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- beloved physician
- foreigner
- traveling companion of Paul
- unlike the rest of the disciples
- not one of the 12 disciples

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- the disciple jesus loved
- very close to jesus
- first one to recognize jesus
- one of the 12, one of inner 3
- brother is james son of Thunder
- disciple of John the Baptist before Jesus
- longest living disciple
- wrote revelation and 3 letters

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1) Jewish Man, Tax collector, Disciple (Example)

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1) Jewish Man, Tax collector, Disciple (Example)

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Matthew was not well like for his job (Tax Collector)
He knew the Jewish customs and the Law really well

only one to mention himself as a tax collector
jew, disciple, tax collector

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3) to convince Jews that Jesus was the Messiah

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3) to convince Jews that Jesus was the Messiah

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- fulfillment of OT prophecies (evangelistic)
to act as a teaching manual for the early church on Christian living (discipleship)

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stories -> teaching
5 "books" in Matthew of New Covenant
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5 books of Moses in the Old Covenant

- reference to O.T. fulfillments (more than 2x other Gospels)
- title "son of David"
- phrase "kingdom of heaven"
- Jewish matters emphasized

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a king

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Matthew 27: 37
Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is Jesus, the king of the Jews.

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greek (everyone)
for second generation
things included for both jews and gentiles

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3) whoever reads this will believe that jesus is the messiah

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3) whoever reads this will believe that jesus is the messiah

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john 1: 1-2
in the beginning was the word and the word was with god and the word was god, he was with god in the beginning.

- most teachings
- chose 8 miracles that jesus did

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- he was one too

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5) jesus is the promised son of God (King)

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5) jesus is the promised son of God (King)

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john 20:31

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- most unique
- jesus' teachings are more like philosophy
- teaching on holy spirit
- oldest copy of scripture
- didn't get crucified (died of natural causes)

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3) Jesus came for all people, classes, and genders

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3) Jesus came for all people, classes, and genders

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Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

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- birth narrative and when he was a teenager
- uses mostly parables (15 that cant be found in other gosples)
- emphasis on individuals
- different genealogy than Matthew
- writing style is more historic

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son of man

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- luke was Theophilus' personal assistant (slave)
luke 19:10

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- Interpreter of Peter (faithfully recorded what peter said)
- wrote after Peter's death, from Rome to Rome
- son of Mary
- disciple of Saul & Barnabas
- cousin of Barnabas
- close to Peter

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3) encourage believers who were suffering

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3) encourage believers who were suffering

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- shortest gospel
- uses greek words like "immediately" and "at once"
- very little of Jesus' teachings
- lots of miracles
- has turning point in middle of book

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mark 10:5