The Gospels And The Bible: The New Testament

Many people do not know that loving your enemy is the heart of the gospel. Although loving and praying for your enemy may seem impossible at times, it is written in the gospel of Matthew that loving your enemy is loving God. In Matthew 5:43, Jesus teaches about loving your enemy, praying for your enemy, and shows examples of loving your enemy.

In the New Testament the books are divided into five categories, which are The Gospel, The Acts of the Apostles, Letter, The Catholic Epistles and The Book of Revelation. The Gospel is the teaching of Jesus. The Acts of the Apostles refer to the spread of Christianity. Letter refer to a document that is written for a particular event. The Catholic Epistles are a series of books in the form of letters in the New Testament. The Book of Revelation is the closing book of the New Testament.

The Synoptic Gospels are composed of the gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke. These three gospels covered many of the same stories; yet, they disagree with each other on various details within certain stories. Also, numerous events that are in Mark, is not in Matthew or Luke and vice versa. Many historians have concluded that Mark was the first of the three gospels written and that Matthew and Luke used Mark as a source to their own gospels. The Synoptic Gospels were first written in Greek, which would suggest to some ambiguity within Mark, Matthew, and Luke due to certain perceptions and translations within the Greek language. One ambiguity that is shown within the Synoptic Gospels dealt with Jesus’s view on marriage and divorce. Using

Esther Park REL 371 Week 4 – The Gospels The four Gospels had so many different point of views but the three views of Matthew, Mark and Luke were Synoptic Gospels which allowed us to hear the story of Jesus from three different perspectives. The Synoptic Gospels represent three different views of how Jesus’ life was.

The stages of the development of the gospels consisted of 3 stages. 1st being Jesus Life (period), 2nd stage being period of oral tradition and the third being the period of the evangelists.

Jesus had died, but his words continued to spread all over the world that helped the Church growth. Another important factor in the Spread of the Church was the New Testament Canon. The Canon teaches the life of Jesus and his journey all over the world to save lives. The Canon is a set of books of the Gospel, Revelation, Acts, and Letters that helped the Church expansion. The book of Acts, the expansion also consists of spiritual growth. Holy Spirit, loving relationship with the Father and Christ-centered in the Church helped the growth. The spreading of the gospel from the 12 disciples helped the Church grow. The Book of Acts talks about the life of Jesus and his ministry, death, and

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

Matthew, Mark, and Luke are called Synoptic Gospels because they gave similar accounts and timelines of the life and death of Jesus. All three follow the same order of events in narrating Jesus' public ministry(Harris, 2015). They all begin with his baptism, followed by his tours. After readers read any of the three stories, they can see how Jesus performed miracles. Proponents of the Griesbach theory believe that Mark is a blending of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke(Harris,2015). They believe this because a few passages mentioned in all three Gospels show Matthew and Luke agreeing against Mark. Supporters believe that Mark was the source for Matthew and Luke. Arguments for this theory state that this theory is a better argument because while

Beare, Francis Wright. "Mission of the Disciples and the Mission Charge: Matthew 10 and Parallels." Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 89, no. 1, Mar. 1970, pp. 1-13.

The most known books of the New Testament are the Gospels. These four books are written by four different people, yet they all align with the same content. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John present the good news as eyewitnesses. Although the canon was not yet formed, the agreement by the four men on the actual occurrence of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus aligned to the others. The Gospel had been known in the churches. Alexander Souter states, The Gospel was something well known in the churches, a document or body of documents, to which it was sufficient to appeal without further specification.” The letters written by Paul in the New

Mark is the second book of the Gospels from the New Testament. The author of this book is John Mark a spiritual son of the Apostle Peter. The book of Mark was written to the Roman which are the Gentile believers. In this book Mark focus more on the servanthood of Jesus rather than his kingship, because the Romans were not interested in the linage nor pedigree of Jesus. Mark gives a detailed account of Jesus ministry from his baptism to his ascension. The book of Mark gives no account of the virigin birth of Jesus, his temple experiences as a boy, nor the Sermon on the Mount. In this gospel Mark focus more on the healing and miracles of Jesus. Mark portrays Jesus as the perfect servant of Jehovah.The book of Mark tells of Jesus feeding the

The first four books of the New Testament are called ‘Gospels’ and are named after their writers who lived with Jesus. These books give details on the life, teachings, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The life of Jesus is often declared as the Good News to the world. Good News because

The Synoptic Gospels shared the same view about Jesus’ teachings. Specifically, Mark and Matthew informed others that Jesus always used the same techniques during his teachings, which consisted of using figurative language. Also, Jesus spoke in parables, which can be defined as a “placing beside” or differentiations. Jesus’s unique style of teaching usually represented the content of a fictitious narrative, which compared a well-known thing or method to the kingdom of God. In addition, Jesus used aphorisms, which can be described as a statement that can be easily remembered and repeated (Harris, 2014, p.119). According to the synoptic Gospels, Jesus kept his teachings brief, but with catchy phrases.

In the Bible, the four Gospels push different ideologies, views, lessons and different stories that center around the central figure of Jesus. The Gospel of Luke main themes center on Universalism, social justice, compassion for outcasts, the role of woman and the Holy Spirit.(Hauer and Young) These parables are able to connect to the context of when Luke was able bring these stories together in 85 CE. The Gospel was most likely written in Greek speaking area located in the Roman empire.(Coogan et al.) This time of stability allowed for the proliferation of Christianity and Gospels such as Luke. The passages that will be discussed will mainly focus on compassion for outcast seen in Luke 16:19–31 and warning against greed in Luke 12:13-34. Luke 13:6-9 focuses on a fig tree talks of the opportunities people and if they use them properly. Finally, the last parable is 7:11-17, which focuses on holy spirit and the possibilities for miracles and the importance of life. These parables in Luke are able to give a social justice commentary that can make a person feel compassionate for the poor and the reckoning they would receive in the afterlife if they didn’t follow Jesus’s teachings. As, well the story is able to push across a message that will everlasting importance to people. This has led to the Gospels of Luke becoming one of the main 4 Gospels and one of the most highly regarded of the Gospels. (Hauer and Young)

The word "gospel" is a translation of the Greek word "euangelion" which means "good news. The first three books in the New Testament (Mark, Matthew, and Luke) are often referred to as the Synoptic Gospels (from Greek synoptikos, "seen together") They bear greater similarity to each other than any of the other gospels in the New Testament. Along with these similarities come some differences among the gospels, suggesting that each gospel was written for a specific audience and for a specific purpose. This paper will examine the resurrection of Jesus, while identifying the significant differences between Mark, Matthew and Luke. This paper will also analyze the differences to suggest the prominent theological perspective each gospel author