New Testament Lockett Exam #2

Literary Relationship between the gosepls

synoptic problem

there is evidence that sharing went on in Luke 1:1-3

-sholars still debate the order of gospels

Marcan Priority

-mark was first and matthew and Luke borrowed from mark

Matthew's Witness to the Life of Jesus

-corcerned with fulfillment of OT

- stresses Jesus's Jewishness

-Jesus does not like how Judaism is currently being practiced

Sermon on the Mount

matthew beatitudes

Purpose of Parables

reveal the mysteries of the Kingdom of God

-conceal or reveal

Parables in Matt 13 are

are about the kingdom of God

Marks "good news"

Jesus is the son of God not despite he suffers but because he suffers

Matthew 19:1

turning point

Mark 10:1

turning point

Mark linking the stories of paralyzed man calling the levit reveals that

despite miracles and conflict stories people still don't recognize Jesus

Mark arranged his material..

thematically ex 2:1-3:6 18:34-9:1

Marks gospel explains "good news" is..

accessible to Gentiles

Mark's Gospel explains...

the significant and necessity of the cross

Luke portrays Jesus as a

Jewish prophet for the world

implied author of Luke

highly educated: very good Greek

-an associate of Paul

Luke compared with Matthew and Mark

diff genealogy of Jesus

-Luke goes back to Abraham and shows how Jesus is

-son of man

-divine and human

Matthew's genealogy

Abraham to Jesus

Mark's rejection of Jesus in his home town

thematically

Rejection @ Home in Luke

orderly

Turning point in Luke

9:51

Luke 4:16-30 Jesus's rejection in his home town

Jesus reads Isaiah and claims to be its fulfillment

-Luke identifies with Elijah and Elisha

Luke compared with Matthew and Mark from the story of rejection in hometown

Luke portrays Jesus as a Jewish prophet

bc Jesus is born like a prophet

-heals like a prophet

-Dies like a prophet

Luke follows same

structure as Matt & Mark

Lukes universal character

Painting Jesus's career by the events of secular history

-gives time staps

Luke's quote of Isaiah

"all flesh will see God's salvation 3:6)

Universal in offering the message of the Gospel to the socially marginalized

materially & spiritually poor

-sinner

-tax collectors

Repentance

-sick in need of a doctor

The pursuit of Sinners

parables of the Lost sheep & lost coin 15 4-10

-parable of lost son/forgiving father

John says that Jesus is

the man who gives life

Passion Narrative

last supper

-passover has always been abt Jesus

-Trails & Death of Jesus

Matthew Main Idea

-it is fulfilled

-Jesus is Jewish

Luke main idea

universal

John's witness to Jesus

starts in the beginning

-Jesus is cosmic

John 20:31

But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

Trails & Death of Jesus

first before Sanhedrin

-second before Pilate

-third before Herod Antipas

John's implied author

John is eyewitness

-the disciple who Jesus loved

John is like the synoptics..

describes ministry of Jesus

- but lacks certain stories in synoptics

John's Prologue

-God is as good as his word

-focus on word

-comparsion of light & darkness

John opened his gospel with the idea that

both greek & jews agree

Different chronology

cleansing of the temple b4 Jesus's death

structure of synoptics

galilee-shift-Judea/ Jerusalem structure

structure of John

back and fourth

synoptics don't mention many Passovers but john

mentions 3

I am statements in John show how God is divine

how God is divine

Jesus's Baptistsm and temptation

-only synoptics

the year of obscurity

John state how Jesus turns tables and cleanses temples

the year of public favor

Jesus chooses dispels

-Herod kills John the Baptist

the year of opposition

-crucifixion

-resurrection

Jesus does not refer to himself as

Messiah

John shows how the kingdom of God is

not in its fullness yet

son of man means human

reveal & conceal