Why is the teachings of Jesus always referred to as The Gospel of Christ according to Matthew mark Luke John and not Gospel of Jesus?

Answer 1

i would think gospel in the biblical sense means book ...as in who was the author...each author writes their version,book,gospel of the life of Jesus...there was no written word for 80 years after Christ transcended to heaven...The Bible was spread first by word of mouth, so then the gospels started and were compiled later...gospel must mean story/book...this is my thought...not sure it is remotely connected to fact, other than the bible was not written down for 80 or so years after Christ was on Earth. Jesus was his name, Christ means light...we combined the two...

AnswerIn correction of the above, the word 'Gospel' means 'Good News'. Thus, the 'good News as told by Matthew,....' etc.

Each author of each account were writing their account of Jesus' life and ministry from a particular point of view. Mark was the first to be written - in around AD 60 or so (just 30 years or so after the ascension and not 80 as stated above). Marks gospel reads like a news report - in great haste and dynamic. It was as if he was getting everything down before being persecurted by the Romans. Possibly next was the account written by Luke - the only author who never met Jesus but who was a friend of the first missionary, Paul. Luke's gospel and his second book, the Acts of the Apostles, were written, most likely, whils on the voyages across the churches in the Mediterranean - between 60 - 80AD, although some scholars believe that it may well have been earlier. Luke got most of his material from Peter, the leader of the disciples and Mary, Jesus' mother. As a doctor, Luke was interested in many healing miracles of Jesus, and was also interested in forgiveness. Matthew's account was written from the Jewish outlook - he frequently included quotes from the prophetic scriptures in the Old Testament in order that the Jews to whom he was writing would believe that Jesus was, indeed, the messiah whom they had been waiting for. Finally John in his gospel (which was likely to be the last written - around AD 80 - 90) makes it quite clear why he wrote it - 'so that you too can believe' and he concentrates on the divinity of Jesus. In John's gospel Jesus does not perform 'miracles' - John, instead, calls them 'signs' - pointing to Christ's divinity.

Much of Mark's gospel is found in Matthew and Luke suggesting that these authors used marks gospel as a starting point when writing their own, fuelling the theory that Mark's account was the oldest. Matthew and Luke also have great chunks that are identical, but differ from both each other and Mark's gospel. Scholars have suggested that these passages come from another gospel account that they have nicknamed 'Q' (for 'Quelle?' = who?') but which has long been lost.

Other accounts have also been written - the 'gospel of Thomas' the 'gospel' of Mary and so on, but the earliest that these have been authenticated is several hundred years after Christ, and therefore, as such, must be regarded with some suspicion, as they were possibly written by sects that grew up around then that had a skewed picture of Jesus' life and minisry.

Finally, Jesus means 'he who saves' and not as above. 'Christ' is another name for 'Saviour' or the Jewish Messiah. The term 'Christ' is not Jesus's name but his title - in other words, 'Jesus, the messiah'. Another name used by him was Emmanuel = 'God with us'.

Another clarification:The Greek "Christ" and Hebrew "Messiah" both mean "anointed," identifying Jesus as God's chosen One.