Bible Question:
why is the crucifixion of jesus repeated in mark ,luke ,john repeatedly . |
Bible Answer: cccd: I'm really not sure of the point of your question. I assume you are asking why Mark, Luke and John all give accounts of the passion and death of Christ. Add Matthew to your list, too, for all four Gospel writers devote a considerable portion of their respective gospels to the events that took place in the final hours of Christ's life on earth that led to His atoning death on the Cross. Why this emphasis by all four Gospel writers? The answer is obvious. Christ -- His finished work on the Cross, His glorious resurrection -- is the focus of all Scripture. The Bible is a book of redemption, a book of salvation and deliverance for lost mankind. Redemption is a twofold idea. It refers to a deliverance and it refers to the price paid for that deliverance, a ransom. We all of us are redeemed from the penalty of sin and from the power of Satan and evil by the price Jesus paid for us on the Cross. The whole of the Bible, Old Testament and New, looks to the mighty redemptive atonement of Christ. His blood sacrifice on the Cross is the ransom paid for our deliverance. From the creation and the fall of man in Genesis to the Apocalypse, the centerpiece is the Messiah, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. (See John 1:29) Can there be any question why the Spirit-inspired writers of the Gospels all record in such vivid detail the final hours in our Savior's life on earth? The Old Testament prophets and psalmists pointed forward to the Cross (e.g., see Isaiah 53:6). The New Testament letters pointed back to the Cross (e.g., see 1 Corinthians 2:2). I believe it is no exaggeration to say that the turning point of all human history came when Jesus said from the Cross, "It is finished." (see John 19:30) --Hank |
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