All told the story of Jesus, but had their own writing style and included different stories at time, too. Since each were written during different times, their versions according Jesus' life are different, but they all share some common things about Jesus.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Jessica, Tamara, Carmen, Gaby, Maggie, Jimena, & Ana Luisa
What makes Matthew, Mark, and Luke similar and different?
Boy's chapter 6 question
The synoptic gospels are called that way because they are a lot alike but still a little different.
One reason that the gospels might be the same is that they used the same source to write their books. For example, they used the book of Mark, which was the first book written, as a source that they copied from.
Another reason that they are so similar is because Matthew and Luke used a similar source that wasn't Mark but was similar and is called the Q source.
A third reason that they are so similar is that one of them might have used the other as another source that they used to write their book.
One reason that they are different is that they also used different sources called M for Matthew and L for Luke.
Another reason that they are different is that the authors might have added in different stories that they thought were important but were left out. The character of Jesus is portrayed differently in the gospels.
One reason that the gospels might be the same is that they used the same source to write their books. For example, they used the book of Mark, which was the first book written, as a source that they copied from.
Another reason that they are so similar is because Matthew and Luke used a similar source that wasn't Mark but was similar and is called the Q source.
A third reason that they are so similar is that one of them might have used the other as another source that they used to write their book.
One reason that they are different is that they also used different sources called M for Matthew and L for Luke.
Another reason that they are different is that the authors might have added in different stories that they thought were important but were left out. The character of Jesus is portrayed differently in the gospels.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Study Guide: Mark (Boxes)
NT5(Boxes): Mark
Name: ___________________
Date: ___________________
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Word Bank
blasphemy Christ Greek Herodians
history I AM Jewish John
Man Mark messiah messiah
messiah messiah Pharisees Plato
priest priestly Romans Scribes
scribes secret Sudducees warrior-king
1) _____
[Mark] is the shortest and probably the earliest surviving account of Jesus' life.
2) _____
Mark was written in [Greek] around 65-70 CE.
3) _____
Mark's message is that Jesus is the [messiah] sent from God in fulfillment of Jewish Scripture.
4) _____
5.1 The term "[messiah]" comes from a Hebrew word that means "anointed one".
5) _____
The word "Messiah", is the exact equivalent of the Greek term christos (thus "messiah" and "[Christ]" mean the same thing.
6) _____
At the time of Jesus there were different understandings of who the messiah would be. One group viewed him as a [warrior-king], like David.
7) _____
Another group of Jews saw the coming [messiah] as a supernatural cosmic judge of the earth.
8) _____
A third group of Jews saw the messiah as [priestly] ruler who would provide authoritative interpretations of God's law for his people.
9) _____
After the Babylonians overthrew Judea in 587 BCE, the term "[messiah]" came to refer to the future deliverer of Israel.
10) _____
The [Herodians] are only mentioned in the Gospel of Mark. They supported the Herods who were appointed by the Romans to rule Palestine.
11) _____
Jewish [Scribes] represented the literate elite.
12) _____
The high [priest] was the ultimate authority over civil and religious affairs when there was no king in Judea.
13) _____
[Pharisees] were strongly commited to maintaining the purity laws set forth in theTorah.
14) _____
Jewish [scribes] could read the sacred traditions of Israel and teach them to others (most people were illiterate).
15) _____
One of the things that strikes the informed reader of Mark's Gospel is how thoroughly its traditions are rooted in a [Jewish] worldview.
16) _____
[Sudducees] were Jews of the upper classes, They were largely in charge of the Sanhedrin (sort of a religious court).
17) _____
The [Romans] destroyed Jerusalem in 70 CE.
18) _____
The high priest asked Jesus if he was the "Messiah, the son of the Blessed One". Jesus responded "[I AM]", and (Jesus) will be seated at the right hand of God.
19) _____
For the high priest, the response of Jesus was [blasphemy].
20) _____
Jesus uses the term "Son of [Man]" in three ways: by referring to himself in the third person; of his impending suffering; and, as a cosmic figure who is coming at the end of time to bring judgement.
21) _____
Throughout the Gospel of Mark, Jesus intructs people to be silent when they recognize him as the messiah. This is known as the "messianic [secret]".
22) Why did people in Mark's Gospel have such a hard time grasping Jesus' unique identity?
