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Why four gospels?
Isn’t it redundant?
If we didn’t have all four, our understanding of Jesus would be incomplete.
We get four different perspectives and writing styles.
Matthew
The bridge that ties the Old and New Testament together.
It was originally written to primarily Jewish readers.
He emphasized that what was happening was a continuation of the Old Testament.
Matthew quoted the Old Testament more than any other gospel.
Matthew assumed the reader knew the Old Testament.
Matthew focuses on Jesus’ teaching in the five discourses as the new covenant counterpart to the Mosaic law.
Presents Jesus as King.
Not only do the genealogies show promises fulfilled in the Old Testament, but they point back to Jesus being the Son of David.
Mark
Tells us what happened in a succinct manner.
Primarily a gentile audience that wouldn’t find interest in the historical things Matthew wrote about.
Fast moving
Mark’s favorite word is “euthys”: immediately or at once.
You can find it 10 times in chapter one alone.
Action packed
Hit the highlights
Mark or John Mark was the cousin of Barnabas we read about in Acts.
Was good friends with Peter - Likely recorded the stories he heard from Peter.
It is the shortest of the gospels.
It was written in a way that could be easily memorized to spread quickly.
Presents Jesus as the suffering servant.
Luke
Shows us that Jesus was for people like us.
Luke shows us Jesus was a real life person like us.
Presents Jesus as the Son of Man.
Emphasized Jesus’ humanity.
Only Gentile author of the New Testament.
John
Something completely different.
John selected stories from a brief period of Jesus’ life.
He does not start with His birth, but who Jesus was before His birth.
John presents deep theological truths.
Matthew, Mark, and Luke show how Jesus taught.
John includes NO parable.
John prefers symbolism to help us understand.
The bread of life (6:35)
The light (8:12)
The door (10:7)
The good shepherd (10:11)
The resurrection and the life (11:25)
The way, the truth and the life (14:6)
The true vine (15:1).
John records miracles, but calls them signs.
Presents Jesus as the divine, eternal, Son of God.
John wants you to know who Jesus was more than just as a human.
John is a great book to use for a redemptive Bible study.
While the other gospels refer to Jesus’ message as “The Kingdom of God”, John refers to it as Eternal life.
The Synoptic Gospels
Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
Synoptic means: To see together in a common view.
They have similar styles and content.
They document Christ’s life.
Continuing to answer: Why four gospels...
The importance of multiple witnesses was recorded long before the gospels.
The synoptic gospels help us understand the whole story.
(Matt 14) Jesus feeds the 5000 then makes the disciples get in the boat and leave.
They end up struggling in the storm.
Jesus walks on water and saves them.
Why did Jesus MAKE them do this?
No reason is given in Matthew
(Mark 6 records Jesus sending them out by two to minister, cast out demons, and healing people.)
Jesus is trying to get them away and rest.
The crowd wouldn’t leave.
So the disciples think they can advise Jesus.
They feed the 5000 then Jesus sends them away in a boat.
Something they know well.
And causes them to fear for their lives.
Jesus recognizes a need to humble them.
The Synoptic Problem
Some argue that the synoptic gospels could not have been written separately.
They were written in different places and at different times.
They say they are too similar so the one of two things happened.
Either the authors compared notes
Or they used the same source.
This supposed “source” has been given the title “Q” from the German word quelle, which means “source.”
There is no evidence of the source.
There is an easy answer to the similarities of the gospels.
They were written from eye witness accounts or recorded eye witness accounts.
Also...
Earth Up and Heaven Down view of the gospels.
Called this by Darrell Brock
This will help yo remember the big idea and give you a lens to help understand what is happening.
The Synoptic gospels are earth up.
We are introduced to Jesus as He comes to earth.
We see him from an earthly perspective.
This perspective points us upward.
Jesus did things that show us who He was.
If you read without knowing anything you would begin to realize Jesus was not just a human.
John is heaven down.
The opposite.
How should we read and study the gospels?
Ask these questions...
What does Jesus say about Himself?
What does Jesus say about The Father?
Who is Jesus talking to?
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