What are the primary differences between the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Luke?

Answer 1

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Mark was most likely written by John Mark who was one of the companions of Paul and Peter on his first missionary journey. Mark is also possibly the young man carrying a pitcher of water leading Jesus and his disciples to the upper room for the last supper, and is probably the young man who runs away naked at Jesus' arrest.

Mark's gospel concentrates on the ministry of Jesus alone: it moves on with a fast pace as if dictated quickly during the Christian persecution, while Mark could still tell the story.

Mark includes the parables of Jesus, his miracles (especially involving demonic possession) and the stubborness of the disciples. It is believed to have been the first gospel written.

Luke, however, never met Jesus but was another companion of Paul. He was commissioned to investigate the story of Jesus a to set out the facts in a logical way. He used much of Mark's gospel to help his account, plus, what is believed were interviews with Peter and Mary the mother of Jesus. Luke, being a doctor, is interested in the healing miracles of Jesus, and concentrates a lot on God's forgiveness. He is characteristically concerned with social ethics, the poor, women, and other oppressed groups, and as such parables dealing with forgiveness (like the Prodigal Son found in Luke) are found nowhere else in The Bible.

Answer 2

The primary differences between the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Luke are their intended audiences, themes, and writing styles. Mark focuses on Jesus as a suffering servant and emphasizes action, while Luke highlights Jesus as a universal savior and emphasizes compassion and inclusivity. Additionally, Luke contains more detailed narratives and genealogies compared to Mark.

Answer 3

AnswerThere are no contradictions between the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of John. There are very many differences both in style and in the material presented. These cannot be classified as contradictions, but are merely different perspectives on the same event and more generally on the life and teachings of Jesus as a whole. AnswerYes, there are contradictions.

Which came first: the calling of Peter and Andrew or the imprisonment of John the Baptist?

• Mark 1:14-17 Peter was called after John had been placed in prison
• John 1:40-42 Simon and Andrew were called.

  John 3:22-24 John was not yet cast in prison

What did Jesus do after his baptism?

• He went immediately into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil for 40 days. Mark 1:12-13
• He called his disciples and attended the wedding in Cana. John 1:35, 43, 2:1

AnswerIn Mark's Gospel, the Last Supper was the celebration of the Jewish Passover feast, which took place on the evening before Jesus was crucified. Mark 14:12-16: "And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. "

In John's Gospel, Jesus was crucified on the day before the Passover feast. John 19:13-14: "When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! "

In Mark's Gospel, Jesus was crucified at the third hour, 9 am.

In John's Gospel, Jesus was sent at the sixth hour, 12 noon, to be crucified.

Answer 4

Because the Gospel of John was inspired largely by the Gospel of Luke, whenever John parallels the synoptic gospels it is usually most similar to Luke, except for a small number of passages that came direct from Mark.

Of course there are episodes that John shares with all the synoptics, such as the cleansing of the temple, in which he overturned the tables of the moneychangers. Here, the author placed this episode at the beginning of the mission of Jesus, rather than at the very end. This is evidence of our author's literary licence - John is rarely a faithful copy of its sources, so it draws attention when it is close.

One clear similarity between John and Mark, alone of the synoptic gospels is found in John 12:5: "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor," which can only have come from Mark 14:5: "For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor." This measure is not found in either Luke or Matthew.

Another is John 6:7: "Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little," which can only have been interpreted from Mark 6:37:" ... Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?"

Given that John's Gospel so rarely follows that of Mark, the exact measures of three hundred pence and two hundred pennyworth of bread are remarkable.

Answer 5

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It depends on what version you are reading and by the religion. Since the great apostasy, when God took away the priesthood keys from the earth after the three last apostles died, many of the records have been changed by many other different churches. Since there are many versions, one version has been the closest to being correct in historical terms, King James Version.

Answer 6

There are very few contradictions between the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts. they were, of course, written by the same man, Luke the Greek physician. Luke never actually met Jesus, but he meticulously interviewed many who had met Jesus and witnessed his miracles. Archaeological evidence has shown that Luke was an accurate historian (though not infallible - no man, except for Christ Himself, is infallible). One contradiction that people seem to struggle with is whether Jesus's ascension into Heaven occurred near the town of Bethany (Luke 24:50) or a full day's journey from Jerusalem, possibly Mt Olivet or the Mount of Olives, as that is from where the disciples returned after witnessing the Ascension(Acts 1:9-12).

Answer 7

The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are known as the synoptic gospels because they are moderately similar in their story of the life and mission of Jesus. John's Gospel is very different, although it does share some similarities with the synoptic gospels. The differences are sufficiently apparent to cause the early Church Father, Origen to say in its defence (Commentary on John), "Although he does not always tell the truth literally, he always tells it spiritually."

All the New Testament gospels were originally anonymous and were only attributed to the apostles whose name they now bear, later in the second century, when the Church Fathers were attempting to establish who probably wrote each of the gospels. Mark's Gospel was the earliest gospel, with Matthew and Luke based substantially on that gospel, with additional sayings material taken from the hypothetical 'Q' document. John differs in that it was a 'second generation' gospel, inspired by Luke's Gospel, although some material was taken direct from Mark.

