Matthew
The Book of Matthew is the first of the 4 gospels in the New Testament and focuses largely on Jesus’ life as a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. The Sermon on the Mount is a highlight of this gospel account. The author aims to understand Jesus’ words or ministry as explained in five different discourses or sermons.
Mark
The gospel starts when Jesus is baptised when he is an adult rather than his birth. Mark's central themes are the death of Jesus, discipleship, Jesus as teacher, Jesus as the Son of God and the "messianic secret."
Most scholars date the Gospel of Mark to sometime between 60 AD and 80 AD.
Luke
Luke the physician wrote this gospel and finished in AD 60. The purpose of Luke is to ground Theophilus and other Greek converts in their faith concerning Jesus Christ
Luke commenced with the birth of John, the birth and childhood of Jesus and the preparation for Jesus' Ministry. The fourth chapter is about the early and then later ministry in Galilee followed by the withdrawal Northward. Luke then talks about the ministry's life and its closing followed by the betrayal, trial and death and the last chapter (chapter 10) is about the resurrection, appearances and ascension. Luke has ten chapters.
John
John was a son of Zebedee and brother of the apostle James and John is the gospel of belief. It was written to convince people to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
Brief Life of Jesus
Jesus was born in Israel 2000 years ago. His parents were Joseph and Mary. For his first thirty years, he lived a traditional Jewish life, working as a carpenter. All the while Israel was under Roman rule, including Bethlehem, where Jesus was born, and Nazareth, where he was raised.
In his thirties, Jesus began his public teaching and display of miracles.
One miracle was feeding hundreds of people with not enough food and there still being some left over.
The religious leaders asked the Roman government to execute him. In each of several official trials, the Romans found that he was not guilty of breaking any Roman law. Still the religious leaders persuaded Pilate, to execute Jesus.
Jesus was brutally tortured and then hung by his hands, which were nailed to a cross. However, Jesus returned from the dead three days later, and over the next 40 days journeyed in both the southern and northern provinces of Israel. To many, this was conclusive proof that Jesus' claims to be God were real.
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In his thirties, Jesus began his public teaching and display of miracles.
One miracle was feeding hundreds of people with not enough food and there still being some left over.
The religious leaders asked the Roman government to execute him. In each of several official trials, the Romans found that he was not guilty of breaking any Roman law. Still the religious leaders persuaded Pilate, to execute Jesus.
Jesus was brutally tortured and then hung by his hands, which were nailed to a cross. However, Jesus returned from the dead three days later, and over the next 40 days journeyed in both the southern and northern provinces of Israel. To many, this was conclusive proof that Jesus' claims to be God were real.
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