Jesus Christ: The Word of God Made Flesh

• What is the Anglo-Saxon of Gospel?

  God-spell
• What does Gospel means in Anglo-Saxon?

  Good Tidings, Good News
• Gospel - the most important and credible sources about the person, message, and life of Jesus
• Where do we go back if we seek to know Jesus?

  Gospels
• The gospels underwent a process of development and finalization before they were written down as finished products.
• What are the foundational stages of the composition of the Gospels?

  Jesus and His disciples, Disciples and early Christians, Early Christians and Evangelists
• How many are the apostles of Jesus?

  12
• What does the 12 apostles of Jesus represent?

  Tribes of Israel
• Apostles - these men became Jesus' immediate circle, accompanying him in his journey even after His death
• Apostles - are eyewitnesses to Jesus' miraculous deeds, and listening to His life
• Who are the 12 apostles?

  Bartholomew, Andrew, Philip, Peter, Thomas, Judas Thaddaeus, James the Greater, James the Lesser, John, Judas Iscariot, Simon the Zealot, Matthew
• Kerygma - means the era of oral tradition
• Written Tradition - the era of writing
• Martyrs - Christians who died for their faith, heroes of the Christian faith
• Apostates - the ones who abandoned their faith for their own interest
• Evangelists - the ones who announce good news
• Evangelists - began writing the life and message of Jesus Christ
• Who are the known Synoptic Gospels?

  Mark, Matthew, Luke
• Synoptic Gospels - means that their contents and details in the Bible, when placed in a parallel form, are similar
• John - the only gospel that was totally different among the others
• What are the Gospels?

  Luke, Matthew, John, Mark
• Who was the earliest among the four gospels?

  Mark
• What gospels have their common origin in the gospel of Mark?

  Matthew, Luke
• Who was the co-author of the gospel of Mark as authored by Him?

  Peter
• What date was the gospel of Mark written?

  70 CE
• What was the place of composition of the Gospel of Mark?

  Rome
• Mark's audience was facing a threat of persecution by the Roman Empire.
• What was the central theme of Mark?

  Messianic Secret
• Who was the attributed author of the gospel of Matthew?

  Apostle Matthew
• What was the date of composition of the gospel of Matthew?

  80 to 90 CE
• Where was the gospel of Matthew written?

  Galilee
• Who were the audience of the Gospel of Matthew?

  Jewish Christians, Gentiles
• Luke - a physician, companion of Paul, and a gentile Christian Convert
• Who wrote the gospel of Luke and the acts of the apostles?

  Luke
• When was the composition of the Luke-Acts?

  80 to 85 AD
• Where was the place of composition of the Gospel of Luke?

  Antioch, Syria
• Luke's audience was situated in the aftermath of the destruction of Jerusalem.
• Whose gospel was these theological message: Jesus as the Son of David and the Son of Abraham, Jesus as the Messiah both in word and deed and is the new mosses?

  Matthew
• Whose gospel was these theological message: Jesus as a compassionate universal messiah. to preach good news, to proclaim release of the captives, to set liberty to oppressed, and proclaim an acceptable year of the lord?

  Luke
• Who was the traditionally attributed author of the Gospel of John?

  John Son of Zebedee