Gospel Of Luke Synoptic Essay
The Gospel of Luke is one of the three synoptic gospels as part of the New Testament, the others written by Matthew and Mark. The reason they are called synoptic is because they have many similarities, all-describing events of the same era in their own facts and religious interpretations. The Gospel of Luke is an account of the life of Jesus from his birth, teachings, death and resurrection. His systemized account depends on the eyewitnesses of the resurrection of Jesus and his earliest disciples, although Luke could not be an eyewitness himself. The Gospel of Luke was written between the dates of 75 and 85 A.D, which was after the death of Jesus Christ. In this paper, we will concentrate on Jesus’s parable, specifically the parable of the
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On the other hand were the Pharisees who could be said were the spiritual fathers of Judaism, they were religious, claimed to be righteous, and were very critical of Jesus and his teachings. The way they spent their life religiously on the path of self-righteousness led them look down upon sinners and think of them as inferior. They were disturbed by the fact that Jesus would spend time speak and eat among these tax collector and sinners, they disliked him because the message of God he brought seemed different to their law of Moses which had been revealed previously. They would call him a sinner also because he would share a meal with the “low-class” of society whereas, he was trying to set them on the right part emphasizing on the fact that its never too late to repent in the house of God. The parable of the lost sheep was an answer to the Pharisees concerns, Jesus through this short story tells the people of the joyousness of heaven, when sinners, who had lost their way in this world, return to the house of God, the temple and repent for their sins. It does not matter to God what we have done in our past, until we build the belief and courage to put our faith in him and ask forgiveness for the mistakes we have made repeatedly, he always listens. Jesus was sent as the messenger of god to save the sinners not the righteous, they don’t require saving. Through this parable, we learn that God is worried about sinners, he finds people who are lost and don’t know their way then he makes them pure of their sins and rejoices in their
On the other hand were the Pharisees who could be said were the spiritual fathers of Judaism, they were religious, claimed to be righteous, and were very critical of Jesus and his teachings. The way they spent their life religiously on the path of self-righteousness led them look down upon sinners and think of them as inferior. They were disturbed by the fact that Jesus would spend time speak and eat among these tax collector and sinners, they disliked him because the message of God he brought seemed different to their law of Moses which had been revealed previously. They would call him a sinner also because he would share a meal with the “low-class” of society whereas, he was trying to set them on the right part emphasizing on the fact that its never too late to repent in the house of God. The parable of the lost sheep was an answer to the Pharisees concerns, Jesus through this short story tells the people of the joyousness of heaven, when sinners, who had lost their way in this world, return to the house of God, the temple and repent for their sins. It does not matter to God what we have done in our past, until we build the belief and courage to put our faith in him and ask forgiveness for the mistakes we have made repeatedly, he always listens. Jesus was sent as the messenger of god to save the sinners not the righteous, they don’t require saving. Through this parable, we learn that God is worried about sinners, he finds people who are lost and don’t know their way then he makes them pure of their sins and rejoices in their