Parables of Jesus

of what he did on earth, why they were so special if they did not have any background in theology and Jesus was practicing theology since he was 12, besides in the bible sometimes was noticeable the frustration of God when he was preaching and teaching parabolas and they could not understand him. 13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? (Mark…

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’…

Parables have long been a custom to educate people about pertinent morals. The Gospel of Matthew is constantly informative because it urges “the reader to identify with characters ‘who receive’ Jesus and ‘do’ God’s will” (Achtemeier 662). This claim is evident throughout the Gospel of Matthew and in The Parable of the Ten Virgins, as Matthew would constantly “persuade the reader to emulate their example” (Achtemeier 662). The Parable of the Ten Virgins symbolizes God’s Parousia during the…

necessity of Jesus; this theme can also be found in the non-canonical gospel of Judas. This theme is an important building block for Christianity. The divine necessity of Jesus is that he must be rejected by man and killed by man. There are many passages in the four gospels that show this theme. In the synoptics, the four most important are, the passion prediction scenes, the parable of the wicked tenants, Peter’s denial, and the women at the tomb. The first three show the rejection of Jesus,…

Jesus’ Secret Hidden is defined as: to conceal from knowledge or exposure; to keep secret. We see Jesus’ ability to keep secrets and hidden messages in the Gospel According to Mark. The Gospel of Mark is the first of the synoptic gospels, because it includes many of the same stories as Matthew and Luke, but it is the original. Mark was written in 70 AD, when the Jewish temple was burned down. It is speculated the author of the Gospel was John Mark, a gentile Christian, who was a follower of…

Among the many similarities that Buddhism and Christianity share, both were founded by spiritual masters who accepted disciples. Just as Jesus spotted Zacchaeus and invited him into his inner circle, it is said that the Buddha was also gifted with preternatural insight into character. We can see an example of this insight in a well-known Buddhist parable. It tells of a rich man, who would invite all the Brahmans to his house and give them gifts while sacrificing to the gods. The Buddha…

On the first theme of stewardship and helping those in need, we are presented with the parable of the Good Samaritan. The story goes about by explaining that a man was attacked, stripped of his clothing, and left on the side of the road. He was passed by a priest and Levite who both did nothing to help, as they just ignored him and carried…

comes to Jesus Christ many Christian thinkers and authors use story, metaphor, or parables to express their Christology. Gregory of Nyssa and Julian of Norwich are two examples. Their writings contain an illustration to illustrate the work of Jesus. For Gregory it is fishing and for Julian it is a story of the Lord and Servant. This essay unpacks these exemplifications thus uncovering the authors’ individual beliefs about the saving action of God for humanity through the work of Jesus…

Jesus’s parables teach Christians how to live faithfully in the presence of God for the duration of their lives. Through these parables, Christians are taught how to respect, appreciate, and love themselves as well as others. However, the big problem in Christianity is that many people tend to forget about these teachings and commit actions that are against what the parables teach. On the other hand, if authentic parable-based Christianity were to exist, it would be a fully inclusive community…

disciple of Christ. The setting for this pericope is crucial because it gives people insight on what Jesus was doing at that time. Furthermore, the pericope opens with “large crowds were traveling with him.”(Luke 14:25, NRSV) meaning that the crowd found something in Jesus because they were traveling with him toward Jerusalem. Moreover, these ‘large crowds’ had left their homes to travel with Jesus, which is very important to know. John Nolland interpreted the opening as a, “paradoxical nature…