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Know Your Bible. Welcome to Week 7. The Gospels (Teaching and miracles). The Gospels. Why four gospels? The four most authentic eye-witness records of the life of Jesus. Different insights into Jesus’ life from different perspectives. What type of writing?
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Know Your Bible Welcome toWeek 7 The Gospels (Teaching and miracles)
The Gospels • Why four gospels? • The four most authentic eye-witness records of the life of Jesus. • Different insights into Jesus’ life from different perspectives. • What type of writing? • Biographies, but not in the modern sense Include only the events that have historical and moral/spiritual significance.
The Gospels Matthew • Also known as Levi, hated tax-collector, seen as collaborator with the Romans. • Jewish audience – most links with the Old Testament of all the four gospels • Contains the famous Sermon on the Mount
The Gospels Mark • Possibly John Mark, who later travelled with Paul, then Barnabas. • Shortest gospel, proceeds at a fast pace • No elaboration.
The Gospels Luke • Historian, physician, later companion of Paul. • Aimed to write an ‘orderly account’. • Precise historical details that have stood up to considerable scrutiny.
The Gospels John • One of the inner three closest disciples. • Last gospel to be written, end of first century A.D. • Deliberately avoids repetition of Synoptic gospels • Discloses facts and sayings of Jesus from John’s unique and intimate perspective
Teaching • The Kingdom of Heaven - “May Your Kingdom come.” • Radical way of teaching ‘Amen. I swear in advance to the truth of what I am about to say’ – Jesus claims higher authority than teachers of his day.
Teaching • Seven ‘I am’ statements in John–6:35,8:12,8:58,10:11,11:25,14:6,15:1 • Sermon on The Mount–Matthew 5,6,7 • The Parable of the Sower–Matthew 13 • The Parable of the Good Samaritan–Luke 10:25 onwards. • Three lost things–Luke 15
Miracles Jesus’ interpretation of miracles: ‘If I by the finger of God cast out demons you will know that the kingdom of God has come upon you’ (Luke 11:20)
Miracles 1. Feeding of the 5,000 – Luke 9:11-17 2. Jesus walks on water – Matthew 14:22-36 3. Exorcism of demoniac – Mark 5:1-20 4. Healing of blind man – John 9 5. Raising of Lazarus from the dead – John 11
Next week: The Gospels (Crucifixion and Resurrection)