The Discipleship Training Institute

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THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS

• The Discipleship Training Institute
• Mosby Memorial Baptist Church
• Fall, 2006
• Session IV Side by Side What Do We See?
• Instructor Rev. Mary H. Young

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HOW DID WE GET THE GOSPELS

• The Source Hypothesis for the Synoptics

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TYPES OF MATERIAL IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS

• Sayings of Jesus Matt. 53-12 Luke 537-42
• Scenes Luke 736-50 Mark 111-11
• Miracles Luke 711-17 Mark 435-41
• Healings Matt. 82-4 Mark 21-12
• Aphorisms/Parables Mark 430-34 Luke 15

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QUICK REVIEW
AD Audience Purpose Disciples Jesus
Mark 70 Christians Suff. Hope Dont un-derstand Mess. Secret
Matt 80-90 Jews Manual of Instr. They un-derstand Emmanuel
Luke Acts 85-93 Gentiles To Interpret History Gradually Under-stand Must Suffer
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LAST WEEKS HOMEWORK The Feeding of the
Five Thousand
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

• Where is the miracle found in each gospel?
• What differences in the telling of the story did
  you discover?
• Why do you think a particular gospel includes and
  excludes certain details?
• Why do you think all (4) gospels includes this
  one miracle?

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THE MIRACLE IN MATTHEW

• In the Gospel of St. Matthew, the "Feeding of
  the Five Thousand" is recounted, where a
  multitude of 5000 men "besides women and
  children", were fed by Christ, who multiplied
  five loaves of bread and two fishes to the extent
  that all were satisfied, and the apostles
  collected twelve baskets of leftovers. (Matthew
  1414-22)

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THE MIRACLE IN MARK

• In the Gospel of St. Mark, two separate events
  are described. The feeding of the five thousand
  is recounted in Mark 632-42. A wholly separate
  miracle, recorded in Mark only tells of four
  thousand are fed, from seven loaves, and a few
  small fishes, and seven baskets of left over food
  are collected. (Mark 81-10)

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THE MIRACLE IN LUKE

• St. Luke recounts the feeding of the five
  thousand in much the same way as St. Matthew,
  providing the additional detail that the apostles
  were told to make the men sit "by fifties" in the
  grass.
• (Luke 97-18)

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THE MIRACLE IN JOHN

• In the Gospel of St. John, the same feeding of
  the Five Thousand is recounted, with the
  additional detail being provided that the bread
  was barley loaves. (John 63-14)

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SIDE BY SIDE AN EXAMINATION OF SEVERAL TEXTS

• THE WINESKINS
• Four-Color Synopsis Parallel Text
• JESUS KIN
• A Synoptic Gospel Parallel Text
• STORY OF JESUS
• Synoptic Gospel Outlines for the Story of
  Jesus
• FOURFOLD GOSPEL
• A Four Gospel Synoptic Parallel

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NEXT WEEK.

• Review all of your notes from previous classes.
  We will have several activities including the
  opportunity for you to Begin Writing Your Own
  Gospel.
• THE END