Gospels of Mathew, Mark, Luke and John: The New Testament

1Introduction The iv New testament (NT) creed singing singing of Mathew, Mark, Luke and rear end give way iv accounts of the disembodied spirit and ministry of deliveryman. sacred scripture scholars and historians assigned the gospel names and their authors as Matthew, Mark, Luke and John respectively. 1 The three gospels, of Matthew, Mark and Luke are known as the synoptical gospels. 2 The aim of this paper is to discuss the main themes and directiones of each of canonical gospels and show how they relate to reveal a complete picture of rescuer behavior and work. 2The Gospels a) Matthew Matthew was one of the first twelve disciples.It would appear that his intended listening were Jews, and he presented deliverer mainly as the King, the countersign of David and the promised Messiah-King. He records savior genealogy showing messiah is descendant from the royal line of David. In (11), he to a fault introduces Jesus as the Son of David. Matthew records more(prenominal) doctrine concerning Gods kingdom, for example the entire Sermon on the Mount. The terminal figure Kingdom of Heaven appears 33 times and Kingdom of God 4 times. 3 Matthews gospel is listed first in the NT because it seems that it is bridging the OT and NT, ushering the Jewish reader from the beaten(prenominal) OT story to Jesus in the NT4.Matthew narrates the gospel to convince the Jewish auditory sense of Jesus link with the Jewish history and Jesus fulfilment of OT prophesies. The gospel is recognised as the Teaching Gospel. 5 When Jesus teaches, he demonstrates His way as King over physical, psychological, spiritual diseases and even over elements created by God. (517, 424, 81-17, 23-27) Jesus authority is recorded, (2818-20) All authority has been addicted to Me in heaven and on earth. b) Mark Mark is the shortest of the gospels, the presumptive intended audience were pleasure seekers specific eachy in Rome and he presents Jesus mainly as the Servant.The gospel commenc es with Jesus as a bountiful up and does non record the birth and childhood and omits Jesus genealogy. He translates the Aramaic phrases for his audience and uses more Latin and less OT quotations suggesting that he wrote for non-Jewish who did not understand the Jewish talking to. 6 Mark concentrated on Jesus miraculous industrial plant and the gospel is also known as an action gospel because the language he uses is action packed. He uses phrases and words such as at once, at once, as soon as, quickly stressing his focus on action. 7 He writes with the aim of converting his audience by proving that Jesus is the Son of God, a Jesus of power and action. Marks audience faced persecution and calvary and so he also writes to strengthen them. He take oned to split them that Jesus had also suffered, and had triumphed over suffering and death. 8 c) Luke Luke was a doctor who got his schooling from many eye-witnesses. The book whitethorn have been commissioned by a non- saviorian Rom an official called Theophilus (13,4). Lukes gospel also is a cataclysm to the book of Acts. This gospel is the longest of all NT books.It bridges the events between Christ and the establishment of the church. 9 His genealogy traces Jesus roots back to Adam versus genealogy shadow back to the Jewish Abraham. 10 there appears to be evidence in Colossians 410-14 that Luke was a gentile, therefore suggesting his audience may have been gentiles and the only gentile to have his writings canonised. He portrays Jesus as saviour by including more distinct healing miracles and parables than the early(a) gospels. 11 Luke records more narrative of the events, and he alone records John the Baptists parentage and records the longest period.Luke emphasises that salvation is for all and more of Jesus at prayer. 12 He may have treasured the gentiles to know that they had the very(prenominal) access to God and presents Gods tenderness as available to all. e) John Reading the NT gospels shows t hat the content and vogue between John and the synoptical gospels is different. John lived to be honest-to-goodness than any of the gospel writers, therefore it is possible he was aware of the synoptic gospels and thus wanted to eulogy rather than produce a similar account. John brings out the spiritual significance more than the other gospels. 13 There are more extended discourses in John and Jesus employs more rabbinical methods. 14 Johns purpose of writing is tack in John 2031, but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. He wrote to show that God was for the whole world, (316) and had worked through His elect people, now was working by Word become man. The few miracles that he describes can only be attributed to God Himself. He stresses Jesus deity, (11) Jesus is the Word, that is God who became man.Jesus confirms this verse by many I am statements for example the bread of life, the l ight of the world. 