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The Gospels:

The Gospels:. Central Sources for Understanding Jesus Chapter 2 p.24. Gospels are Faith Sources. How do we read them? Are they factual accounts? Are the authors unreliable because they were “believers”?. ALL HISTORY IS PRESENTED THROUGH THE EYES AND EARS OF THE PERSON DOING THE RECORDING.

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The Gospels:

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  1. The Gospels: Central Sources for Understanding Jesus Chapter 2 p.24

  2. Gospels are Faith Sources • How do we read them? • Are they factual accounts? • Are the authors unreliable because they were “believers”?

  3. ALL HISTORY IS PRESENTED THROUGH THE EYES AND EARS OF THE PERSON DOING THE RECORDING • “ History is written by the victors”

  4. The Good News! The Daily News

  5. Gospels • Shaped by culture

  6. The Good News! • Language, geography, technology, history and religious tradition

  7. The Good News! • Authors used exaggeration, figures of speech, approximation and poetry • Luke: 14, 26 If any one comes to me without hating his father* and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

  8. Biography 101

  9. Helllloooooooooo… where is the info on…….. • Jesus’ birthday • What he looked like • Where he went to school • His teenage years • What was on his ipod

  10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtaAi5TGle0 • Gospel=godspell • Godspell=good news, glad tidings • Glad tidings=Greek word, evangelion • Evangelion=the proclamation or announcement of good news • How about dem’Evangelists????

  11. Development of the Gospels • Stage 1: Jesus of Nazareth and His Disciples • Basic Facts of Jesus Life p. 31 • Born • Carpenter • Public career speaking and preaching • Considered by many as prophet, maybe a magician, sorcerer

  12. THE RESURRECTION • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsTRxXvQY0s&feature=player_detailpage • The world is changed forever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeTgx_pj6m8

  13. Jesus is Lord…Jesus is Christ

  14. Stage 2..First few years….

  15. Then….

  16. Easter….

  17. It’s the end of the world as they know it. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eyFiClAzq8 • Disciples start thinking that the end is coming….. • Start spreading the news near and far… Like

  18. Intense mission to spread the news… • It is a story that we are looking backwards and understanding • Many layers • Oral tradition

  19. Stage 3….about 40 years later • Now they start thinking as a “church” • We better get our act together and write for the future…this “oral tradition” is only going to get us so far. • We better get our act together and write this stuff down for the people who are listening to us NOW!!!!

  20. Time is Marching On..

  21. The 4 Gospels • Four Portraits of Jesus • 4 different perspectives • How is a picture different from a painting?

  22. Four Portraits.. • Each evangelist had a wealth of material available to him..stories told over and over, the words of Jesus and insights of others.. • The Gospels developed like a multi-layered drawing

  23. IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER • Each had a particular audience in mind when writing • It is doubtful that any one person was responsible for the total development of any of the Gospels • There are scholars* (note the word..really smart people who study this stuff) who will disagree. • Each Gospel helps paint the portrait.

  24. MARK’S Portrait:The Human Jesus • First gospel written..35-40 years after • Written by???..John Mark a companion of St.Paul

  25. Mark wrote for WHOM???... • Written in Rome for the GENTILES (Non Jewish) readers. • Mark’s Gospel explained the Jewish customs to a audience that was not familiar with these practices.

  26. A long introduction into the Passion and death of Christ. • A heavy sense of suffering dominates the Gospel of Mark • (the Christians are being persecuted for the burning of Rome) • Maybe Mark’s intention was to explain the that suffering was an essential part of being human. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktp_TTWC_iE

  27. Why is this relevant to us?

  28. The human Jesus •   Jesus was moved with "compassion" (Mk 6:34); • He "sighed" (Mk 7:34; 8:12); he "marveled" at the unbelief of his own townsfolk (Mk 6:6); • he "looked" upon the rich young man and "loved him" (Mk 10:21).  • Mark also adds vivid details that the other gospel writers leave out.  For example, he describes Jesus' tenderness as he took the little children "in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands upon them" (Mk 10:16). ).

  29. Why is this relevant to us?

  30. What makes Jesus human? • Fear • Agony • Hunger • Betrayal • Resting • Liked creature comforts • Distress • Tempted • LOVE YOUSELF 13:28-34..Yea Andrew

  31. Chapter 16 • When did the chapter end? Verse 1-8 • Scholars think that the Gospel ended at verse 8… • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndWHhwuwfnM&feature=relmfu • 1:23 • Maybe Mark is saying “ Wait for Him” he will be in Galilee? • Is that important for us?

  32. The longer ending..gives more instruction • Uneasiness at the ending… • Scholars were writing manuscripts by hand. • Often in Mark’s Gospel Jesus’ disciples needed to be told about him. They were unsure..they did not understand • 4:41(Read 4:35-41) • 6:52 (read 6:45-52) • 7:8-18 • 8:17-21

  33. What do we make of all this? • The people closest to Jesus were the ones that needed to understand him. • The demons knew and the Roman centurion knew he was God. • 1: 21 ---15:39 • How is this relevant to us?

  34. LUKE p.42 JESUS as the COMPASSIONATE Savior

  35. Luke’s Gospel –2 Parts • Gospel • Acts of the Apostles Often called Gospel of Jesus & Gospel of The Holy Spirit

  36. Who wrote It? • A doctor?... • We can guess…. a well educated GENTILE who converted to Christianity. • MORE IMPORTANTLY.. ****Only NON JEW TO Write a Gospel ****NOT an eyewitness, had to rely on accounts of others. Less important but interesting

  37. Less important but interesting..(I think so ) • Probably wrote in Antioch, Syria • Probably used Mark’s Gospel as Spark Notes

  38. FOR WHOM…And WHY • For Converted Christians to Better Understand Their Faith • To establish the continuity of Judiasm • Central Role of the Holy Spirit • 1:35—Angel tells Mary HS will come to her • 1:41-Elizabeth will be filled with HS • Stresses Jesus’ MERCY and Compassion

  39. Jesus = compassionate • http://www.realfaithtv.com/videos/compassion-to-love-like-jesus/

  40. THE SINFUL WOMAN 7:36-50(who remembers from last year?) • Pharisees • Prostitute • Dinner • Washing of Feet • Tears • Hair • Welcome

  41. WWJD?????? Let’s Look • Who Are We in the story?? • The Lost Son Luke 15:11-32 • http://vimeo.com/35595649

  42. Soooooo Difficult to understand • This guy is a jerk • His brother is doing all the work..for a long time…….AAGGGHHHH

  43. The parable of the lost sheep 15:3-7 • This is compassionate love

  44. More about women • More is recorded about Elizabeth and Mary than the other Gospels. 1:5-79…. • the woman who anointed the feet of Jesus in the house of Simon the Pharisee.

  45. PRAYER • Luke pictures Jesus in prayer more than any other gospel writer. At every major crisis, Jesus prayed.

  46. Gospel of Matthew • For Whom?????? • How can we tell? • Read the 1st chapter!!!!! • YIKES

  47. Strong sense of the “church” • What do we know about the development of the gospel? • 16:18 and 18:17 Most Popular Gospel

  48. SYNOPTIC GOSPELS • Synoptic = “to see together” • Matthew • Mark • Luke • What about……..

  49. JOHNJOHN

  50. Different than MML • Highly Literary • Symbolic • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWPyhsP1Nao

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