Aristotle And Jesus Relationship Essay

When I read Mark during church we would read the long ending, at the time I didn’t know the difference between the endings. I was confused to why there were three different parts to it and they were broken up as if they were supposed to be a new verse. When I asked the leader of the class she couldn’t give me an explanation. With the research I have done I feel that I have come to a conclusion as to which ending is the most correct and why there are multiple endings.

Mark’s treatment of the disciples is significant. Explanations such as pastoral or pedagogic have been suggested by Scholars. The first is the pastoral or pedagogic explanation. 1. It is claimed that Mark’s chief concern was a pastoral one. His purpose was to offer help or encouragement to the congregation to whom he was writing in face of the problems that confronted it. In the Markan Gospel, the disciples’ appear frail, confused, afraid and human by comparison to Jesus, they make him stand out in his authority and dignity as the Lord of the church. The disciples repeatedly misunderstand him, this gives

In the modern age friendship comes in many different shapes and sizes. There's the good and there's the bad. You might even find some types of friendships surprising, for example an "entrepreneurial relationship". In the book "Of Mice and Men" Lennie and George are friends, but not very good friends. George is unfortunately friends with Lennie for the wrong reasons.

Yet only in Matthew does Peter have a role in the story. Upon seeing Jesus on the water, he calls out, "'Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water'"(Mt. 14.28). He almost succeeds, yet he suddenly gives in to fear and begins sinking. Jesus scolds him by saying, " 'You of little faith, why do you doubt?'"(14.31). This draws a strange picture of Peter. He no longer simply listens to Jesus, but tries to become actively involved in his teacher's lessons. This idea is again shown in Matthew 15.15. After the parable of the blind leading the blind, Peter asks, " "Explain this parable to us." Jesus replies with a rather impatient remark, but dives a little further into the meaning. He often comes to Jesus with questions throughout Matthew and these questions always ask for clear definitions of stories or truths about some spiritual detail. Many times Jesus snaps a little at him, but Peter obviously is not swayed by any impatience his teacher bestows. This seems to paint a closer relationship between the two men, where Peter is not afraid of Jesus and Jesus is not simply polite to Peter, as teachers tend to be. Jesus' obvious favoritism of Peter, shown in the transfiguration and throughout the gospel, leads one to believe that the two are indeed close friends with trust and mutual respect, which allows them to be freer with their words to one another. Friends tend to be less polite and more open with

The gospel of Mark is a short recollection of Jesus life, it has many details but is missing pieces or additions to his life. The Gospel of mark was said to have lost pieces, and also the first account of Jesus life. Although it is not as detailed in some areas as it is in others, it tells many accounts of Jesus life on earth and what kind of a person he was, the life he lived, his struggles and his ending.

The roles of disciples play a very important part in developing the message of the gospels due to their close relation to Jesus throughout the stories. To start to understand the importance of the disciples first you have to understand the main purpose of the Gospels. The Gospels are written in order to describe Jesus’s life on earth before Heaven. They give people insight to who Jesus was and create a stronger basis of belief in Jesus and God. In order to bring the Gospels to life they use the students of Jesus or Disciples to project his teachings and stories. The disciples take on many different roles in the varying gospels. They are students, friends, witnesses, observers, and worshipers of Jesus. Disciples come in many different forms of people as well. During the stories of the Gospels, Jesus is essentially walking along picking up new followers and experiencing new things with them. Throughout the experiences, Jesus teaches the disciples and they grow and learn and as a result the reader grows and learns as well. That is why the disciples play such a pivotal role in the comprehension of Jesus and him as a person. It becomes evident when analyzing the different Gospels that Jesus’ relationship with the Disciples is slightly changed in the varying texts. A noticeable difference in the development of the disciple 's relationship to Jesus is present specifically in the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Thomas.

The Gospel of Mark tells the story of Jesus visiting his hometown. He visited a synagogue and begins to teach the people around him, but the people were offended. People questioned him as only the carpenter, the son of Mary, which implied is that he was worthless teaching, and he could only heal a few people. Jesus was the son of God and many skeptical people in his time did not believe it. Jesus went through many different times of not being socially accepted, like how Rucker was socially rejected for remarrying. In their times, peers made choices of what others would think or would not accept what they did not know. It was considered ‘unacceptable’ to make these decisions for the reason that no one else in the

The day before Good Friday on The Colbert Report Bart Ehrman attempted to demonstrate that the Gospels of Mark and Luke stand in hopeless contradictions to one another with respect to the death of Jesus Christ.[1] Ironically, Tom Krattenmaker notes Ehrman’s claims on this same issue in USA Today on April 13th, 2009.[2] Ehrman makes the following charge: “In Mark’s Gospel, for example, Jesus goes to His death in deep agony, over what’s happening to him, and doesn’t seem to understand why it’s happening to Him.” Conversely, says, Ehrman, “When you read Luke’s Gospel, He’s not in agony at all.”[3]

