Gospel Of Jesus Research Paper

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The Gospels of Jesus are a huge part of the religion of Christianity. The Gospels are summaries of who Jesus is and what he accomplished. There are four Gospels; The Gospel of Mark, The Gospel of Matthew, The Gospel of Luke, and The Gospel of John. The Gospels recount the stories of Jesus and they give us a unique perspective of his life. The Gospels are trying to convey a message about Jesus and to have everyone think of them as a kind of preaching. The Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke are called the synoptic gospels because they can all be understood together. Matthew and Luke made their story around the plot of Mark. In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus begins in Galilee and he ends is life in Jerusalem. In the Gospel of John, Jesus is mostly with …show more content…

The language he uses shows that he was very educated and we later find out that he was a physician. Being that he was a physician it explained his scientific approach and attention to detail. The Gospel of Luke was written to give a reliable and precise record of Jesus’ life. Not only did Luke reveal Jesus’ humanity, but he revealed his perfection as a human. Luke portrays Jesus as a Savior of all people. Jesus was the perfect man who gave the perfect sacrifice for sin. Luke paid a lot of attention to detail and included dates and events that happened throughout Jesus’ life. With this detail Luke gives, readers can trust everything that is being said. His gospel give emphasis to prayer, miracles and angels. In addition, women are also given an important place in his …show more content…

The Gospels are one of the main components in the Christian Tradition. Just reading over the Gospels quickly, the women are only mentioned briefly. However, this assignment proved that it was not just a brief passage; There is so much deeper meaning in everything that is said in the Bible and there are so many different individualistic ways of interpreting it. Choosing to write about Anna was enjoyable because many people think she was not a very important character. Baukham proves everyone wrong. He gave examples of why she was important and what she represented. From reading the book Gospel Women one can really see that Baukham was a very informed reader of the Bible. Many people also did not understand why Anna would be in Jerusalem during that time period, but he makes it noticeable that any informed first-century reader of Luke would understand that none of this would be puzzling. Everything written in the Gospels and everyone that is mentioned is mentioned for a reason. Anna was a very historically credible character, who was very pure and really devoted her time to prayer, making her a very good role model to Christians and a great importance in the Gospel of

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