Review

Question 1

Messianic secret

Answer 1

Jesus’ habit of (1) not wanting his fame to spread (Mark) because (2) people are slow to understand, (3) have different expectations of what a Messiah should be, and cannot understand (4) His actions or (5) word apart from His death on the cross.

Question 2

Double tradition

Answer 2

Only found in Matthew and Luke, vary radically in order

Question 3

Tripple tradition

Answer 3

Sayings or episodes found in all three gospels, virtually identical in order

Question 4

Synoptic problem

Answer 4

Cause: double (only found in Matthew and Luke, vary radically in order) and triple tradition (sayings or episodes found in all three gospels, virtually identical in order)

Main questions:

1. Which gospel came first?
2. Who copied from which texts?

Solution:
Hypothesis

Question 5

Two doc hyp

Answer 5

Q source written first
Mark, unaware of Q, writes
Matthew, copies from Q and Mark (the material)
Luke, copies from Q and Mark (the order)

Question 6

Farrer hyp- right

Answer 6

Mark
Matthew, expands from Mark
Luke, copies from Mark and Matthew

Question 7

Griesbach hyp

Answer 7

Matthew
Luke, copies from Matthew
Mark, copies from both and condenses

Question 8

Feature of each canonical gospel: Matthew

Answer 8

Jewish perspective
Long
Concentrated parables (Ch.13)
Sermon on Mount (Ch. 5-7)

Question 9

Feature of each canonical gospel: Mark

Answer 9

Earliest
Gentile perspective
Short
Fast paced (“immediately”)
Messianic secret

Question 10

Feature of each canonical gospel: Luke

Answer 10

Gentile perspective
Longest
Dispersed and most parables
Liked with Acts
Sermon on Plain

Question 11

Feature of each canonical gospel: John

Answer 11

Philosophical
Simple language
No parables or exorcisms
Only 7 “signs” (i.e. miracles)

Question 12

Significance of Acts in NT

Answer 12

Links gospels and Paul’s letters
Bridge between authority of Peter and authority of Paul
In order to bring greater unity to the Church

Question 13

Timeline

Answer 13

63 BCE- Rome invades Israel
4 – 6 CE- birth of Jesus
34 CE- conversion of Paul
64 CE- Nero burns Rome and blames Christians
70 CE- Rome destroys temple (no more high priest, no more sacrifices)

Question 14

Thessalonians

Answer 14

earliest Christian doc

Question 15

Paul’s gospel

Answer 15

All ppl doubly under God’s wrath

1. Adam’s sin
2. Own personal sins

If faith in Jesus, personal sins repaid by cross [made innocent #2(personal sins no longer on them)]
- Jesus in now cov. rep. instead of Adam, His righteousness now attributed to them #1(Adam’s sin no longer on them)

Christians no longer under God’s wrath, but are His adopted children; receive inheritance (heavenly kingdom)

Suffering -> eternal glory