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euangelion (greek)
good news
good spell (old english)
gospel
what does the term good news literally mean?
gospel
Gospel
A presentation of the life of Jesus as the good news of salvation
Why FOUR Gospels, why not just pick the best, or combine them all into one?
Multiple witnesses to the same even each with a unique perspective
Which gospel comes first in the bible?
Matthew
Which is most likely the earliest gospel?
Mark
Which story is found in all 4 gospels?
The story of feeding the five thousand found in all four gospels
Which gospels are synoptic
Matthew Mark & Luke
synoptic
seeing together
How is John the outlier
90% of johns material is quite unique to john
Gospel of Mark
-Mark’s favorite words: ‘and’ and ‘immediately
-No long lections of teachings or dialogue that might slow down the narrative
-It does not introduce Jesus origins
-MESSIANIC SECRET
Messiah
chosen one, anointed one
Messianic Secret
.Jesus keeps his identity as Messiah a secret, He warns those he heals no to tell anyone (no one listens), Favorite title is Son of Man, Goes to village of Philippi and asks who people thought ht was, they reply with ‘messiah’ but Jesus wants them to focus on divine things not trivial names.
Sanhedrin
The council that unfortunately puts Jesus on trial
What happened with Jesus and the sanhedrin council?
When he stands trial the Sanhedrin asks him straightforwardly ‘Are you the Messiah” he answers: “You say that I am”
5 points in Messianic Secret
Jesus keeps his identity as Massiah a secret
He warns those he heals not to tell anyone
Son of man ambiguous title
Mark 8- Climax of the Gospel ‘You are the Messiah’
Curious ending?: Jesus isn't in the tomb they meet an angel “dressed in white” it left us with two final endings, women witness the resurrection first, when they are commanded not to tell the secret they do but when they are to tell they don't.
Apostle
a title for one who has witnessed the resurrection
The Gospel of Matthew
-Tells the exact same story as mark but from a different angle
-Matthew portrays Jesus as the supreme teacher, rabbi and interpreter of the law
Sermon on the Mount
-Jesus gave a sermon on the mount to bless others “blessed are…”
-The sermon begins with a list of “blessed are…” called the Beatitudes (Latin) for “blessing”
The Beatitudes
Our bible translates the Greek word here as blessed but the word basically means happy. This is a list of happiness.
The Crucifixtion
-Memorialized in Christian calendar by Holy Week and Easter
Gospels spends a great deal of time describing the arrest, trial and execution so it is important we understand the orders of gospels
Thursday
-Passover Meal (aka last supper): Originally it celebrated the liberation of mankind from sin and death. Liberation for slaves in Egypt
Garden of Gethsemane: Jesus goes here with his disciples after the meal to pray. Then there was a mob with Judas led by it and to of Jesus’s own disciples
-Judas mob led by judas
-Tried by sanhederin council
Pilate
Pilate hears he's from Galilee and sends Jesus to the Jewish puppet king,
Pilate has him flogged but crowd isnt satisfied
Herod
But Herod does not have the authority to condemn Jesus to death.
Flogging:
(basically whipped until he's bloody) but the crowd is not satisfied
Jesus is led out of Jerusalem carrying and wearing what?
carrying his cross and wearing a crown of thorns
Burial?
by Joseph of Arimathea, important to note because Joseph was a member of the Sanhedrin. It shows that not everyone was in favor of putting Jesus to death
Saturday
-Jesus lay dead in the tomb
Sunday
-First day of the week, resurrection occurs. The tomb is found empty
The Gospel of Luke
-gentile author
-sam person who wrote luke wrote acts
Gentile
not jewish
The dinka of sudan
the word dinka simply means people. folks who are not dinka are not real people
The nuer of sudan
The word nuer meaning original people
Yupik
yu real people
Friday
Blackfoot nation people Niitsitpai
to the nation menas real people
Messiah is another concept used for the word
savior (luke uses this)
who were members of the sanhedrin
friday
Sanhrdrin take Jesus to roman purcrator because he has authority to put jesus to death
because he said he was king og jews but didnt pay taxes
-disturbs the peace of the people
What did Jesus teach about
Fatherhood of God
Kingdom of God
How did Jesus teach
hyperbole- if your hand causes you to sin type extreme exaggeration
parables- an earthly story with heavenly meaning
miracles - objective lessonsJohn calls them signs
good samaritan
the person who had mercy upon the man that was half-dead and robbed on the side of the road. After a priest and Levite passed the downtrodden man, showing him no mercy or compassion, the Samaritan took care of him and saved his life
in some jesus
intensifies the law
internalizes the law
simplifies the law
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