• Luke

Why was this Gospel given the names we have today?

• Luke's Gospel was named after a travelling companion of Paul.

For whom was this Gospel written?

• Luke intended for his Gospel to be read primarily by a gentile audience.

What was this Gospel based on?

• Luke supposedly based his Gospel on Matthews Gospel.

For whom was it written?

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How short is this Gospel compared to the other Gospels?

• Lukes Gospel is the longest Gospel in length by words.

What is the focus of this Gospel?

• The focus of Luke's Gospel is tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ.

Is this Gospel similar or is it presented quite differently? Explain how.

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This Gospel is named after Matthew because the Gospel is written in first person showing that he was there and that he wrote the Gospel.

Who was it written for?

This Gospel was written for the Jewish Christians in Palestine and it was written to help Jesus spread the word of God by keeping written documents of what Jesus did to share his knowledge with others.

How big is it compared to other gospels

The Gospel of Mark has 11,304 words, The Gospel of John has 16,635 words, The Gospel of Matthew has 18,346 words and the Gospel of Luke has 19,482 words. Therefor the Gospel of Matthew is the second longest Gospel out of the four.

What is the focus of the gospel

The focus of the Gospel of Matthew was to help Jesus spread the word of God and to present him as a teacher even better than Moses.

• Mark

Why was this Gospel given the names we have today?

• it was named after the person who wrote it, this Gospel named after Mark

For whom was this Gospel written?

• Gentile Converts

What was this Gospel based on?

• The life of Jesus as a story form

How short is this Gospel compared to the other Gospels?

• the Gospel of Mark is 11,304 words and the shortest Gospel out of all the others and the first written while Luke has 19,482 and Matthew has 18,346 and John has 15,635

What is the focus of this Gospel?

• it stresses the deeds, strength, and determination of Jesus when he overcomes evil and sin, as well as defying the power of imperial Rome

Is this Gospel similar or is it presented quite differently? Explain how.

• it focuses on Gentile coverts while Matthew focuses on Jewish Catholics in Palestine

•  John was named after Jesus’ disciple, the son of Zebedee, assumed to be the “beloved disciple” mentioned in the Fourth Gospel (John 21:20, 24).

  
  

  For whom was this gospel written

• This gospel was written for the saints.

  
  

  What was this gospel based on?

• The divine logos, the world with god and that was god.

  
  

  How short is this gospel compared to the other gospels?

• Johns gospel was 15, 635 words making it the second shortest, the longest gospel is lukes being a total of 19,482 words.

  
  

  What is the focus of this gospel?

• The focus of Johns gospel is to convince people that jesus is the messiah ( meaning the leader.)