Gospel Writers
Who was Matthew? What was his audience? What’s his portrait of Jesus? What was the major theme?
An Apostle And tax collector. Meant for Jewish Christian. His portrait of Jesus was that He was Messiah and King. His major theme was fulfillment
What’s diathēkē?
Testament/covenant
Which empire controlled the Medirranean world during the first century?
Roman Empire
Who was the physician/interviewer of the Gospel writers?
Luke
What are the five major categories of the New Testament?
- Gospels
- Historical
- Paul’s Epistles
- General Epistles
- Apocalyptic/Armageddon
Mark: Whats the primary audience? What was his portrait of Jesus? What’s the major theme of his Gospel?
Gentile Christins (likely Rome), suffering servant, Action
The Greek word for testamentum (Latin):
Whats the English word for testamentum
Diathēkē. In English, testament
What helped facilitate the spread of Christianity?
Roman roads, political stability, safe sea travel
What is the foundation of the New Testament?
The life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
What are the synoptic Gospels? What does synoptic mean? Why are they called synoptic? Why’s John not a synoptic Gospels?
Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
Seen together
They share similar structures, stories, and parallel chronology.
Because he speaks about divinity of Jesus as the son of God. I ‘am’ sayings.
Who was Luke? What was the primary audience? What is the portrait of Jesus? What’s the major theme?
A physician, gentile Christians, savior of all, savior
The Old English word for Gospel:
The Greek word for Gospel:
What does Euangelion mean:
God-spell
euangelion
Gospel, good news, good tidings, good announcements
Who was Josephus?
A first-century Jewish historian
Creation to
Israel to
Covenant to
Promise to
Prophets to
Christ
Church
New Covenant
Fulfillment
Apostles
True or false: The original copies or autographs of the original New Testament no longer exist
True
Who’s John? Who’s the primary audience? How did he portray Jesus? What’s the major theme?
An apostle, to a broad Christian audience, divine son of God, belief
What’s Canon? What’s an evangelist? What’s theology?
The recognized collection of authoritative biblical books.
One who proclaims the Gospel; commonly used for the authors of the four Gospels.
The study of God and God’s relationship with humanity
What is Papyrus P52?
It contains portions of John 18 and is one of the earliest surviving New Testament?
How many books are in the New Testament?
27 books
What verse contains the summary of life, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus?
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
Which two gospels were written by apostles?
Matthew and John
What language was the common language? What language was the New Testament written in?
Koine Greek
What were tax collectors viewed as?
Tax collectors were generally viewed as collaborators with Rome and were often despised by fellow Jews.
What time were the Gospels written?
Mark - AD 60-70
Matthew - AD 70-85
Luke - AD 70-90
John - AD 90-100
How does the New Testament present Jesus?