Matthew and Mark Flashcards

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Five Horizontal Zones

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  • Above (upper) Galilee ( Wet/ Inaccessible)
  • Beside (lower) Galilee (Jesus’ home )
  • Carmel and Jezreel (Baal)
  • Negev (south/Dry )- Below dead sea
  • Desert (wilderness)- Peninsula
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Five vertical zones

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  • Coastal Plain
  • Shephelah
  • Central Mountain range
  • Syrian- African ( Jordan) rift
  • Eastern Plateau
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Geography of Palestine

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Five vertical Zones 
Five Horizontal Zones 
Four seas 
Three continents
Two Worlds 
One God
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Four Seas

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Mediterranean Sea
Sea of Galilee
Dead Sea
Red Sea

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Three Continents

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Europe
Asia
Africa

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Two Worlds

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Land of Honey

Land of Milk

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Land of Honey

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North- Less space, more water 
Farmers
- Predictable 
-Noisy and congested 
-Manageable 
Focus on 
-Extras 
-People as individuals 
Nominal religion 
Mixture of Judaism & Hellenism
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Land Of Milk

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South- More space, less water 
Shepherds 
life is 
-unpredictable 
-silent and lonely 
-exhausting 
Focus on 
-Essentials 
-People in community 
people are spiritual- Center of Hebrew worship
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Family life in Israel

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Labor & Occupations 
Food production 
Banking/Dept 
Crafts/Manufacturing
Leisure/ games 
Travel/
Language 
Marriage 
Religion 
Death & Burial
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Labor and Occupations

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Honorable 
Dishonorable 
slave 
Trade guilds 
Food Production 
- Agriculture 
-fishing 
- Shepherds
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Matthew 22:37-38 NIV

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[37] Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ [38] This is the first and greatest commandment.

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Banking, Travel & Language

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Money Changers
Pax Roman ( Roman Peace)
Multi-lingual ( Greek, Aramaic, Latin)

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Fun & Games

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State Supported 
Large Masses of people 
- Circus Maximus 
-Coliseum 
-Arenas 
-Gymnasiums
-Public baths 
Political overtones 
Theatrical performances
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Death and Burial

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80% died before the age of 30
Cremation/ Burial options
Celebrations in the tombs
Ossuaries

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New Testament Culture

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Hellenistic ( Greek Influence )

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what happened in AD 70?

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The destruction of Jerusalem ( the temple was destroyed)

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3 Different Herod’s

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Herod the Great (King, all of Palestine, 37-4 B.C; Matthew 2:1-18)
Herod Archelaus (Ethnarch, Judea, Idumea and Samaria, 4 BC - 6 AD; Matthew 2: 19-23) 
Herod Antipas (Tetrarch, Galilee and Perea, 4BC- 39 AD; Matt 14:1-12; Luke 23: 1-12 )
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Herod Antipas

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Committed Adultery by marrying his half brother’s wife
Involved in the Murder of John the baptist
He was Banished to Gaul ( France)

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Bar Kochba Revolt

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132- 135 AD
Messianic Pretender
Devastation of Jerusalem

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Jesus as Teacher

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Reveals his humanity

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Gospel

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Evangelion - The good news

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What the Gospels portray

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Jesus as an extraordinary person 
Jesus as the fulfillment of prophecy 
Jesus' life and ministry 
Jesus' crucifixion 
Jesus' resurrection
Jesus' exaltation 
gift of the Holy Spirit 
Jesus' return 
call to repentance
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The kerygma

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the message being preached- preaching

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Preservation of the Gospel

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Ability to memorize 
memorable form o gospel materials (pericopes)
repetition 
reverence for sacred materials 
few intermediaries
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Written record- Why didn’t it come sooner?

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absorbed in evangelizing
anticipation of the second coming
sacredness of oral tradition
God’s timing

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Why was the written Gospel needed?

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growth of the church 
death of eyewitnesses 
second coming unpredictable 
heresy and attacks 
instruction of new converts
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Types of Gospels

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Synoptic- “seeing together” ( Matthew, Mark, Luke)
John’s
Non - Canon stories about Jesus

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Similarities in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke

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Wording
Order
Content
Lengths

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The Marcan Hypothesis

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Mark has 661 verses
Matthew has a total of 1068 verses- 500 borrowed from mark,235 from an unknown source(Q) and 333 unique to his gospel account

Luke has a total of 1149 verses- 350 borrowed from mark,235 from an unknown source(Q) and 564 unique to his gospel account

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Four reasons for Markan Priority

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Length
Grammar
Harder Words
Little of Matthew/ Luke not of Mark

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Contrast between the Synoptic Gospels and John

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Ministry location- Galilee- Judea
Form of Preaching- Public Parables- Private discourses
Aspects of Jesus - Outward human - Inward divine
Gospel account - presentation of Jesus- Interpretations

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When was Matthew written ?

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Most likely written in 65-70 AD before the of Jerusalem in AD 70

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Historical Matthew

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Firs referred by Ignatius of Antioch

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What are the 3 aspects of Jesus?

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Jesus as Messiah
Jesus as Teacher
Jesus as King

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Jesus as the messiah

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Reveals his divinity
Fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy
Interpretation of the OT law
Confrontation with the pharisees

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Rabbi

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teacher, master

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Jesus as King

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reveals both his divinity and humanity

Matthew 27:11

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Sermon on the mount

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chapters 5:1-7:28
9 beatitudes
3 fold practice of almsgiving, prayer and fasting
6 statement which begin “you have heard it said…but i say”

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Instructions to his disciples

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chapters 10:1-11:1

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Kingdom parables

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13:1-53/ 7 parables in this chapter

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Lifestyle in the kingdom

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18:1-19:1

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Jesus unlike a Rabbi?

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He spoke as one who had authority-different from other rabbis, he healed people, his use of amen or very truly I tell you

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Melek

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King foung 2700 in the OT

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Only in Matthew

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The genealogy of Jesus
Only instance of dreams in the NT
Jerusalem referred to as Holy City