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How has each gospel influence by its author, intended audience and the socio-political context that gave rise to it?. Matthew (savior of the Jews). Matthew was the author of the gospel he wanted to spread the teachings that he know.
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How has each gospel influence by its author, intended audience and the socio-political context that gave rise to it?
Matthew (savior of the Jews) • Matthew was the author of the gospel he wanted to spread the teachings that he know. • Matthews intended audience was his fellow Jew (especially the Pharisees and Sadducees) they stubbornly don’t accept Jesus they wanted to have their own messiah because they wanted to get their own desires..
Mark (human Jesus) • The gospels were written in Greek, so one probably answer is that the popular Greek biographical romance had an influence on the gospel writers. • Mark’s intended audience probably written for a Roman Audience who were Gentiles. It begins in His baptism, the beginning of His earthly ministry.
Luke (savior of all mankinds) • Intended Audience of Luke wrote for is aGreek Gentile audience. • Most scholars believe Luke (as well as Matthew) relied on Mark's written Gospel. Mark probably was an eyewitness to some events in Jesus' life. His Gospel is generally recognized to reflect Peter's preaching about Christ. Mark was in Rome with Luke and Paul during Paul's captivity. It would be natural to assume Luke had access to Mark's writings. • Luke's Greek is flowing and eloquent and shows evidence of a strong education. His writing evidences the meticulous attention to detail one would expect of a physician interested in proving that indeed he had "done his homework":
John- (focuses on God Incarnate John) • The author of the gospel is the disciple John. • It's primary purpose is to show the deity of Christ. • Intended Audience to combat heresies that had developed in the 60+ years since Christ's ascension, particularly those that denied the divinity of Christ. Gnosticism was teaching that Jesus was God in the appearance of a man and that the way to salvation was knowledge and understanding about God, notfaith. Adoptionism taught that Jesus was only a human who was adopted by God and elevated because of His obedience, not the second person of the Godhead, eternally co-existent with the Father.