Name: ___________________
Date: ___________________
javascript:void(0)
Word Bank
blasphemy Christ Greek Herodians
history I AM Jewish John
Man Mark messiah messiah
messiah messiah Pharisees Plato
priest priestly Romans Scribes
scribes secret Sudducees warrior-king
1) _____
[Mark] is the shortest and probably the earliest surviving account of Jesus' life.
2) _____
Mark was written in [Greek] around 65-70 CE.
3) _____
Mark's message is that Jesus is the [messiah] sent from God in fulfillment of Jewish Scripture.
4) _____
5.1 The term "[messiah]" comes from a Hebrew word that means "anointed one".
5) _____
The word "Messiah", is the exact equivalent of the Greek term christos (thus "messiah" and "[Christ]" mean the same thing.
6) _____
At the time of Jesus there were different understandings of who the messiah would be. One group viewed him as a [warrior-king], like David.
7) _____
Another group of Jews saw the coming [messiah] as a supernatural cosmic judge of the earth.
8) _____
A third group of Jews saw the messiah as [priestly] ruler who would provide authoritative interpretations of God's law for his people.
9) _____
After the Babylonians overthrew Judea in 587 BCE, the term "[messiah]" came to refer to the future deliverer of Israel.
10) _____
The [Herodians] are only mentioned in the Gospel of Mark. They supported the Herods who were appointed by the Romans to rule Palestine.
11) _____
Jewish [Scribes] represented the literate elite.
12) _____
The high [priest] was the ultimate authority over civil and religious affairs when there was no king in Judea.
13) _____
[Pharisees] were strongly commited to maintaining the purity laws set forth in theTorah.
14) _____
Jewish [scribes] could read the sacred traditions of Israel and teach them to others (most people were illiterate).
15) _____
One of the things that strikes the informed reader of Mark's Gospel is how thoroughly its traditions are rooted in a [Jewish] worldview.
16) _____
[Sudducees] were Jews of the upper classes, They were largely in charge of the Sanhedrin (sort of a religious court).
17) _____
The [Romans] destroyed Jerusalem in 70 CE.
18) _____
The high priest asked Jesus if he was the "Messiah, the son of the Blessed One". Jesus responded "[I AM]", and (Jesus) will be seated at the right hand of God.
19) _____
For the high priest, the response of Jesus was [blasphemy].
20) _____
Jesus uses the term "Son of [Man]" in three ways: by referring to himself in the third person; of his impending suffering; and, as a cosmic figure who is coming at the end of time to bring judgement.
21) _____
Throughout the Gospel of Mark, Jesus intructs people to be silent when they recognize him as the messiah. This is known as the "messianic [secret]".
22) Why did people in Mark's Gospel have such a hard time grasping Jesus' unique identity?
Study Guide: Mark (text)
NT5: Mark (Text)
Name: ___________________
Date: ___________________
1)
Of the full-length Gospels, Mark was certainly the last one written.
a) True
b) False
2)
The first thing we notice, after reading Mark, is how its traditions are rooted in a Jewish worldview.
a) True
b) False
3)
Jews in the time of Jesus understood the term "Messiah" to have one clearly defined meaning.
a) True
b) False
4)
For some Jews, the messiah was the future king of Israel.
a) True
b) False
5)
However, no one expected him to be a "cosmic deliverer" from heaven who would engage in supernatural warfare with the enemies of the Jews.
a) True
b) False
6)
Mark never calls Jesus the Messiah anywhere in his Gospel.
a) True
b) False
7)
John the Baptist, by his dress and diet, is reminiscent of the prophet Elijah.
a) True
b) False
8)
The term "Son of God" was used commonly in both the Jewish and Greco-Roman worlds prior to the time of Jesus to refer to persons empowered to do miracles and deliver inspired teachings.
a) True
b) False
9)
Ancient biographies never described the characters of their subjects, focusing entirely on documented historical events.
a) True
b) False
10)
According to the text, we do not know who the author of the Gospel of Mark was.
a) True
b) False
11)
The portrayal of Jesus as the "authoritative" Son of God sets the stage for the rest of the .........
a) narrative
b) story
c) Gospel
12)
Despite Jesus' concern to help others and to deliver the good news of God, he becomes ....... and opposed by the religious leaders of his people.