15 These I am statements had an important implication as they were the words God used when He spoke to Moses from the animated bush showing and proving His divinity. (Exodus 36). Throughout the gospel, he records the relationship of bugger off and Son. For example, those who hate the Son hate the male parent, making it impossible to accept the Father if one is not a Christian (828) and (1523). Some of these recordings may chasten others to believe that the gospel was intended for the Jews. ) Common Ground All four gospels have recorded the witness of John the Baptist, the call and the acquaintance of the disciples, the feeding of the 5000, Peters confession of faith, the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, his trial, nemesis and crucifixion, his resurrection from the dead on the third day, his resurrection appearances and his commissioning of his disciples among many others. 16 In improver there are numerous specific sayings which are common or appear in para llel form in all four gospels.There is also material only found in both one or two or three of the Synoptic gospels. There is material that is fantastic to Matthew, to Mark, to Luke and to John. Most watchword scholars agree that Mark is the earlier gospel and that it was used as a source by Matthew and Luke,17 Matthew and Luke also used another hypothetical source called Q. 18 This priority of Mark would apologize why the Synoptic gospels seem to share mostly the same view of their recorded events. g) Different GroundSome of the major differences in John is that he did not record Jesus birth, wilderness test, transfiguration, parables as in the Synoptic gospels, the Lords supper and the agony in Gethsemane and he has more extended discourses. It could be that John used different sources or his knowledge and facts from his times as Jesus disciple. Some of the differences are caused by John concentrating on Jesus later ministry around Jerusalem during the temple feasts and the Sy noptic gospels concentrate mainly on the earlier ministry in the northernmost and around Galilee. 19 3. Conclusion All four canonical gospels compliment one another, and present one and the same Person, Jesus the humanitys redeemer. A Jewish audience in Matthews church would need to hear about how Jesus related to Judaism and a gentile in Mark or Lukes church would want to hear the gospel presented in a way that addressed their lives and situations. When the writers were writing they had no subject their material would be used, included or arranged in the Bible as we know it.Therefore we can conclude that the purpose of the gospels, their unique styles and their relationship was to give a complete picture of who Jesus is and to relay race the message of redemption. The differences have probably since been instrumental in attracting a divers(prenominal) group of Christians to the church and in spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ. The Bible in its entirety is God-inspired and God-breathed. The triune God was actively mixed in the revelation of His truth to the apostles and prophets who wrote it down. (2Timothy 316) Bibliography Bruce, F. F. , The New testament Documents be they reliable? Grand rapids, MI Eerdmans, 6th. edn. 1981). Drane, John, Inroducing the New testament (Oxford, UK Lion,1999). Garrard, David J. , New Testament Survey (Garrard and Mattersey Hall, 2006). House, Wayne H. , Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI Zondervan,1981). McClaflin, Mike, life history of Christ (Springfield, molybdenum Global University, 3rd. edn. 2000). Milne, Bruce, The Message of John (London, UK Inter-Varsity_press, 1993). Radmarcher, Earl D. , Allen, Ronald B. & House, Wayne H. , (eds. ),Nelsons NKJV Study Bible (Nashville, TN Nelson Bibles, 1997).Youngblood, Ronald F. , Bruce, F. F. & Harrison, R. K. , (eds. ), Nelsons New Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Nashville, TN Nelson, 1995). By Sally Masamha 11 celestial latitud e 2009 1 John, Drane, Introducing the New Testament (Oxford, UK Lion,1999), 170 2 Mike McClaflin, Life of Christ (Springfield, Missouri Global University, 3rd. edn. 2000), 16 3 Earl D. Radmarcher, Ronald B. Allen & Wayne H. House (eds. ),Nelsons NKJV Study Bible (Nashville, TN Nelson Bibles, 1997), 1573 4 McClaflin, Life of Christ, 18 5 McClaflin, Life of Christ, 36 6 Drane, 197 7 David Garrard, New Testament Survey (Garrard and Mattersey Hall Mattersey, UK, 2006), 28 8 Radmarcher, Allen & House (Nelsons NKJV Study Bible, 1997), 1637 9 McClaflin, 41 10 Wayne H. House, Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI Zondervan,1981), 96 11 House, 92 12 Radmarcher, Allen & House, 1683 13 John, Drane, 208 14 Bruce Milne, 21 15 Radmarcher, Allen & House, 1754-1755 16 Bruce Milne, 19-20 17 F F. Bruce, The New Testament Documents Are they reliable? (Grand Rapids, MI Eerdmans, 6th. edn. 1981), 27 18 Mike McClaflin, 18 19 Bruce Milne, 21