![]() He shows this by recording Jesus's genealogy and quoting the old testament. ![]() The second reason he writes his book is to show that Jesus was truly the Messiah. To prove that Jesus was the promised Messiah of the Old Testament, Matthew quotes the Old Testament more than any other synoptic writer. Despite Jesus being killed by Jews, Matthew's first message is to strengthen Jewish Christian's faith in the knowledge that Jesus was the Messiah. The gospel of Matthew was written as a message of encouragement and strength for Jewish Christians. There were two main reasons Matthew wrote his book. Matthew was writing to and for the Jews and focuses his work around the idea that Jesus is the King of the Jews "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him." (Matthew 2:2). In John 20:31 the message of his entire book is laid out in black in white "But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name". In John 1:1 he lays the foundation for the entire gospel, and one will find that he continues to show how Jesus is the word made flesh " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God". From the very first verse to the end of the book John's message of divinity is clear. This can be seen through Jesus's statements of "I am" that will be found in John's gospel. Throughout John's work one will find that John's focus is on emphasizing the divine status of Jesus. Therefore, John's message is for all ethnic groups and his whole purpose for writing is to bring evidence to prove that Jesus is Christ and truly the Son of God. John's message was a personal account of his following closely with Jesus. The other three writers were followers of Jesus's apostles, and likely never met Jesus for themselves. The gospel of John was the only gospel written by a follower of Jesus. Learning about the authors can greatly help us understand how and why they wrote their gospels the way they did. The table above is a great way to see the similarities between the three synoptic gospel authors, as well as see how they differ from each other and the apostle John. Jewish leaders banned Christians from the synagogues Written when the persecution of Jews and Christians was intensifying Written after Romans had destroyed all of Jerusalem Christians experiencing persecution in Rome ![]() The Romans subdue armed Jewish rebellions. Noble, Powerful divine-fully in control of His destinyĪ Gentile Christian community in Rome undergoing persecution Merciful, Compassionate, Prayerful teacher with special concern for women, the poor, and non-Jews (Gentiles) Promised Messiah of Jewish people, greatest prophet, teacher of the "new law" calling people to be faithful of the Old Testament covenant with God Healer, Miracle Worker, Teacher, Misunderstood by those closest to Him A second generation Christian, possibly a follower of PeterĪn unknown Jewish Christian, traditionally the Apostle MatthewĪ Gentile Christian, traditionally Luke the physician and Paul's traveling companion ![]()
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