Similarities Between Matthew And The Gospel Of Mark

During this time, the Gospel of Matthew was written largely in part to be contrasted with the Gospel of Mark. Since Mark was written to the people in Rome and Matthew was written for the Jewish people. The same also goes for Luke and John since they were also both wrote for different groups of people. While Matthew may be the first book in the New Testament, it is still considered to be a synoptic gospel that ties along with Mark, Luke, and John. Since they all four basically tell the same stories just in different points of view. Most scholars in the world believe to be that Matthew was written by a male Jew who had conflicting beliefs when it came to traditional and non-traditional values. They also believe it to be a more creative take on the
A clear distinction of this parallel is in the prologue of these discourses where it talks about the Genesis of Jesus Christ, or the genealogy of who he is. Which is deliberately echoing the book of Genesis 2:4 which in located in the Old Testament. With these five discourses, most people feel as if Matthew was a gospel to help the Jewish people with their faith since the First Revolt had happened and what they once knew about their faith had been completely changed. Since the Romans had destroyed the temple and really their way of life. In these discourses, it gives the views of Jesus in his early life up until almost the end of his life. But it tells it more in favor to the Jewish point of view with the way many of the stories are written. For example, in Matthew, he refuses to use the holy word of God in the expression “Kingdom of God,” instead he opts for “Kingdom of Heaven” which is one of the Jewish traditions of not saying the name of