What do the Gospels tell us?

Answer 1

That he was born before 4 BC and after 6 AD, that he was born in Nazareth and Bethlehem, that an angel visited only Mary AND only Joseph, that he was visited by shepherds, or kings, or wise men, that he did and did not know that he was going to be crucified, that his last words were "into your hands I commend my spirit" AND "why have you forsaken me?", that the last supper was AND wasn't a passover meal, that his tomb was discovered opened already AND witnessed opening by Mary Magdalene alone, and several women and nobody else, and Joseph of Arimathea and a few other people...

It also says that you should hate your family and follow him, that donkeys can talk, that rich people can't go to heaven, that the world is going to end some time within the first century AD, and that Pontius Pilate was a procurator, a title which didn't actually exist until 20 years after he was in office, and a whole bunch of other contradictory and ridiculous stuff.

Oh, and also that you should love your neighbor as yourself.

Answer 2

the gospels teach us about the life of jesus

Gospel of Mark- Human Suffering

Gospel of Luke- Jesus' mercy and compassion

Gospel of Matthew- God's promise to Israel

Gospel of John- symbolic lanuage/ images used in prayer, is very theological ( the study of religious faith)

your welcome- a student from HT

Answer 3

Almost everything we know about Jesus comes from the gospels. They were all originally anonymous until attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John later in the second century. However, modern New Testament scholars say that there is no good reason to accept those attributions and, in particular, that none of the gospels could have been written by an eyewitness to the events portrayed. Thus we should not expect the gospels to teach us first-hand accounts of Jesus.

The synoptic gospels differ in much of their narrative from John's Gospel, but it remains at least fundamentally faithful to Luke's Gospel, the source on which John was largely based.

Matthew and Luke have been shown to be substantially based on Mark's Gospel, but differ from it in having additional sayings material from the hypothetical 'Q' document. Thus we go to Matthew and Luke for these additional sayings and parables, but could go to Mark for a source closer to the mission of Jesus. We can also learn about the birth of Jesus from Matthew and Luke, although each tells an entirely different story of the nativity.

The events in Mark form an elegant parallel structure that frames the entire gospel:

A . John explains the coming of Jesus (Mark 1:1-8)

B .The baptism of Jesus (1:9)

C . The voice of God from heaven, "Thou art my beloved son" (1:11)

D . The forty days in the wilderness as an allusion to Elijah and Moses (1:13)

E . The people were astonished at what Jesus taught (1:22)

F . Jesus casts out an unclean spirit (1:23-26)

G . Pharisees took counsel with the Herodians how they might destroy Jesus (3:6)

H . Demons, whenever they see Jesus, fall down and say that he is the Son of God.

-- Jesus commands that they tell no one of this (3:11-12)

I .. Jesus calls the 12 disciples (3:13-19)

J .. Jesus rejects his own family: he has a new family, his followers (3:31-35)

K . Jesus rebukes the wind (4:36-41)

L . The demoniac, wearing no clothes (5:15), cries out that Jesus not torment him and Jesus sends out the demons (5:1-20)

M . Jesus comes into his own country (6:1)
-- Where he was brought up

N . The people misunderstand Jesus and he can do no mighty work (6:2-6)

O . Jesus sends out the disciples and curses those who will not receive them (6:7-11)
-- in sending the disciples with authority and expecting all to receive them, Jesus is asserting his own authority

P . Herod thinks that Jesus is John the Baptist risen from the dead (6:14)

Q . Herodias and her daughter conspire to kill John the Baptist (6:16-29)

R . Feeding the thousands, and related miracles and discourses (6:33-8:21)

S . Who do people say that I am (8:27)

T . Peter affirms faith in Jesus as the Christ (8:29)

U . Whosoever shall be ashamed of me: of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed (8:38)

V . The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and scribes (8:31a)

W . Be killed and after three days rise again (8:31b)

X . Prophecy of second coming (9:1)- Jesus tells the disciples that some of them would not taste death until they saw the kingdom of God coming with power.

