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| Fully Explain all of the relationships shown on the source criticism diagram (diagram will be given) |
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| Both of the gospels of matthew and mark draw from an unknown source "Q" which was a collection of jesus' sayings. Matthew and Luke also used seperate sources M and L respectively. the gospel of mark drew from both the gospels of matthew and luke. |
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| Who were the first to arrive at Jesus' tomb; what and who did those people find there; and what events happened after they were sent away (longer ending) (all from mark's gospel) |
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| Mary Magdalene, Mary mother of James, and Salome were the first; They found the boulder rolled aside and a man in white robes who told them Jesus had risen but they would see him in Galilee; at first Jesus appeared to MM but nobody believed, but then he appeared to others and they continued his work. |
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| Identify and Eplain 2 Major Differences between Matthews and Lukes Beatitudes |
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1-Matthew 3 says kingdom of heaven and luke says kingdom of god. this is becasue Matt's audience was primarily Jewish and kingdom of God wouldnt have gone over well.
2-when Matt says [oor n spirit when luke just says poor. Matt is clarifying poor in spirit rather than in land, or money etc. |
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| Fully explain the idda of who the author of Luke is, i.e. the "traditional" and "most likely" |
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Traditionally-thought to be luke, follower of paul who was a doctor
Most Likely- anonymous, well educated, Gentile Christian who also wrote Acts. Because he knew the Greek version of the Jewish Scriptures. Not raised a jew but converted before he changed to christianity |
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| When left with the void to fill from Judas' death, why were apostles wondering "what should we do?" how was matthias chosen. |
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| Because Jesus left no specific instructions on how to organize the church. By casting (draw straws) |
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| Explain the differences between Matthew and Lukes accounts of the death of Judas |
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Acts-Judas "combusts". deals with disiples, and the field of blood is where he died.
Matt-Judas hangs himself. deals with cheif priests. Field of Blood is a graveyard bought from the now dead judas' money. |
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| Bold Red Question from 2 John 7-11 |
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| This passage is challenging because god says to love your neighbors but the feuding in John and the way he writes about it directly conflicts with this saying. |
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| It is set in the time when the early christians were being ruled buy the Romans. the early christians held the minority viewpoint that the romans were persecuting, bad leaders, while everyone else appreciated their proggresive rule. |
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| Significance of Thessalonians 1:1 |
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| These are the first words of the New Testament to be put into writing |
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