RE: GOSPEL OF MATTHEW AND MARK

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GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW

  • GENEALOGY - account of the descent family from an ancestor

  • RABBI - religious leaders

  • THE GREAT COMMISSION - Son of Man sends disciples to make disciples of all nations1

  • SERMON ON THE MOUNT - most important speech of Jesus (8 beatitudes)

  • COVENANT - ties God with His people2

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ACCORDING TO MATTHEW: JESUS IS….

  • A Messiah

  • The Great teacher of Israel

  • The New Moses

  • The Son of David

  • A man from Israel

  • The deliverer of 5 major speeches (pentateuch)

  • The Glorious Son of Man

  • The Head of the church

  • The New Covenant

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COVENANTS IN THE BIBLE

  • Genesis 17 : 7

  • Exodus 6 : 7

  • Leviticus 26 : 9

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LESSONS THAT CAN BE LEARNED BY READING MATTHEW’S GOSPEL

  • Compassion and Empathy

  • Humility

  • Courage and Faith

  • Forgiveness

  • Love and Generosity

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STORIES OF MATTHEW

  • Mt. 13 : 24-30

  • Mt. 13 : 44

  • Mt. 13 : 46

  • Mt. 13 : 47-50

  • Mt. 18 : 23-25

  • Mt. 20 : 1-16

  • Mt. 21 : 28-32

REMEMBER

  • Matthew was writing for a Jewish Christian audience in Antioch Syria (70-90 A.D.) and wrote in Greek

  • Matthew is one of Jesus’ 12 apostles

  • Matthew is a Jewish-Christian scribe with rabbinical training

  • 1. One way to make more disciples is through baptism

  • 2. A covenant is not a covenant when there are less than 2 people. Because a covenant is an agreement

  • Jesus has not come to dissolve the law but to fulfill it (no part of the law disappears)

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GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK

  • WINGED LION - emphasizes the dignity of Christ.

    • Mark also opens his book with John the Baptist roaring like a lion

  • ROME - place of composition of the Gospel

  • Written between 65-70 A.D. shortly after the of Peter during the persecution of Christians by Nero

  • Shortest but has the most vivid details compared to Matthew and Luke

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MARK, THE EVANGELIST

  • Author of the Gospel is named John Mark, a gentile disciple of Peter

  • Wrote for Gentile-Christians who came from Paganism

  • Wrote the Gospel as told by Peter

  • HEBREW THAT WRITES IN GREEK

    • Aramaic being his first language, Mark had difficulty writing in Greek lacking vocabulary and linguistic elegance

  • ST. PETER - founder of the church

  • Believed to be the companion of Paul mentioned in Acts 12 : 12 , 25

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PARABLES ONLY FOUND IN MARK

  • Mark had the fewest parables out of the other Synoptic Gospels. Matthew had 20, Luke had 28, and Mark only had 9

  • Parable of a Deaf Man

    • Mark 7 : 31 - 27

  • The Blind Man at Bethsaida

    • Mark 8 : 22 - 26

  • The Growing Seed

    • Mark 4 : 26 - 29

  • The Traveling Householder

    • Mark 13 : 33 - 37

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WHEN JESUS PRAYED IN MARK

  • In a deserted place

    • Mark 1 : 35

    • emphasizes Jesus' commitment to prayer amidst his busy ministry

  • In the garden at Gethsemane

    • Mark 14 : 32 - 40

    • captures Jesus' anguish and deep spiritual struggle as he anticipates the suffering and death that await him.

  • On the cross

    • Mark 15 : 34

    • reflects Jesus' profound sense of abandonment and suffering as he endures the agony of crucifixion

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ACCORDING TO MARK,

JESUS IS:

  • The Unrecognized, Suffering Messiah

  • The Messianic Secret

  • The Hidden Messiah

  • The Prophesied Messiah that came not as a King but as a Servant

  • The Man of Power and Decisive Action

  • God’s Only Son

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JESUS IN MARK’S UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE

  • Emphasizes Jesus’ “human side”

  • Jesus did not come to defeat the Roman legions but to suffer and die as sacrifice for sins

  • Jesus’ crucifixion does not negate his claim to be the Messiah, rather affirms it

  • Following Jesus meant denying yourself, taking up your cross, and following him

  • Jesus is full of mystery and difficult to understand