Gospel of Mark

Even though the Passion Narratives of the four Gospels are very alike in numerous of ways, there are also many important differences among them.The three Synoptic Gospels correlate with one another (because Matthew and Luke go off of Mark), while John’s writings are much different, especially when it comes to chronology. Also, while Matthew and Mark are very similar to each other and almost the same, Luke is different from them and is more similar to John. In addition, an unspecified amount of…

“movement from God into the world and in terms of the intentionality of Jesus’ mission in Galatians 4:4-5” (26). Furthermore, in Galatians 1:1 and 15-16 describes Paul’s mission as movement and intentionality. Paul’s goal of his mission is to preach the gospel (the message of Jesus Christ) to not only to the Jews, but also to Gentiles. In other words, according to Romans 1:14 and 15:19, Paul wanted to proclaim the fact that God is the true God, and Jesus is the…

The Gospel of John is one of the four Gospels written to tell the story of Jesus’ life. Just as Matthew, Mark, and Luke have given their accounts of Jesus’ miracles so has John. Though these accounts may have their own way of telling what is important to them, the main fact is that these Gospels were recorded so that we may learn more of the word of God. “In order to understand John’s approach to the story of Jesus, the reader must recognize the centrality of the incarnation of the Gospel”…

Father’s house.” This text is the only story of Jesus’ childhood in any of the canonical Gospels. Only Luke found it necessary to include this image of Jesus. Other gospels, like the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, depict Jesus as a child, but these stories are more elaborate. Luke’s image of a young Jesus is more concise and serves a particular function within the larger context of this Gospel. While Matthew, Mark, and John start with a birth story or Jesus’ ministry, this text in Luke serves as a…

comes to the Gospel of Matthew, there are very different perspectives when it comes to Jesus. At the time of Matthew writing his gospels, his main focus was on mainly to provide people who were in a sense “like him” to hear the great news when it came to Jesus. One of Matthews main purposes was to be able to provide everyone and anyone who wanted to listen the story of how Jesus lived, died, and then brought back; this is why the Gospel of Matthew is a matter of fact called the Gospel “according…

connection and credits them for their religiousness. Among Epicurean and Stoic philosophers, Paul uses his intellectual heft to gain credibility which lays the foundation for him to share the gospel. Paul concludes his apologetic by talking to them about resurrection and uses it pave the way to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ’s resurrection. This is just one example of the many times Paul practices apologetics in a successful…

Scot Mcknight speaks about how Western evangelicals have lost touch with the gospel. He says we’ve reduced the gospel to making a decision for Christ. Mcknight argues that it’s been reduced to a 4 point presentation that’s a surefire way to salvation. Telling people that “God loves them and has a wonderful plan for their life” is one of the most dangerous things you can tell someone. When you assure someone that they’re in God’s love when in reality they are an enemy of God and stand under his…

itself, but because of the person behind the prayer. In Ephesians 6, Paul describes the full armor of God: the sword of the Spirit, the belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, the helmet of salvation, and our feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of truth. But above all he ends with prayer. In verse 18 Paul says, “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions.” Not only does Paul say to pray all the time but frequently asked for prayer for himself because he knew the power behind the…

Scriptures that testify about me,” John 5:39 (New International Version). The Gospels are important because it fulfills the prophecies of the Old Testament of Christ coming. Isaiah 9:6 (New Living Translation) says, “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders.” Isaiah foretells this coming of the Gospels. What are the Gospels? “Justin Martyr (d. 164 c.e.) called the Gospels “memorabilia” (apomnēmoneumata), the “memoirs of the…

The book of Jonah is different than most of the other prophetic books. Although Jonah is a prophetic book, it is written mainly in narrative form. All the chapters, with the exception of chapter two are written in narrative form. In chapter three of the book, the author used a variety of literary devices to move the plot of the narrative along. In this paper I will examine the literary form and features; discuss any important grammatical points; and perform the triangulation method on three…