Luke's Gospels

I chose to read The Gospel of Luke for my project. It is said that The Gospel of Luke was written somewhere between 80 CE - 90 CE. The Gospel of Luke was written for Theophilus, who was called “Friend of God”. But The Gospel was also written for a wider audience, including converts and potential converts.

The gospel of Luke and John are gospels about Jesus and John the Baptist. They have several differences and similarities. The Gospel of Luke describes the conception and birth of John the Baptist and Jesus while the gospel of Luke describes their life after birth. Summaries, variances, and connections of these two gospels are discussed below.

The word 'gospel' means good news. There are four gospel accounts in the New Testament:

There are three parables in Luke 15 and they are all talked about “lost”. The first parable is about a lost sheep, the second parable is about losing a dollar, and the third parable is about losing a son. When I was reading this chapter of Luke, I feel marveled with these three; because I think one parable is enough and wonder why Luke provided three parables? We need to understand the purposes of these three parables are not about the loss of people, but are focusing on how Jesus treats with these people. If Luke only wanted to talk about the loss, then one parable is enough. However, the main focus is how Jesus treats with these people, so three parables are indispensable.

I completed 100% of the reading assignments for session two and the additional material regarding the Gospels. The significance of four Gospels is each one had a specific audience in mind, and they relayed a unique perspective regarding Jesus’ various roles. To help explain the importance of audience recognition, an analogy would be that one would not likely lecture on atheistic principles in a Gospel centered class, thus people wrote the Gospels for specific cultures. The Gospel of Matthew intended to reach the Jews and the church, and Gundry (2012) stated, “we must describe his gospel, then, as Jewish Christian with a universal outlook” (p. 190). Jews were a dominant group of people due to the genealogy of Jesus leading back to Abraham, making

Non-Christian scholars and laypeople alike have argued that we don't know or can't know who wrote the gospels. The gospels are written anonymously, they say, and the names attached to them as we find them in our English Bibles were given to them as a scheme to make their content more credible. After all, if the people writing these things were actually there, that boosts their credibility, doesn't it? The Non-Christian charge that Matthew didn't really write Matthew, that John didn't really write John, etc. These were written by people whose identities remain unknown and they attached the names to the gospels to make their claims about Jesus seem legit.

The Gospels goal is to combine the gospel message with other important material as it relates to Jesus' life and teachings. Collectively to say that Jesus is the one true Savior of the world and through him we could have eternal life.

The Bible is unique in its own way and is like no other book. It was made for all people for any generation. Some may consider it to be unimportant and pointless, yet I think of the Bible as a guidebook for life. There are multiple stories, mostly in the Old Testament, that are told for life lessons; to make a point and warn us as humans what is right and wrong. As the Bible goes on, there is the New Testament which, in my opinion, is the most powerful. The New Testament shows all of the people who were involved in serving and supporting Jesus and also those who were against him. I, personally, would like to claim that I specifically know the Bible, yet that would be a lie. Yes, I have

Using the text provided, it can be concluded that the gospels written by both Luke and Matthew share similar sources of information used to write their scriptures. This evidence has been collected based on the incommon stories told throughout the scriptures in both of the gospels of the New Testament. The written texts of information believed to be shared by both Luke and Matthew is known as the Q source. (Ehrman 2012, 100) Ehrman agrees that both writers used the Q source; however he argues that Luke had to have used the original document of the Q source versus Matthew, because of the way the stories were constructed in both of the gospels. In Matthew particularly, the organization of the miracle stories is what stand out to Ehrman. (Ehrman 2012, 100) Matthew chose to organize the stories of Jesus’s miracles into one chapter while other authors of scriptures such as Luke, and along with Mark, chose to separate the stories of Jesus’s miracles throughout many chapters as the original Q source tells the stories of Jesus.

This plan includes both Jew and Gentiles by the intention of God so that Jesus is lord of all and the gospel can go to all. In showing how jesus taught this he called people out into the kingdom of god and brought them into discipleship this is what the gospels is about and for. This sets up the ideatheat we see in acts that gentiles are included in this movement without having to become jews first and in that move we see the emergence of the church as the jewish community pushes back particularly on the inclusion of gentiles into the message and concern of the people between the two volumes you've got this emphasis on reconciliation that comes through salvation that is being highlighted and luke is laying the salvation part of that picture of the foundation for that and understanding that by the way he presents who jesus is in the

Before we begin our series on the Gospel according to Luke, let us have a look at what this gospel focuses on and what makes it unique compared to the other three gospels.

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke are almost identical at times to each other, as well as the Gospel of Mark. Interestingly enough, it is believed that Mark was written significantly earlier than the other two Gospels mentioned. This means that it is very plausible that Mark was used as a source for the authors of Matthew and Luke. That being said, there are stories included in both Matthew and Luke that are almost identical to each other, but are not found in Mark. How could this be? This question has led scholars to believe that there existed a document, in which they named “Q”, that both authors of Matthew and Luke used as a source, other than Mark, when writing their books. In this analysis, I will try and answer why “Q” is believed to have

The canon brought the four gospels about, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (Evangelists) . These four gospels paint a different picture of Christ and were written for different audiences. Matthew, Mark and Luke are said to be very similar to each other. But, there is things which are common to Matthew and Luke that aren’t seen in Mark. Matthew and Luke used another source which Mark didn’t know about, the ‘Q’ source.

Each of the four Gospels describes Jesus in a slightly different way. The Gospel of Luke describes Jesus in a way that focusses on the humanity, wisdom and compassion Jesus shows for the people of society. Luke unlike any of the other Gospels describes Jesus throughout the time when he was young whereas Matthew, Mark and John do not mention Jesus as a young boy at all. The Gospel of Luke is also different in the way that it has many unique parables which are only found in the Gospel of Luke, some of which include the Lost Sheep, and the Good Samaritan. The Gospel of Luke is also very different from the other three Gospels because it includes a lot of women throughout it as well as some of their stories. In the Gospel of Luke he also does not leave out that some women followed Jesus from the court to the Cross. Unlike the other Gospels Luke doesn’t leave women out during the time of Jesus to the poor people and the outcasts during Jesus’ time. For all of these reasons the Gospel of Luke in very unique and different from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and John which in the end makes the Gospel of Luke even more interesting.

The four gospels in the Bible are the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The book that I have chosen to focus on is the book of Luke. Referencing my reading review from earlier in this week, my favorite Biblical story is, of course, the Christmas story. In my opinion, the book of Luke tells this story in the most beautiful way, and has therefore long been my favorite of the four gospels. In order, Luke is the third book, but the second longest of the four canonical gospels (Wikipedia.org).