Post on 18-Dec-2015
Why do we have4 Gospels?
Matthew Mark
Luke John
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Matthew Mark
Luke John
MatthewThe Gospel with a human face
• 42% unique
• 5 great sermons
• Jesus is Messiah
• Very Jewish
• Sometimes is anti-Jewish
MarkThe bounding lion
• 7% unique – 90% in Matthew
• Immediately 42x• Dark, suffering,
fearful tone• Who is Jesus?• Miracles
LukeThe plodding ox
• 58% unique• Slow, steady,
lumbering • Holy Spirit,
women and poor• Orderly account• Parables
JohnThe soaring eagle
• 92% unique• Most “spiritual”• Simple words• Belief• No parables nor
casting out demons
4 Accounts of the Birth of Jesus
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Irenaeus(130-200)
John, the disciple of the Lord,
who leaned on his breast, also
published the Gospel while
living at Ephesus in Asia.
Clement of Alexandria(155-220)
John, perceiving that the bodily facts had been made plain in the Gospels, being
urged by his friends, and inspired by the Spirit, composed a spiritual gospel.
Origen(185-254)
The Gospels are the
“firstfruits of all Scripture.”
The Gospel of John is the
“firstfruits of the Gospels.”
John Calvin(1509-1564)
The Synoptic Gospels allow us to
see “the body of Jesus.”
The Gospel of John reveals “the soul
of Jesus.”
John is arguably the most
influential book of the New Testament.
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John’s Chronolo
gy
Gospel of John
A ministry that oscillates
between Judea and Galilee
Do you have a picture
of Jesus?