The synoptics go no further than portraying Jesus as the Son of God, with Mark actually having Jesus deny being divine: "Why call me good? There is none good but God." John differs, from the very first verses, wherein it describes Jesus, the 'Word' as divine and pre-existing, and in repeatedly thereafter portraying Jesus as divine. Some important events are shifted in time; for example the 'Cleansing of the Temple' is moved from the end of the mission of Jesus to the very beginning, to allow for a quite different episode to be the trigger for the arrest of Jesus. Whereas the synoptic gospels say that the crucifixion was on the day after the Jewish Passover feast, John says that the crucifixion was on the very day of the Jewish Passover feast.

John can be considered a product of the second-century environment within which it was written. This gospel is thought to have been written in a moderately Gnostic community that split shortly afterwards, with one group becoming more Gnostic and the other joining a more conservative community. Elaine Pagels points out two apparent themes in this Gospel. One is to counter the influence of those Christians who believed they were followers of the disciple Thomas, which it does by creating the image of the 'doubting Thomas'. Another theme seems to be to compare the 'disciple whom Jesus loved' favourably to Peter, apparently to counter the excessive veneration of Peter.

Answer 8

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There may be some 'perceived' conflicts in the Gospel of John or any Scripture for that matter, but a fuller study of it would probably put those ideas to rest.

The Apostle John was called 'the one whom Jesus loved.' This may well infer that while Christ was on the Earth, He probably spent more time teaching John than any other apostle which includes Peter.

John appears to be the only Apostle not to be martyred. He lived a long life. He probably wrote his Gospel some 30 years after Christ's crucifixion and Resurrection - making it early circa 60s A.D.. Later he wrote his 3 epistles, and late in his life, while imprisoned on the isle of Patmos, wrote the Book of Revelations about 95 A.D..

John's Gospel discusses some quite deep and profound subjects the other 3 Gospels do not. For example, he was the only writer to explain who the Word was and why His sacrifice should inspire all, forever. John uniquely describes the God Family vision as no other writer has.

Only John discusses these subjects: the mighty 'I AM' and who He really was; the resurrection of Lazarus and what it means to all of us; the Samaritan woman and what she is pictured for the world; why Jesus wept which most today fail to understand - even those in God's true Church.

If I were to suggest anyone begin a study of Scripture, I would highly recommend starting with the writings of John as a foundation.

Answer 9

The most famous historical inconsistency in the gospel narratives is probably in Luke's infancy account, where he says that Jesus was born during the reign of Herod the Great (died 4 BCE) but also at the time of the census of Quirinius (6 CE). Of this, Raymond E Brown says, "The best explanation is that, although Luke likes to set his Christian drama in the context of well-known events from antiquity, sometimes he does so inaccurately."

Matthew's Gospel says that the magi followed a star to Jerusalem, then to bethlehem, where it stood over the house wherein lay the baby Jesus. There is no record of any such celestial event at the time attributed to the birth of Jesus, but there was a widely reported 'star' shortly before Matthew write his Gospel.Matthew also says that Herod had all the infants in and near Bethlehem killed, but there is no extra-biblical evidence for this. Even the Jewish historian, Josephus, did not mention this, although it is considered likely that he would have had he known of the deaths.

If we regard the Old Testament genealogy of the Judahite kings as historically accurate, then the genealogies in both Matthew and Luke are historically inaccurate. Matthew demonstrated that there were 14 generations from Abraham to David, from David to Josiah, and from Josiah to Jesus. To do this, he had to ignore 3 kings in the Old Testament: Jehoash, Amaziah and Uzziah. Luke also had great men occur in multiples of 7 generations starting from Adam, with: Enoch at 7; Abraham at 21; David at 35; Jesus at 77. He also had: Joseph at 42 and 70; Jesus (Jose) at 49. To do this, he had to insert his own presumably fictitious people into the Old Testament list: Kainan at 13; Admin at 28.

Another important historical inconsisteny is the beheading during a party in Galilee of John the Baptist, early in the mission of Jesus and therefore earlier than 30 CE. The Jewish historian, Josephus, says that John was imprisoned at Macherus, far from Galilee, and executed on Herod's orders for his opposition to Herod's marriage to Herodias.The marriage did not take place until about 34 CE, and the execution of John the Baptist seems to have taken place close to 36 CE.

Answer 10

As is now widely acknowledged, we do not know who wrote the Gospels of Mark and Luke. As with the other New Testament gospels, they were written anonymously and attributed to the apostles whose names they now bear, later in the second century. The Church Fathers soon noticed that there was a literary dependency among the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) and decided that Matthew's Gospel must have been written first, with Mark and Luke written as copies of Matthew. Biblical scholars have now demonstrated that Mark was the first New Testament gospel, and that both Matthew and Luke were copied from Mark.

There is a 'Missing Block' in Luke, corresponding to probably 13 pages that were missing from the copy of Mark's Gospel (between Mark 6:47-8:27a) that the author of Luke used. Apart from a discontinuity of the narrative, this results in the incongruous conjunction at Luke 9:18: "And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? "

Luke also contains additional material sourced from the hypothetical 'Q' document, that appears to have been unknown to the author of Mark.

Mark commences with John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus, while Luke commences with John the Baptist and the birth of Jesus.

Mark originally ended at verse 16:8, with the young man telling the women that Jesus was risen and they fled in terror, telling no one. The 'Long Ending' was added much later, providing the necessary resurrection appearances and harmonising somewhat with Luke, but this was not yet written at the time Luke's Gospel was written. The author of Luke therefore altered the story of the women arriving and learning of the resurrection and added passages in which Jesus met the two on the road two Emmaeus, then the disciples at a meal, before finally being taken bodily up to heaven on the very evening of his resurrection.