Gospel - Wikipedia
The gospels are a kind of bios, or ancient biography, [3] meant to convince people that Jesus was a charismatic miracle-working holy man, providing examples for readers to emulate.
List of Gospels - Wikipedia
Gospels are a genre of ancient biography in early Christian literature. The New Testament includes four canonical gospels, but there are many gospels not included in the biblical canon. [3] These additional gospels are referred to as either New Testament apocrypha or pseudepigrapha.
Gospel | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
2024年10月28日 · Gospel, any of four biblical narratives covering the life and death of Jesus Christ. Written, according to tradition, respectively by St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, and St. John (the four evangelists), they are placed at the beginning of the New Testament and make up about half the total text.
What Are the Gospels, and Why Are There Four of Them?
2017年9月22日 · When people talk about “the gospel,” there’s only one thing they mean: the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are the four books of the Bible that record almost everything we know about Jesus.
Guide to the Four Gospels - OverviewBible
2018年7月6日 · The first four books of the New Testament are known as the Gospels. These books tell us about the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Gospels - World History Encyclopedia
2021年2月26日 · The gospels were produced from c. 70 CE to perhaps 100 CE. Their portraits of Jesus, who he was, and why he was here, differ in relation to both later reflections and changes in the demographics of the earliest Christian communities over time. The four gospels vary in some of the details of Jesus.
Gospels - Encyclopedia of The Bible - Bible Gateway
In Paul’s epistles, the Gospel is the testimony to Jesus (Rom 1:3). The word is always sing. An evangelist is one who bears the good tidings (2 Tim 4:5). At the beginning of the 2nd cent., the term began to be used for the written account of salvation (Did. 15:3f. 2 Clem. 8:5). There was, however, only one Gospel.
What is a Gospel? - BibleProject
The Gospels share four features that make them unique amongst other biblical stories or contemporary biographical narratives. First, they expertly weave in Old Testament stories into the story of Jesus.
Overview of the Four Gospels - Christianity
2023年6月22日 · In four great characters, each of which completes the other three, we have Jesus Christ Himself. The Evangelists never describe Christ--they set Him forth. They tell us almost nothing of what they thought about Him. They let Him speak and act for himself.
The Story Of The Storytellers - What Are The Gospels? - PBS
The gospels are not biographies in the modern sense of the word. Rather, they are stories told in such a way as to evoke a certain image of Jesus for a particular audience.