SALVATION HISTORY 2

Genealogy

an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or older forms.

Rabbi

a religious leader or teacher.

The Great Commission

is the instruction of the resurrected Jesus Christ to His disciples to spread the Gospel to all nations of the world.

Matthew

He was identified as the Tax Collector Levi in Mark's Gospel.

The Gospel of Matthew

most of today's scholars do not accept this judgment.

The Gospel of Matthew

For them, the author of this Gospel was probably a Jewish Christian, possibly a scribe with rabbinical training.

Matthew

Recent scholars conclude that he was a Greek speaking Jewish convert to Christianity.

Jewish Christians

people who were being pushed out of the larger communities.

Jewish Christian

Matthew was writing for whom?

Jewish Christians

These communities were led by Pharisees, rabbis who assumed leadership of the Jewish people in the aftermath of the destruction of Jerusalem. (Matthew 22:7)

between 70-90 A.D. in Antioch of Syria.

When and Where was the Gospel of Matthew written?

Messiah, the Great Teacher of Israel.

Matthew paints Jesus as what?

Jesus

portrayed as the new Moses and as a teacher even greater than Moses.

Matthew

Jesus for him must be fully a man from Israel.

Matthew

He begins his Gospel by taking all the genealogy of Jesus; he wanted to show that Jesus was the son of David, and now traces this back to Abraham. For Jesus is truly a man from Israel.

The Gospel of Matthew

a gospel of a knowledgeable man.

Matthew

His agendum is to claim that Jesus is an Israelite.

Matthew

To prove his claim in his Gospel he presented the genealogy of Jesus tracing back the lineage of Jesus back to the lineage of David who's from Israel.

False

The current scholars agree that the author of the Gospel is the Apostle Matthew himself.

The Gospel of Matthew

In this Gospel, we have Jesus saying he has not come to dissolve the law but to fulfill it. And that no part of the law will disappear...

The Gospel of Matthew

In this Gospel, Jesus delivers five major speeches, which in parallel the five great books of Moses known as the Pentateuch.

the Sermon on the Mount or the Beatitudes

The most important of Jesus' speeches

The Gospel of Mark

It is symbolized by a winged lion because it emphasizes the royal dignity of Christ, and opens his book with John the Baptist roaring like a lion in the wilderness to convert people.

John Mark

The author of the Gospel of Mark

Mark

Most likely a Gentile disciple of Peter. He wrote the stories of Jesus as told by Peter.

Gentile-Christians

John Mark is writing for whom came from paganism

Gentile-Christians

The audience who are not very familiar with the Judaic tradition. As such, this prompted Mark to write in a manner that gives an abundant explanation.

the catechesis of Peter.

It is widely accepted that the Gospel of Mark reflects, for the most part of what?

The Gospel of Mark

it was written between 65-70 A.D. shortly after the death of Peter and during the persecution of Christians by Nero.

between 65-70 A.D. in the City of Rome

When and where was Mark's Gospel written?

Aramaic

The primary language of Mark

Mark

He knows Greek but he uses it with much difficulty and lacks linguistic elegance.

Mark

His vocabulary is so poor although he normally appears alive, popular, concrete, and suggestive, at times he is monotonous.

PARABLES A Deaf Man and THE BLIND MAN AT BETHSAIDA

Miracle and Healing in the Gospel of Mark

THE GROWING SEED and THE TRAVELING HOUSEHOLDER

Parables in the Gospel of Mark

20

How many parables are there in Matthew?

9

How many parables are there in Mark?

The Gospel of Mark

Jesus was portrayed praying in this Gospel.

Mark

He emphasizes the paradoxical nature of Jesus' messiahship, which includes suffering, rejection, and death before ultimate vindication and exaltation.

The Gospel of Mark

It is the shortest but despite this, his Gospel often contains more vivid details than Matthew and Luke.

Mark

he stresses Jesus suffering that Jesus is the prophesied messiah who came not as a king but as a servant.

Mark

He storyteller who focuses more on what Jesus did than on what he said, he thus reveals Jesus as a man of power and decisive action.

Mark

For him, Jesus is more than just a miracle worker. Jesus is mysterious, he is a somewhat enigmatic figure meaning he is full of mystery and is difficult to understand.

Mark

For him, Jesus is the prophesied Messiah who came not as a King, but as a servant. (Isaiah 52)