GOSPELS MESHED
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INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPELS
There are four books of the Bible that are referred to as The Gospels. The Gospels are written as eye-witness accounts of events during the lifetime of Jesus on earth.
There are two lineages recorded in scripture. Matthew 1 and also in Luke 3:23-38. Both lineages trace the ancestry of Jesus back to King David.
Matthew records the lineage back through Joseph (son of David) back to Solomon. This is the “Royal” line and thus a right to the throne of David.
Luke records the lineage back through Mary (seed of the woman) back to Nathan (2nd son of David). This is the Natural line.
PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY
There are books out there that attempt to do a chronological order to the events of the Bible. This was not the purpose of this study. The ONLY person that could do so, is Jesus Himself. Instead of attempting to do four individual studies on each Gospel, it made more sense to “mesh” them together. The events are placed in order that appear reasonable. This done with the knowledge that a DEEP, Archealogical, Theological study was not going to be done to decide which events happened before one another. Events were placed by what appears to be logical but keeping similar themes together was also done. The IMPORTANT FACTOR was to be able to study the Gospels and see it from the perspective of these four men.
Notes on MATTHEW
Written by Matthew Levi. Matthew disappears from record following the listing in Acts.
It was written prior to 70 AD when Jerusalem was destroyed. As Matthew lists the prophecy in chapter 24 of it’s fall and there is no follow-up to acknowledge the fulfillment of that prophecy has might be expected.
Matthew writes from the perspective of: “Jesus is a King”. It was written and directed at the Jews. He writes in a style of a man wanting to be accurate and get ALL details of a specific discussion of Jesus. He was not concerned about documenting items that might be considered offensive or ground breaking. He was a tax collector and unliked by his own people and now this Jesus had called him! He was going to get every word possible.
The Gospel of Matthew can be broken down into five sections recounting the life of Jesus:
Chapters 1-7 Birth to public ministry
Chapters 8-12 Miracles
Chapters 13-17 Parables
Chapters 18-23 Ministry move from Galilee to Judea
Chapters 24-25 Time in Jerusalem
Notes on MARK
Author: John Mark
Colossians 4:10 - Nephew of Barnabas
Acts 12:12 – “And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.”
Taken with Paul and Barnabas on their first Missionary Trip. He however left the trip to return home. On their second trip Paul and Barnabas splitup over whether to take Mark. He would end up later working for Paul and becoming instrumental in distributing Paul’s letters.
Theme: Jesus as the Servant. Many attributes of Jesus that display his servant attitude are interwoven throughout the book and are always the focus of Mark. His writing could be considered to be the “safest”, in that he does not go out of style to record “controversial” statements by Jesus. Statements that offended the “establishment” of the synagogue. This is probably the reason most religious organizations today will stay with teaching from Mark.
Often called “The Physician”. Wrote the Book of Acts or at least portions of it. His gospel writings are written in the style of a medical professional today writing his medical report on a patient. The beginning is smooth as in writing previous history. As the middle of the book approaches Luke tends to “remember” something Jesus said. He then stops for a moment to record that thought and then gets back to writing from where he was.
Notes on JOHN
The “Beloved”. Brother of James (Matthew 4:21)
Wrote the Gospel, I, II, III John, and Revelation
John writes as if this is the most Holy of information a person would ever write. He is correct. He therefore takes time to explain things but does so without adding all the stories that might appear to be “unimportant” in expounding on the Holiness of God. Of all the writers, he would be the “natural” pick to receive the Revelation.
Section Titles
Birth of John the Baptist, Birth of Jesus, Herod, the Young Jesus
Matthew 1:1-25; 2:1-23
Luke 1:1-80; 2:1-52; 3:23-38
Section 2 Ministry of John the Baptist
Includes:
John the Baptist and Jesus, Water Baptism
Matthew 3:1-17
Mark 1:1-11
Luke 3:1-22
John 1:1-34
Section 3 Temptations and Disciples
Includes:
Temptations in the Wilderness, Calling First Disciples
Matthew 4:1-11, 18-22
Mark 1:12-13, 16-20
Luke 4:1-13; 5:1-11
John 1:35-51