According to Powell the secrecy motif is “the secret of Jesus deeds and person as well (pg.44).” Jesus wish to keep his status secret was perhaps taken to be an implied permission for Mark's readers to keep their faith hidden from public scrutiny. This is best shown when “The secrecy theme is a device to explain why some earlier Christians had not know what otherwise would seem obvious. (Powell, 53).” Powell gives two reasons why Jesus may have wanted to keep his identity and his healing powers a secret. One reason was that he wanted to avoid getting arrested before his time had come (pg.52). Another reason was he didn’t want to address unmanageable crowds (pg. 52). Powell writes that the motif of secrecy in Mark’s Gospel is greatly depicted

The Nature of Discipleship According to Mark's Gospel Discipleship is usually thought of as following Jesus, being a preacher and a teacher. Somebody who believes in something, or who believes in someone, and leaves everything behind them to try to make others believe the same is my personal belief of a disciple. In actual fact, the Old Testament word 'Talmid' is a 'learner', and more obviously in the New Testament, a 'Diskipolos' is a 'follower'. The other important area of discipleship is serving others. When a disciple is healing a person, they are serving them, as he serving Jesus and God.

The term ?friends? has been used several times in the surrounding context of Luke. For instance, the prodigal son tried to make friends of those in a foreign land, but in the end his only companions were the swine. Another example is with the older brother?s desire for a fatted calf to share with his friends. And in this parable, the dishonest manager plans to make new friends with his master?s money.

There's nothing more heart wrenching than an ill child, who's stricken to their bed. As a result, a mom will do almost anything to aid in the speedy recovery of her sick child. Such is the case with our Lord, for He is the Father of many daughters, some of which have been stricken by life, family, friends, spouses, and even careers, who are in a sense, paralyzed. The Gospel of Mark in the 5th chapter speaks of two sisters who needed the Lord, one who exercised her faith by crawling her way to Jesus, and the other, who was incapable of calling out for herself, therefore, Jesus went to her. Moreover, in both cases, faith was needed to bring about healing. Additionally, it matters not the age of the problem, inasmuch as, how many years you

Mark: The Gospel of Mark tells the story of Jesus Christ’s life from when he was baptized by John the Baptist until the days of his death, and his resurrection. Mark was the second of four Gospels although some Scholars argue and insist Mark was the first Gospel written 1. Mark was written by John Mark in AD 65, with a target audience of Roman Christian beleivers 2. Mark was written in a unique manner in regards to literary genre, as it contains figures of speech, and portray life situations in a passionate story like setting that can make the reader feel as if he is there 3. The Gospel of Mark is the shortest of the four Gospels, however it is written in a manner that emphasizes more so on Jesus’s works than Jesus’s words 4. The key theme in Mark is to portray the life of Jesus Christ as the son of God 5, and the purpose was to show the human qualities and emotions that Jesus displayed from anger (Mark 3:5), and compassion (Mark 1:41). Some of the key events of Jesus Christ’s life in the Gospel Mark include his miracles, his entrance into Jerusalem, the last supper, his arrest and trial, his crucifixion, his resurrection, and his ascension 6. The Gospel of Mark ends with his instruction to the eleven Apostles “And he said unto them “Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to the whole creation” (Mark 16:16), and his ascension into Heaven (Mark 16:19).

If you were to choose one word to describe the composite nature of the kingdom of God, it would most likely be hazy. Throughout the old and new testament, we’re presented with the theory of what the kingdom of God is. Only to find out it is either a safe haven for God’s loyal followers or a sign of the “imminent” apocalypse (or second coming). Both beliefs of the kingdom of God were presented in the synoptic gospels, especially in the Gospel of Mark. The author in this case is able to combine the ideas of apocalyptic literature into the hopeful message that those who followed the Lord will be rewarded for their faithfulness. Ultimately, the gospel of Mark uses writing features of apocalyptic literature as a scare tactic for obedience.

Gustavo Gonzalez P. 1 Friendship Throughout the Gospels, we can see how Jesus defines “Friendship”. Jesus teaches and shows his disciples what it means to be a friend, and goes on to explain to them how the disciples are his friends and not students that Jesus is teaching to spread the word of God. In the Gospel of Luke it also shows an example of Jesus being friends to a tax collector. (In this time of history, tax collectors are hated because they must go around house by house and collect tax which would make people not like you.) While dining with the tax collector, Jesus begins to get ridiculed by someone who is offended by Jesus sitting next to the tax collectors who the man calls sinners.