The Gospels Of The New Testament
The gospels of the New Testament are regarded as some of the most sacred and important text in Christianity. They are included: Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John. It is accepted that Mark was written first and then Matthew and Luke were written afterward around the same time. They are called the synoptic gospels because they all view the events of Jesus’ life in a similar way. They are very similar however they all have significant differences. Those gospels give important insight into the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. They also give a historical perspective on what was happening during the era that the writers lived based on the intended audience for each gospel. These intended audiences help paint a picture as to what early Christians
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Mark shows the suffering of the Messiah to let his audience know there suffering will come to an end. The main theme emphasizes in Mark is a race to the crucifixion. Mark does this to show to help symbolism the cross. Throughout the gospel, Jesus foreshadows his own death to the disciples. Often the disciples do not comprehend the message behind what Jesus says. This is a common theme of Mark. I believe this is because Mark is trying to tell his audience that it is found if you do not see the point of what is going on because Jesus’ followers did not always get the point as well. The final theme in the Gospel of Mark was the messianic secret. The messianic secret was to keep Jesus (the Messiah) a secret. Throughout this gospel, someone will recognize Jesus, but Jesus is constantly telling them not to tell anyone who he is. The messianic secret tells us that Jesus is the Son of Man so, he must suffer and be put to death.
There are many themes in the gospel of Matthew. One of them being righteousness. Righteousness being that you don’t test God; you trust him and you surrender to him. A common theme of Matthew was that Jesus was the fulfillment of the Covenant. It also had a theme of Jesus being the Jewish Hope (Jew of Hope). These themes are strong throughout Matthew to let the Jewish-Christian audience he was writing to know that it was okay to leave Judaism
Mark shows the suffering of the Messiah to let his audience know there suffering will come to an end. The main theme emphasizes in Mark is a race to the crucifixion. Mark does this to show to help symbolism the cross. Throughout the gospel, Jesus foreshadows his own death to the disciples. Often the disciples do not comprehend the message behind what Jesus says. This is a common theme of Mark. I believe this is because Mark is trying to tell his audience that it is found if you do not see the point of what is going on because Jesus’ followers did not always get the point as well. The final theme in the Gospel of Mark was the messianic secret. The messianic secret was to keep Jesus (the Messiah) a secret. Throughout this gospel, someone will recognize Jesus, but Jesus is constantly telling them not to tell anyone who he is. The messianic secret tells us that Jesus is the Son of Man so, he must suffer and be put to death.
There are many themes in the gospel of Matthew. One of them being righteousness. Righteousness being that you don’t test God; you trust him and you surrender to him. A common theme of Matthew was that Jesus was the fulfillment of the Covenant. It also had a theme of Jesus being the Jewish Hope (Jew of Hope). These themes are strong throughout Matthew to let the Jewish-Christian audience he was writing to know that it was okay to leave Judaism