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What are the literary characteristics of the passion accounts of gospel?
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Mark's GospelIn Jesus for the NonReligious, John Shelby Spong describes the principal literary characteristic of the earliest passion account, in Mark's Gospel, as a chiastic structure:
A The celebration of the Passover Feast, which becomes the Last Supper, beginning "when it was evening" (Mark 14:17), or when the sun went down: approximately 6 pm and the beginning of the day of the Passover by Jewish reckoning. Mark knew that the duration of the Passover meal was three hours and that it concluded with the singing of a hymn. Jesus says, "This is my body," a metaphor that will be reflected in his burial (A').
B When was about 9 p.m. Mark then has Jesus and the disciples go to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus went to pray. He suffered alone and in agony, asking God that, if possible, he take this cup (his destiny to be crucified) away from Jesus. Meanwhile his 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.
C The betrayal of Jesus, the darkest deed in human history, came next, occurring at the stroke of midnight. This will be reflected by the darkness at midday.
D At 3:00 a.m., Jesus was led away for a trial before the high priest and other senior priests and elders. We know the time of the first trial because Peter's threefold denial of Jesus followed, once each hour until the cock crowed, marking the watch between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m., known as cockcrow.
E "As soon as it was morning", which meant 6 o'clock, Jesus was led by the chief priests, scribes and elders for trial by Pontius Pilate.
D' At 9 o'clock: "It was the third hour when they crucified him."
C' When "the sixth hour had come" (12 noon), darkness covered the whole earth, reflecting the betrayal at 12 midnight.
B' The three hours of darkness, until 3 p.m. mirror the agony in the Garden of Gethsemene. Jesus last words, "My God. My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" reflect the recognition that his prayer in the Garden has not been answered. At 3 o'clock Jesus cried out and gave up the ghost.
A' Joseph of Arimathea then asked Pilate for the body of Jesus, so that he could be buried before the Sabbath began at 6 p.m., when the sun went down.
Notice then that the betrayal occurs at the stroke of midnight and that it forms a pair, in this chiastic structure, with the moment that Jesus died on the cross at midday. This emphasises the author's intention to portray the betrayal as the darkest deed in human history.
Matthew's Gospel
The principal literary characteristic of the passion account in Matthew's Gospel is what Ian Wilson (Jesus: The Evidence) calls pious embroideries by an author demonstrably over-fond of the miraculous.
Luke's Gospel
Luke's Gospel elaborates on Mark by overtly portraying the Roman governor, Pilate, as an innocent man. who repeatedly stated that he found no fault in Jesus, and repeatedly sought to set him free.
John's Gospel
John's Gospel adds details and alters the date and time of the crucifixion, from 9 o'clock (the third hour) on the day of the Passover, to 12 o'clock on the day before the Passover, in order to draw parallels between Jesus and the Paschal lamb.
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How is the account of Jesus on the Road to Emmaus different from the other gospel accounts?
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peoples faith
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What has the author Stephen J Patterson written?
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How many gospel accounts are there?
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