a) hated
b) loved
c) accepted
13)
Despite the hostility between Jesus and the leaders of Israel, Mark does not portray Jesus as standing in opposition to the religion of .........
a) Judaism
b) Christianity
c) the Romans
14)
Even though Jesus' understanding of the Law will come to be challenged, Mark maintains that he was himself ........ to the Law.
a) opposed
b) disapproving
c) faithful
15)
Jesus said that the Sabbath was made for the sake of humans and not humans for the Sabbath; it is therefore ..... to heal a person on this day.
a) unlawful
b) wrong
c) legitimate
16)
The Pharisees saw healing on the Sabbath as a dangerous perversion of their ........ and Jesus needs to be silenced.
a) rights
b) religion
c) words
17)
The reader of Mark is struck by the way in which Jesus is portrayed as supremely ............. , when he speaks people obey.
a) docile
b) authoritative
c) kind
18)
When the .......... see Jesus calm a violent storm at sea, their question is "Who then is this, that even wind and sea obey him?"
a) Apostles
b) Pharisees
c) people
19)
One way to establish "..........." as on of Mark's themes is to read the first half of the Gospel and ask, "Who realizes that Jesus is the Son of God?".
a) exile and return
b) kingly power
c) misunderstanding
Word Bank
Christ
community
death
disciples
Gethsemane
Jesus
nobody anything
pagan
Peter
removed
20)
It is clear from Mark's Gospel that Jesus' ........ never do come to understand who he is.
21)
An indication of this is when, in the garden of ......... he prayed three times not to have to undergo his fate.
22)
When Jesus asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am", ........ was the first person to acknowledge to Jesus when he said, "You are the Christ".
23)
But even then Peter did not understand who the " ....... " was: the one who would "be killed, and after three days rise from the dead"
24)
The text asks the question, "Does he not fully understand the reason for his ...... ?", because he cried out from the cross "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?".
25)
Mark's narrative may even intimate that at the end ....... himself was in doubt.
26)
A significant event, is that the first to acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God after his death was a ....... , not a Jew. The Roman Centurion, who crucified Jesus, proclaimed "Surely this man was God's son".
27)
Mark indicates that when Jesus died the curtain in the temple that separated the Holy of Holies from the temple. This appears to signify for Mark that God is no longer ........ from his people.
28)
The earliest manuscripts of Mark have an abrupt ending to the Gospel. The three women find His tomb empty; an angel tells them Jesus has risen; they flee and tell ............ .
29)
The first readers of Mark's Gospel appear to have been the Christians in Mark's ...... , who were illiterate, and had to have the Gospel read to them.
Name: ___________________
Date: ___________________
1)
Of the full-length Gospels, Mark was certainly the last one written.
a) True
b) False
2)
The first thing we notice, after reading Mark, is how its traditions are rooted in a Jewish worldview.
a) True
b) False
3)
Jews in the time of Jesus understood the term "Messiah" to have one clearly defined meaning.
a) True
b) False
4)
For some Jews, the messiah was the future king of Israel.
a) True
b) False
5)
However, no one expected him to be a "cosmic deliverer" from heaven who would engage in supernatural warfare with the enemies of the Jews.
a) True
b) False
6)
Mark never calls Jesus the Messiah anywhere in his Gospel.
a) True
b) False
7)
John the Baptist, by his dress and diet, is reminiscent of the prophet Elijah.
a) True
b) False
8)
The term "Son of God" was used commonly in both the Jewish and Greco-Roman worlds prior to the time of Jesus to refer to persons empowered to do miracles and deliver inspired teachings.
a) True
b) False
9)
Ancient biographies never described the characters of their subjects, focusing entirely on documented historical events.
a) True
b) False
10)
According to the text, we do not know who the author of the Gospel of Mark was.
a) True
b) False
11)
The portrayal of Jesus as the "authoritative" Son of God sets the stage for the rest of the .........
a) narrative
b) story
c) Gospel
12)
Despite Jesus' concern to help others and to deliver the good news of God, he becomes ....... and opposed by the religious leaders of his people.
a) hated
b) loved
c) accepted
13)
Despite the hostility between Jesus and the leaders of Israel, Mark does not portray Jesus as standing in opposition to the religion of .........
