The Themes of the Four Gospels
Introduction
The Gospels of the New Testament are “ancient biographies focused primarily on an individual’s character. Biographers told their audiences about events they thought would present the person’s character effectively.” These biographies focused on the “circumstances of the individual’s birth, what other’s said about him or her, and the person’s own actions and statements.” The Gospels complement one another as they present four different aspects of Jesus’ earthly mission.
The Gospel of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the Jewish Messiah, the Son of David In addition, the Fourth Gospel introduce a greater degree of testimonies “that Jesus is the divine Son of God and prophesied Messiah.” The Synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke consist of many parallel material whereas 90 percent of John’s gospel is unique.
The Gospel of Mark
The two major themes in the Gospel of Mark are Jesus, the Son of God and Jesus, the King. The book of Mark introduces Jesus is to an audience of Roman Christians in chapter one and verse one. Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Then, Mark gives evidence for proclaiming Jesus as the Son of God in the next few verses by quoting the scripture from the book of Isaiah, the Prophet. It says,
As is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the desert, Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him (Mark 3:4).”
This original text is found in Isaiah 40:3. The
Mathew, Mark, Luke and John the four Gospels in the Bible all sharing a common view or significant stories except one. The Gospel of John is the most unique and distinct out the four. In difference, none of the parables are documented in John, and only seven of the miracles are highlighted. Alternately, John’s Gospel conveys the meaning of Jesus by giving the readers an extended insight and an extend understanding of him. In John it tells us that Jesus himself is the Jewish Messiah that was prophesized in the Old Testament, who was appointed to earth by God in human flesh, then allows his life to the cross and goes back to God. All with the perspective that we may believe in him and
The author then writes about Jesus’ death and resurrection. He audaciously states that the death of Jesus was indeed, the divine’s plan stated in the Old Testament. The author stresses that the teachings of Jesus began to circulate into parables, proverbs and warnings. Mark writes that Jesus was a “Miracle worker”. The passage then details how the four evangelists depict and tell the story of the origin of Jesus.
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The Gospels are stories of Jesus’ life and teachings, told by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, in the first four books of the New Testament. There is little difference between the first three, they tell the same stories of jesus but with slight differences. But the gospel of John, the gospel that traditionally appears fourth in the new testament, has many differences to the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. They are used to spread the teachings of jesus, and give us guidance in our lives. ‘Gospel’ is derived from the old english, ‘god-spel’, (‘god’-’good’, ‘spel’- ‘news’). The gospel literally translates to ‘good news’.
Mark, Matthew, John, and Luke are the four gospel writers that describe Jesus in different perspectives. In the Gospel of Matthew, presents the Messiah (Jesus), as the promised Savior, the King of the Jews and talks of wise men and their expensive gifts, but not as shepherds. For Mark, sees Jesus as a perfect servant of god. Also in Mark sees Jesus as mysterious and intentionally keeps people from understanding who he really is by telling the people he performs miracles on a secret. Jesus seems to be a very secretive kind of figure in Mark's gospel.
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