Gospel of Mark

Scholars have widely agreed that the Gospel of Luke has a special focus on the concern for the poor. This concern for the poor and marginalized first becomes obvious in the account of Jesus’ birth. In the Gospel of Matthew (2:1-12), it is the Magi, wealthy men from a distant country that come to worship Jesus, while Luke tells readers about shepherds- lowly men working in the fields coming to see the baby Jesus. Also, Luke has women, Elizabeth and Mary who as the focal point of the infancy…

Many scholars have wondered if sources other than the Gospels recorded information about Jesus, His life and His ministry. This curiosity lead them to finding three main outside sources, Pagan sources, Jewish sources, and second- and third-century sources, that scholars have scrutinized to see if they contain information about Jesus that is not portrayed in the Gospels. Unfortunately, none of these outside sources provide much detail about Jesus and his ministry, however, some of them do mention…

Martin Luther King Jr., a clergyman and an activist for the expansion of African American rights, was known for putting together non-violent protests to combat against racial inequality. King was mostly active throughout the 1950s into the 1960s until his assassination in 1968. He was known for his “I Have a Dream” speech, and was also the author of the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, in which he refutes against the white clergymen who say that his non-violent protests were “unwise and untimely…

Audience To determine the audience of the Gospel of John, it is easier to determine what the purpose of John was first. The author of John is blunt about what the purpose of writing his gospel was, and John 20:31 most clearly states that “But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.” This verse can further be supported by John 8:24 and John 3:16, all of which collectively describe the…

similarities and differences found in each book. “The reason why Matthew, Mark, and Luke, are known as the synoptic gospels is that they follow a common pattern in describing the Ministry of Jesus. Both the similarities and the differences are significant.” (Guthrie, D, P. 83, 1970) Mathew’s gospel is the most Jewish of all the gospels. “Matthew was written for a Jewish Christian community that was encountering…

Luke also removes the theological geography because “sea” is represented for chaos in Mark. Luke doesn’t want to have chaos in his Gospel, so he often replaces “sea” with “lake” (Lk 5:1). Next, Luke omits “as he passed by” (Mk 2:14). With this omission,…

in the body of Christ. Apostle Paul declares that salvation through Christ changes the whole being of an individuals’ identity and places them in current position of a new bond with God as active part of the universal of Christ. The intent of the gospel is to present…

film consisted of various stories from the Synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Since the movie was only approximately one hour and a half; it would be impossible for the director of the film to include every story in every gospel. Instead, the director of the film had to pick some of the most significant stories from the gospels, and they also had to exclude some significant stories. The director used several stories from different gospels to describe the story of Jesus. For instance, in…

The letter to Theodore by Clement claims the pollution of ‘the sacred meaning’ of the secret book of Mark took place because of a supposed ‘copied text’ that told shameful lies that was developed by the Carpocratians. This group was mainly prominent in the second century and was known to be one of the most scandalous of the Gnostic sects, an early and extreme variance that claimed to be Christian. Their teachings centered on the belief that only by committing all possible sexual acts could a…

Apostle Paul to the Roman church in 56-57 A.D. is considered one of the best expositions of the Gospel (Hindson & Towns 2016). This exposition, inspired by the Holy Spirit, strengthen the faith of the Roman believers, and strengthen the worldview through which they endured fierce persecution, and is able to sharpen the Christian worldview of believers through all time: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and…