New Testament History Flashcards
Matthew - key verse
“Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.” (21:5)
Matthew - author
Matthew
Matthew - dates
50-60AD
Matthew - structure
1: 1-4:11 Preparation for Ministry
4: 12-15:20 Galilean Ministry
15: 21-18:35 Retirement Ministry
19: 1-20:34 Perean Ministry
21: 1-28:20 Culmination of Ministry
Matthew - message
Behold your king!
Mark - key verse
“For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (10:45)
Mark - dates
AD 50-60
Mark - structure
1: 1-13 Preparation for Ministry
1: 14-6:29 Galilean Ministry
6: 30-9:50 ‘Retirement’ Ministry
10: 1-10:52 Perean Ministry
11: 1-16:20 Culmination of Ministry
Mark - message
This is our God – the Servant King
Luke - key verses
“Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been
taught. “ (1:1-4)
Luke - author
Luke
Luke - dates
60-62AD
Luke - structure
3: 23-38 Christ’s pre-existence and human ancestry
1: 1-2:52 Christ’s birth and childhood
3: 1-21; 4:1-13 Preparation for Ministry
4: 14-9:17 Galilean Ministry
9: 18-62 ‘Retirement’ Ministry
10: 1-19:28 Perean Ministry
19: 29-24:49 Passion Week
24: 50-53 Later appearances of Christ
Luke - message
The Certainty of the Saviour and Salvation
Mark - author
Mark
Acts - key verse
“…you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” - Acts 1:8
Acts - author
Luke
Acts - dates
Between 62-64 AD
Acts - structure
1: 1-6:7 Jerusalem
6: 8-9:31 Judea, Samaria
9: 32-12:24 Gentile harvest
12: 25-16:5 Asia
16: 6-19:20 Europe
19: 21-28:30 Road to Rome
Acts - message
Jesus, by his Spirit, continues to work through his Church
John - key verse
“…these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:31)
John - author
John
John - dates
AD 80-90
John - structure
1: 1-18 Christ’s pre-existence and human ancestry
1: 19-51 Preparation for Ministry
2: 1-4:3 Early Judean Ministry
4: 4-5:47 Galilean Ministry
6: 1-7:10 ‘Retirement’ Ministry
7: 11-10:39 Later Judean Ministry
10: 40-11:54 Perean Ministry
12: 1-20:23 Passion Week
20: 24-21:24 Later Appearances of Christ
John - message
By believing in Jesus you may have life