B' .The Transfiguration of Jesus (9:2-3)

C' .The voice of God from heaven, "This is my beloved son" (9:7)

D' . Jesus talks to Elijah and Moses then to the disciples about Elijah (9:4-13)

E' .A great multitude was amazed at Jesus (9:15)

F' .Jesus cast out a dumb spirit (9:17-27)

G' .They shall kill the Son of man and he shall rise on the third day (9:31)

H' .Jesus clarifies his divine status, saying that he is not God: "Why call me good? There is none good but God" (10:18)

I' . Peter says the disciples have left all and followed Jesus (10:28)

J' . Those who have left their family for Jesus have a new family: all Jesus' followers (10:29-30)

K'. Jesus rebukes the 'sons of thunder', James and John (10:35-45 - cf 3:17)

L' .Blind Bartimaeus cries out for mercy and casts off his clothes, then Jesus heals him (10:46-52)

M' .Jesus comes into Jerusalem (11:1-10)
-- Where he will die

N' .Jesus misunderstands the fig tree that can provide no fruit (11:13-14)

O' .Jesus casts out them that sold and bought in the Temple and curses them for making the Temple a den of thieves (11:15-17)
-- Jesus is asserting his authority

P' .Jesus asks whether the baptism of John is from heaven or of men, and the priests, scribes and elders can not answer (11:30-33)

Q' .Parable of husbandmen who conspire to kill the vineyard owner's son (12:1-9)

X' .Prophecy of second coming (chapter 13)

-- on clouds of glory, within the lifetimes of some of those to whom he was speaking

R' .The Last Supper (14:17-25)

S' .Art thou the Christ, Son of God (14:61)

T' .Peter denies Jesus three times (14:66-72a)

U' .And when he thought thereon, Peter wept (14:72b)

V' .The chief priests, elders and scribes delivered Jesus to Pontius Pilate (15:1)

-- Delivering Jesus is a similar concept to rejecting him.
-- Both parts of the pair involve chief priests, elders and scribes

W' .Jesus dies and on the third day rises again (15:37, 16:6)

A' .The young man explains the departure of Jesus(16:6-8)

We also learn that the last twenty four hours in the life of Jesus was divided into eight segments of just three hours each :

• "When it was evening" (Mark 14:17), or approximately 6 pm, Jesus and the disciples began the Last Supper.
• The duration of the Passover meal was three hours and it concluded with the singing of a hymn. So at the end of his segment Mark noted, "And when they had sung a hymn they went out to the Mount of Olives". It was about 9 p.m.
• Jesus and the disciples went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where his closest disciples, Peter, James and John, were not able to remain awake. "Could you not watch one hour?" Jesus asked. The process was repeated two more times. The disciples could not watch one, two or three hours. It was now midnight.
• The act of betrayal, the darkest deed in human history, came next, occurring at the stroke of midnight.
• Jesus was led away for a trial before the Sanhedrin. This governing body then judged him, on the basis of his messianic claim, to be worthy of death. It was 3:00 a.m.
• The watch of the night between 3 am and 6 am was called cockcrow. Mark now inserted his account of Peter's threefold denial of Jesus, once each hour until the cock crowed, marking the end of that phase of the night. That makes it 6 a.m.
• "As soon as it was morning", at 6 o'clock, Jesus was led by the chief priests, scribes and elders to Pontius Pilate for judgement.
• "It was the third hour", or 9 o'clock "when they crucified him".
• When "the sixth hour had come" (12 noon), as if on cue, darkness covered the whole earth for three hours, a counterpoint to the midnight betrayal.
• At the end of the three hours, at 3 p.m., Jesus said "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
• Jesus was buried in the final period from 3 to 6 pm, before the sun went down and the holy sabbath began.

Answer 4

well since the word Gospel Means "Good News" the Gospels would Tell us The GOOD NEWS of Jesus Christ! ty GOD BLESS

Answer 5

All the gospels are about Jesus. There are a biography of his life and teachings as told by the people who knew him first hand, his dispels.

Answer 6

The life and teachings of Jesus

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