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Map of Roman Empire

Timline 750-612 Assyrian Empire 612-539 Babylonian Empire 539-331 Persian Empire 331-143 Greek Empire Alexander the

Great 331-198 BC Ptolemaic Rule: Alexander's

generals divided the empire with general Ptolemy 1 taking Palestine & Egypt and general Selecus taking Syria, Babylon and a large part of Asia Minor (see map)

Timeline 143-63 Jewish (Maccabean) Rule Jewish

revolt for independence lead by Hasmonean family, later called the Maccabees

63 Roman Empire Under Julius Caesar, Romans general Pompey occupies Palestine in 63 BC

40   Neighboring Parthian's invade Palestine installing a local Jewish king, Antigonus

Timline 37-4 Herod the Great as King (under Roman

authority) Herod gets Mark Anthony & Octavian's (future Augustus Caesar) support to have Roman Senate make Herod king of Jews in Palestine

37 BC: Herod recaptures Palestine by force with Roman support     20 BC: To win loyalty of the Jews, Herod begins reconstruction of the Jewish Temple     6 BC: Jesus is born and Herod tries to find and kill Jesus. Jesus' family escapes to Egypt until Herod dies     4 BC: Herod dies

Matthew / Levi

Who was He According to: Matthew 9:9 and Mark

2:14; Luke 5:27 He was a Tax collector

Spoke Greek, Roman, and collected Taxes from the Jews

Jesus called Him out, He was a Disciple

Was a personal Eye witness

Special about Book of Matthew This Gospel was Written for the Jews

Proves that Jesus is the Messiah

Matthew identifies Jesus in terms of Old Testament relationships. He presents Jesus’ Legal right to Israel’s Throne, qualifying Him to be Israel’s Promised Messiah

Mark

Who was Mark Full name is John Mark

Was not one of the Apostles, Jesus did not call him

Most believed he was not around with Jesus but was a Friend of Peter’s and was his interpreter

Interesting note on the Book of Mark

Many believe that Mark is the oldest accounts of the Gospels

Focused on the Key elements of Jesus service on earth, Jesus Servant hood

Appealed to the Romans

Luke

Who was Luke Luke was a Doctor and Historian

Was not one of the 12 of Apostles, Jesus did not call him out

Academic

Interesting note on Luke Luke focused on Jesus being a Man, Jesus

Christ being the Son of Man

Historians believe this one is the most accurate and most thorough investigation done on Jesus Christ

Written for the academics, appealed to the Greeks

Theophilus- means friend of God

John, the Beloved Disciple

John who was he? He was called out by Jesus, so an apostle

Fisherman and friend/co-worker with Peter

Luke 5:6-11

Historian consider him part of Jesus closet disciples and beloved

John 13:23, 19:26, Mark 5:37; 14:33

Interesting note on John A very intiment portrayal of Jesus’ life

Declares Jesus Christ is the Son of God

Written for the world, to all gentile and Jews Jesus Christ is the savior of the World

John also wrote First, Second, Third John, and Revelation. He is believed to have outlived the other apostles.

What does this tell us? The Four Gospels appear t vary

significantly in content, arrangement, style, and purpose, and were evidently written from widely separate locations and to different classes of people. These many differences make their harmonious unity all the more miraculous.

What?

How we Got the Gospels Originally the Apostles thought Jesus was

coming Back so they were busy spreading the message Jesus told them to Preach

Finally as the Church grew larger and a lot people were getting Saved! They wanted written accounts on how it was like to walk with Jesus

Con’t These 4 Men were lead to write their

accounts, Mark was associated with Peter and

suggests that Mark used Peter’s account Luke was a historian and doctor who was

part of the Early Church and used first hand accounts to write out his version (reference Mark)

The other two Matthew and John were disciples and accepted by the early Church

Zacharias and Elizabeth Both from the Line of Aaron

“the Lord remembers.” and “the oath of God.”

Barren acceptable ground for divorce viewed as a punishment from God.

Zacharias once in a life time experience Luke Chapter 1

God’s reward for the Righteous The Temple was corrupt, for many of the

Priest it was all about image

Zacharias and Elizabeth were pious and lived by the Law for which God set out before the Priest THEY WERE DIFFERENT

All about God, God gives them John the one who will prepare the Way for Jesus

Elizabeth a relative (cousin) to Mary, she is related to Jesus

Mary and Joseph Both from the line of David

Joseph is way older, Mary possibly 13-16 yrs old (Teen years)

Know nothing about either of them before Gabriel’s visit to Mary

Joseph could have divorced Mary

Talking about feeling Inferior

Elizabeth barren most of her life, ridiculed by her peers, thought to be punished by God

Mary and Joseph supposedly carrying the King of the Jews and Savior of the World

View from Bethlehem

The Herodian

Road into Bethlehem

Beyond the Baby Killer Herod- Paranoid ruler, Killed Family

members, even his own son

Brought Israel, particularly Jerusalem, great wealth and provided power for the Sanhedrin Court

Rebuilt the Temple and restored Jerusalem to some of its Splendor

Beyond the Baby Killer Con’t Edomite, not Jewish but gentile Held the favor of the Romans

Ruled the area of Palestine with an Iron fist kept both the Jews and Arabic on peaceful terms with each other

For the Romans this area was difficult to control much like today

Why Did Jesus Freak out Herod?

Jesus meant change, Herod knew of the Prophecies and feared losing power

The message of Jesus is a threatening message to all Why? Change! People do not like the fact they have to bow on their knees and acknowledge their failures, Saved and Unsaved

Jesus started a movement of actually doing instead of protecting an image