a) Judaism
b) Christianity
c) the Romans
14)
Even though Jesus' understanding of the Law will come to be challenged, Mark maintains that he was himself ........ to the Law.
a) opposed
b) disapproving
c) faithful
15)
Jesus said that the Sabbath was made for the sake of humans and not humans for the Sabbath; it is therefore ..... to heal a person on this day.
a) unlawful
b) wrong
c) legitimate
16)
The Pharisees saw healing on the Sabbath as a dangerous perversion of their ........ and Jesus needs to be silenced.
a) rights
b) religion
c) words
17)
The reader of Mark is struck by the way in which Jesus is portrayed as supremely ............. , when he speaks people obey.
a) docile
b) authoritative
c) kind
18)
When the .......... see Jesus calm a violent storm at sea, their question is "Who then is this, that even wind and sea obey him?"
a) Apostles
b) Pharisees
c) people
19)
One way to establish "..........." as on of Mark's themes is to read the first half of the Gospel and ask, "Who realizes that Jesus is the Son of God?".
a) exile and return
b) kingly power
c) misunderstanding
Word Bank
Christ
community
death
disciples
Gethsemane
Jesus
nobody anything
pagan
Peter
removed
20)
It is clear from Mark's Gospel that Jesus' ........ never do come to understand who he is.
21)
An indication of this is when, in the garden of ......... he prayed three times not to have to undergo his fate.
22)
When Jesus asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am", ........ was the first person to acknowledge to Jesus when he said, "You are the Christ".
23)
But even then Peter did not understand who the " ....... " was: the one who would "be killed, and after three days rise from the dead"
24)
The text asks the question, "Does he not fully understand the reason for his ...... ?", because he cried out from the cross "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?".
25)
Mark's narrative may even intimate that at the end ....... himself was in doubt.
26)
A significant event, is that the first to acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God after his death was a ....... , not a Jew. The Roman Centurion, who crucified Jesus, proclaimed "Surely this man was God's son".
27)
Mark indicates that when Jesus died the curtain in the temple that separated the Holy of Holies from the temple. This appears to signify for Mark that God is no longer ........ from his people.
28)
The earliest manuscripts of Mark have an abrupt ending to the Gospel. The three women find His tomb empty; an angel tells them Jesus has risen; they flee and tell ............ .
29)
The first readers of Mark's Gospel appear to have been the Christians in Mark's ...... , who were illiterate, and had to have the Gospel read to them.
Questions- Lu, Gaby
- What have you learned this year that you have liked the best?
- What has been your favorite part of the book of Mark?
- Have you liked this years bible class? and why?
- What are some of the things that you remember the most from this year?
- What have you learned?
Essay Boys
there are many questions that you can ask for the essay, since we have had a whole lot of conversations. But i also think that there should be a question that everyone can remember, not because it was very long, but because it actually means something for the students that are actually interested in this class.
In the opinion of all the boys, we think that the question Should be:how does christianity influence your life?
Or how do you view christianity
Jessica and Ana's Essay Question
How does having a Christian upbringing (parents, school, etc.) affect your relationship with God? And how does it influence your faith?
JESSICA'S RESPONSE
Being born as a Christian in a Christian family, I grew up thinking that Christianity is the only good and other things excepting it is evil. Honestly I thought there was a community of chosen people by God (called Christians) and I was a member of it. My Christian parents led me to the most correct and Christian way possible. Ever since that I came to Xela and grew up, I think that we humans are not saint, so we can't be as good as people say Christians are supposed to be.
I learned many things this year, and the major thing I learned is that my faith is not my parents' and they can't control my relationship with God.
ANA'S RESPONSE
With growing up in that environment, it's the first religion you're introduced to. Sometimes that carries on with people all their life, but there's always a time hen you really question a faith that was "given" to you since birth. There's also times when you're upbringing is completely surrounded by Christian thoughts, and one naturally wants to rebel against them. A lot of the time people end up questioning their faith, and abandoning it. But other times it just sticks with them until their death.
It just a matter of whether people question it and try to look for their form of expressing their faith, and what they believe in, or if they try to go look for religion somewhere else. But being the first that is shown to you, it always has a certain affect on your lifestyle and morals.
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