To begin, there were four Gospels written, they are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and they are found in that order in the Christian New Testament. These four Gospels reference the Hebrew Bible in several passages to show the legitimacy of Jesus as messiah. In delivering this message, the Gospels also explain Jesus as God’s son which causes quite a controversy to say the least. Jesus as messiah is still disputed almost 2,000 years later.
The Gospel According to Matthew is strictly told from a Jewish perspective and places much emphasis on the lineage of Jesus, aka Jesus son of Joseph (Yeshua bar Yosef) as he most likely was referred to in the Aramaic language. This Jesus was a descendant of King David as described in the lineage given by Matthew …show more content…
Luke’s writing is influenced by the Greek language and therefore is written in a rhetorical style. His Gospel gives the lineage of Jesus from his mother’s (Mary’s) lineage which claims she is also of the line of David. Unlike the other three Gospels, Luke’s Gospel is meant to inform the reader and to persuade them and he does this effectively. Being an educated man, he takes eyewitness accounts of what Jesus had done and investigates the claims thoroughly. His attention to detail is meticulous, as it should be, for he was being financed to do this work by a man named Theophilus (or so it is …show more content…
61.1-2). Jesus reads from a scroll; with this portrayal of Jesus’ reading of the Isaiah scroll in Luke 4.18-19, Luke declares that Jesus is the messiah after Jesus exclaims the prophecy is fulfilled with his recital. Additionally, Jesus, after being baptized by John the Baptist, is lead by the Spirit into the desert. Jesus is in this desert for 40 days. In this desert he meets the Satan and the Deceiver (Satan) does all he can to convince Jesus that he should bow down to him. Jesus is tested with food, with power, and with a dare, but he rebukes the Satan using scriptural references from the Book of Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 8.3, 6.13, &
The Gospel According to Matthew is strictly told from a Jewish perspective and places much emphasis on the lineage of Jesus, aka Jesus son of Joseph (Yeshua bar Yosef) as he most likely was referred to in the Aramaic language. This Jesus was a descendant of King David as described in the lineage given by Matthew …show more content…
Luke’s writing is influenced by the Greek language and therefore is written in a rhetorical style. His Gospel gives the lineage of Jesus from his mother’s (Mary’s) lineage which claims she is also of the line of David. Unlike the other three Gospels, Luke’s Gospel is meant to inform the reader and to persuade them and he does this effectively. Being an educated man, he takes eyewitness accounts of what Jesus had done and investigates the claims thoroughly. His attention to detail is meticulous, as it should be, for he was being financed to do this work by a man named Theophilus (or so it is …show more content…
61.1-2). Jesus reads from a scroll; with this portrayal of Jesus’ reading of the Isaiah scroll in Luke 4.18-19, Luke declares that Jesus is the messiah after Jesus exclaims the prophecy is fulfilled with his recital. Additionally, Jesus, after being baptized by John the Baptist, is lead by the Spirit into the desert. Jesus is in this desert for 40 days. In this desert he meets the Satan and the Deceiver (Satan) does all he can to convince Jesus that he should bow down to him. Jesus is tested with food, with power, and with a dare, but he rebukes the Satan using scriptural references from the Book of Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 8.3, 6.13, &