An analysis of a story in Three Versions: Jesus Drives out a Demon and Heals a Person (Matthew 12:22-32//Mark 3:20-30//Luke 11:14-23) Introduction I find it fascinating but also a bit confusing that the bible has more than one account of similar stories. The versions are alike yet have obvious differences as well. How can we explain these discrepancies? Do we need to? It is understandable to me why people have trouble sorting through the different versions‚ in the hopes of finding the truth
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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 Gospel of Matthew was written with the intention of bridging the gap between the prophecies of the Old Testament‚ and their fulfillment by Jesus in the New Testament. In order to make this connection‚ Matthew’s Gospel takes on a specific mode. It is mainly composed of stories that relate to the teaching aspect of Jesus’ life. Matthew uses his role as an instructor to portray Jesus as a “humble and compassionate Messiah.” Matthew’s perspective is also focused; the Romans are seemingly less culpable
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The Church and the Gospels of Matthew and Luke The four authors that wrote about Jesus life and ministry tell the same story in different ways. There are many stories about Jesus and not any one of the apostles told everything that was wrote about Jesus and his life. Even the content about the same story had many different details. I have picked to gospel accounts about Jesus to compare. The two apostles that I picked will compare Luke and Matthew. They both wrote about the same event
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only one account of the Passion of Jesus Christ or they believe that each story is the same; whereas there are four separate Gospel accounts of the Passion of Our Lord. Each of these Gospel accounts supplements the others‚ however each gospel account of the crucifixion of Jesus is unique‚ not only in how the story is told but also in the events and features themselves. Matthew‚ Mark‚ Luke and John clearly present different portrayals of the death of Jesus Christ. By examining each account the reader
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are all related to the stories of Peter throughout the gospel of Matthew. Matthew makes great emphasis on what the role Peter has in his gospel. Structurally‚ in the story we are reading about Peter’s stories during the Progressive Crisis of the Messiah’s Ministry (Matthew 14:1-16:12) and through to the Messiah’s Journey to Jerusalem‚ which includes Peter’s confession‚ the first two passion predications‚ and the call to discipleship (Matthew 16:13-18:35). Summary of the Passage/s: The stories
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this pericope is in all three of the synoptic gospels they have a few key differences. One of the largest is that in the Gospel of Matthew Jesus is restoring two possessed men while in the Gospels of Luke and Mark there is only one man that is being restored. This may be to simplify because in the Gospel of Luke and Mark the demon is called Legion because they are many‚ and in order to keep with the spirit of multiple demons for people to understand Matthew simply put two men instead of one. Another
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Universal Savior Although the gospels of Matthews and Like are the most similar of all of the canonical gospels‚ they offer different messages and send differing accounts of the figure of Jesus. Matthew calls Jesus the Jewish Messiah‚ while Luke does the opposite. Luke calls Jesus the universal savior‚ and by doing so each writer sets up their gospel to try and explain who they think Christ is by using their writing and knowledge to their advantage. Matthew depicts Jesus to be the king of the
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Composition (how the Gospels were created) Hermeneutics (how the Gospels are interpreted) Tatian‚ Origen and Augustine (for the next few pages‚ McKnight outlines Dungan’s views - at the moment I think the Dungan is a Matthean priorist) Here‚ the priority of Matthew becomes orthodoxy McKnight argues that “The rise of Matthean priority in this period was never established by carefully Synoptic texts. Instead‚ when Eusebius issued his canons‚ he took the most popular Gospel‚ Matthew‚ and put it first
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