Sunday Gospel Reflections Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time–Year B February 19‚ 2012 Read Sunday’s gospel‚ Mark 2:1-12. Gospel Summary Great faith and forgiveness are at the center of today’s gospel reading. A paralyzed man had four friends of deep faith. So great was their faith in Jesus that they lowered their friend on his mat from the roof of the house where Jesus was. In ancient times‚ people believed that diseases and deformities were caused by either the sins of the person or his/her
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In order to understand why the gospels in the New Testament were written‚ we must know exactly what was occurring during that period in history. When the Gospel of Mark was written‚ we know there was a great deal of political unrest due to the Emperor Nero. The main question we must ask ourselves is‚ if the Gospel of Mark was written as a political response to Nero’s reign instead of a religious scripture‚ would it lessen the value of the gospel in a religious sense. The answer to this question
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Question 4 1 Peter includes an extremely high Christology’. Discuss 1 Peter is not a treatise on the divine nature of Jesus. Its primary concern is addressing the suffering of christians in Asia Minor. Much is made of the encouragement for the reader to identify with Jesus in his suffering and exaltation. However‚ within this addressing of suffering‚ 1 Peter also includes an extremely high christology that includes Jesus in the God of Israel’s unique divine identity. 1 Peter identifies
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1 Introduction The four New Testament (NT) gospels of Mathew‚ Mark‚ Luke and John present four accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus. Bible scholars and historians assigned the gospel names and their authors as Matthew‚ Mark‚ Luke and John respectively.[1] The three gospels‚ of Matthew‚ Mark and Luke are known as the Synoptic gospels.[2] The aim of this paper is to discuss the main themes and focuses of each of canonical gospels and show how they relate to reveal a complete picture of
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Thy 2: Reflection paper The Gospel Matthew 1:1-17 1An account of the genealogy* of Jesus the Messiah‚* the son of David‚ the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac‚ and Isaac the father of Jacob‚ and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers‚ 3and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar‚ and Perez the father of Hezron‚ and Hezron the father of Aram‚ 4and Aram the father of Aminadab‚ and Aminadab the father of Nahshon‚ and Nahshon the father of Salmon‚ 5and Salmon the father
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Jesus and the Gospels (Relb 160) 9/11/12 Reading the Gospels in Context * The World of the Gospels * Political * Judea a Colony of Rome- An occupied land * Comprises of the two southern tribes * Ruled in the first century by a representative of Rome * Herod Antipas-North * Pontius Pilate-South * Local Government-Sanhedrin * Religious * Social * The Literary Backgrounds of the Gospels * Genre
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[pic] Matthew–Mark Class notes for the private use of the students 2012/2013 INTRODUCTION to synoptic gospels 1.1 The Importance of the Course The modern biblical studies have seen a fundamental change in their approach to the Gospels of Mark‚ Matthew and Luke (the latter considered together with its second volume = the Acts of the Apostles). For many centuries‚ the Synoptic Gospels were considered as the principal source for
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The Synoptic Gospels INTRODUCTION For centuries‚ the subject of synoptic gospels had fascinated Bible scholars and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. This is because the account of the life and work of the greatest Man in history cannot but elicit both religious and scholarly actions and reactions as man tries to find the meaning to his fleeting existence on earth. As Richard Bauckham puts it‚ this is all “…a matter of seemingly endless interest to believers‚ half-believers‚ ex-believers
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Christology in the Gospel of Matthew Christology is the study of Jesus Christ. This paper will discuss the issue of Christology in the Gospel of Matthew. From reading this paper‚ one will essentially grasp better understanding of how Matthew explains Jesus’ divinity and his message. The relationship between Judaism and Christ will also be discussed. In the Gospel of Matthew there are many important aspects of his Gospel that point out to us‚ the crowd Matthews was trying to reach. From the
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The introduction of this Gospel shows many significant things. One of the main significant things that I noticed was that Jesus is introduced as the Son of God. The Son of God who was sent to rescue all of us from sin by serving and most importantly‚ He sacrifice his life for us. In the introduction‚ it told us every single thing that Jesus did when He was on Earth. In a way‚ it told us everything from his birth from Mary’s womb to the time He was crucified‚ dying for our sins to open the door from
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