Perspective

• Gospels


  Four versions of the story of Jesus' birth, life, death, and resurrection
• Gospel


  Good news
• The same story is told in different ways depending on the perspective
• Perspective


  The way something is viewed or considered
• Four Perspectives on Christ

  • Matthew
  • Mark
  • Luke
  • John
• Matthew


  • Jewish disciple of Jesus
  • Action-minded summarizer
• Mark


  • Jewish disciple of Jesus
  • Action-minded summarizer
• Luke


  • Gentile
  • Doctor-Historian
• John


  • Gentile
  • Poet disciple of Jesus
• Gospels


  • Matthew
  • Mark
  • Luke
  • John
• Audiences of the Gospels


  • Jewish
  • Gentile
  • Gentile
  • Gentile
• Luke: '"Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled[a] among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."'
• John: '"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."'
• Matthew: '"And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'Out of Egypt I called my son.'"'
• John: '"Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."'
• Mark: '"Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times." And he began to weep."'
• Matthew: '"All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.""'
• Luke: '"In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord. 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years."'
• Luke: '"In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 All went to their own towns to be registered. 4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David."'
• Mark: '"On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see whether perhaps he would find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 He said to it, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.'"'