Section 4 Jesus Ministry Begins
Includes:
Water into Wine, Cleansing Temple, Nicodemus, Samaria, Healings, Demons Flee
Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25; 8:14-17
Mark 1:14-15, 21-39
Luke 4:14-44
John 2:1-25; 3:1-36; 4:1-42
Section 5 Healings and the Sabbath
Includes:
Healings of Leprosy and Palsy. Sabbath, Fasting, Calling of Matthew and his Feast
Matthew 8:1-4; 9:1-17; 12:1-21
Mark 1:40-45, 2:1-28; 3:1-13
Luke 5:12-39; 6:1-11
John 5:1-47
Section 6 Commissioning the Disciples
Includes:
Commission of the Disciples, Gospel is Offending and Divisive, Cost of Believing
Matthew 9:35-38; 10:1-42; 11:1
Mark 3:14-19; 6:7-13, 30
Luke 6:12-16; 9:1-6; 10:1-11, 17-20, 23-24; 12:1-12, 49-53
Section 7 Sermon on the Mount
Includes:
Teachings include Beatitudes, Prayer, Marriage, Love, plus more
Matthew 5:1-48; 6:1-34; 7:1-29
Mark 4:21-22; 9:50
Luke 6:20-49; 8:16-18; 11:1-13, 25-26, 33-36; 12:22-31; 14:34-35; 16:13
Section 8 Tribute and Anointing
Includes:
Tribute to John, First Anointing, Healing Blind and Dumb, Raising Dead
Matthew 8:5-13; 11:2-30; 12:22-50
Mark 3:20-35
Luke 6:17-19; 7:1-50; 8:1-3, 19-21; 10:12-16, 21-22; 11:14-32
John 4:43-54
Section 9 Parables
Includes:
Parables, Why Do Parables Work
Matthew 13:1-58
Mark 4:1-20, 23-34; 6:1-6
Luke 8:4-15; 12:13-21, 54-59; 13:1-9, 18-21
Section 10 Meeting Need and Death of Baptist
Includes:
Meet one need, Death of the Baptist, Commands Weather
Matthew 8:18-34; 9:18-34; 14:1-12
Mark 4:35-41; 5:1-43; 6:14-29
Luke 8:22-56; 9:7-9, 57-62
Section 11 Feeding the Multitudes
Includes:
5 Loaves 2 fish, Walking on Water, Bread of Life
Matthew 14:13-36
Mark 6:31-56
Luke 9:10-17
John 6:1-71
Section 12 Traditions
Includes:
Washing Hands, Healing Gentiles, 7 Loaves and fish, Sign
Matthew 15:1-39; 16:1-28
Mark 7:1-37; 8:1-38; 9:1
Luke 9:18-27
Section 13 Transfiguration
Includes:
Transfiguration, What it takes cast out demons, Faith
Matthew 17:1-27
Mark 9:2-32
Luke 9:28-45; 17:5-6
Section 14 Who is the Greatest
Includes:
Offense, Forgiveness, Sheep Listen, Who is Neighbor, Servant
Matthew 18:1-25
Mark 9:33-49
Luke 9:46-56; 10:25-42; 17:1-4, 7-19
Section 15 Feast of Tabernacles
Includes:
Sheep and Shepherd, Bearing record of Father, Sin cause Disease
John 7:1-53; 8:1-59; 9:1-41; 10:1-42
Section 16 Lazarus and Pharisee
Includes:
Raising Lazarus, Dinner with Pharisee, Parables
Luke 13:10-17, 22-30; 14:1-33; 15:1-32; 16:1-12, 14-17, 19-31
John 11:1-54
Section 17 Marriage and Laborers
Includes:
Marriage, Children, Riches, Second Anointing, Vineyard Laborers
Matthew 19:1-30; 20:1-34; 26:6-13
Mark 10:1-52; 14:3-9
Luke 16:18; 18:15-30, 35-43; 19:1-10; 22:24-34
John 12:1-11
Section 18 Temple after Triumphal Entry
Includes:
Triumphal Entry, Cleansing the Temple, Fig Tree
Matthew 21:1-46
Mark 11:1-24, 27-33; 12:1-12
Luke 19:28-48; 20:1-18
John 12:12-19
Section 19 Jesus Teachings
Includes:
Parables, Taxes, Resurrection, Woes to Pharisee
Matthew 22:1-46; 23:1-39
Mark 12:13-44
Luke 11:37-54; 13:31-35; 18:1-14; 20:20-47; 21:1-4
John 12:20-50; 14:1-31; 15:1-27; 16:1-33
Section 20 Jesus on END TIMES
Includes:
Jesus speaks about what will happen at End of Time
Matthew 24:1-51; 25:1-46
Mark 13:1-37
Luke 12:32-48; 17:20-37; 19:11-27; 21:5-38
Section 21 Last Week: Passover to Arrest
Includes:
Feet Washing, Last Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Denial
Matthew 26:1-4, 14-75
Mark 14:1-2, 10-72
Luke 22:1-23, 31-71
John 11:55-57; 13:1-17, 21-38; 17:1-26; 18:1-18
Section 22 Death by Crucifixion
Includes:
Trial by Pilate, Hours on Cross, Death, Tomb Burial
Matthew 27:1-66
Mark 15:1-47
Luke 23:1-56
John 18:28-40; 19:1-42
Section 23 Resurrection
Includes:
Empty Tomb, Appears to Witnesses, Eating
Matthew 28:1-20
Mark 16:1-20
Luke 24:1-53
John 20:1-31, 21:1-25
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Emperors of Rome during the time period
of the New Testament. 30 B.C. – 117 A.D.
Augustus – census and birth of Christ
Tiberius – Crucifixion of Christ
Caligula – bloody ruler, known as “little boots”
Claudius – time of the book of Acts
Nero – Trial of Paul
Galba
Otho
Vitellius
Vespasian – Destruction of Jerusalem
Titus
Domitian
Nerva
Trajan
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Merrill Tenny’s 1987 book “New Testament Survey” (Eerdmans Publishing)
This textbook has several charts that are useful for a complete study.
The following are jpg images from that book.
ROMAN PROCURATORS OF JUDEA - A list of the Procurators during the time of the New Testament.
THE HERODIAN FAMILY TREE - This family was NOT of the Royal Jewish lineage but were appointed by the nations in control of the area at that time to govern.
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