Bible Question: I've been reading the New Testament, specifically "The Gospel According to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They are all the same and I wonder why it was made like that? I am also wondering what are its significance and what are its differences? |
Bible Answer: Confused Catholic, This is the short course on the Gospels. Matthew, Mark and Luke are called the Synnoptic Gospels. Synoptic means "with one eye." That is, they all tell the same story in a very similar manner and format, althoug with some individual variations. Matthew was written for Jewish Christians or potential Jewish converts. Mark was written primarily for a Roman audience and Luke was written for Greek Christians, so they all have different empahsis and stylistic variatioins while having similar content. John is a more theological Gospel that takes for granted and expects its readers to take for granted what is taught in the other three Gospels. John sort of fills in other details and is structured differently around Jewish Feasts and a series of "Signs." It can be broken down into The Prologue 1:1 - 1:18, The Book of Signs 1:19 - 12:50, The Book of Glory 13:1 - 20:31 and The Resurrection prologue 21:1-25. Emmaus |
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