glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.” (Luke 16-20). Additionally, even non-believers can be saved from sin through their faith in Jesus being their savior. “‘Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.’” (Luke 15:7). In majority of human society, the patriarchal society ignored women as a women. Yet again, God gives the women the opportunity to see Jesus’ resurrection first and tell other people. “Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles.” (Luke