His name is St.Mathew he was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus born in Galilee and he was the son of Alpheus .He was a tax collecter and was despised by Jews for his occupation . According to the New Testement Mathew saw the Resurrection and the AscensionofJesus. His name was also Levi . He was the father the first Gospel . when he first got to be following Jesus he had a dinner for all the local sinners and tax collectors. St.Mathew was placed upside down and then was lit on fire . After he was lit on fire he was put in a coffin sunk at sea over night. Gospel of Mathew was written for the people of Judea. The Gospel of Mathew was not one of the first Gospels written, but it is seen as one of the most important. The book of Mathew contains
Saint Sebastian was in the Roman Army. He did that to help the Christians who were being persecuted. When he was a guard he made many people turn to God by helping them. When he was discovered to be a Christian he was put to death by the emperor. He was tied to a tree and shot at by archers until he died.
He had visited Philippi on his second missionary journey where Lydia and other Jews heard the message and began meeting together eventually becoming the initial start of the church. This was Paul 's first church in Europe. Paul was eventually put in prison after helping a demon possessed girl. The church at Philippi sent him a gift while he was in prison. He wrote the book of Philippians as a letter to thank them, to let them know he was doing okay
Luke joined Paul’s group in Troas around 51. From there, Luke journeyed to Samothrace, Neapolis, Philippi, Miletus, Tyre, Caesarea, and Jerusalem (D). Luke was the last member of Paul’s group that remained with him in his final prisoning. Luke’s gospel concerns social justice and the poor. Only in Luke are the stories about the Good Samaritan and the Samaritan leper found.
In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is presented as the “Christ, the Messiah” (Mk 1:1 NAB). These are the first words of Mark. However, what does this mean? Through the Gospel, Mark wants to answer this question with several facts. The Gospel is divided in two main sections: first, chapter 1 to 8 shows the human part of Jesus and performing several miracles.
However, the Roman forces in Palestine believed that Jesus’s ideas could cause a Jewish revolt, so they crucified him. After Jesus’s death, some of his followers spread the message that Jesus was resurrected and had passed on to heaven. Jesus
While modern scholars have been unable to authenticate the Gospel of Mark’s author, traditionalists, dating back to 130 CE have asserted the Gospel of Mark was written by John Mark, a disciple of the Apostle Peter (Harris, 2014). Papias, a second century bishop of Hierapolis, refers to John Mark as a disciple of the Apostle Peter and asserts the Book of Mark is a compilation of Peter’s recollections of Jesus. However, after thoroughly reviewing the Gospel of Mark, modern day scholars have been unable to authenticate John Mark as the author. Subsequently, the Gospel of Mark’s author is considered to be anonymous, however for ease of reference scholar’s commonly refer to the gospel’s author as Mark. Furthermore, they also concluded the gospel
One of the most important things that is needed to fully understand this paper is the answer to the question that some people may be asking right now; Who is Jesus? This is crucial point that plays a key role in why Jesus was killed. Finding information about Jesus of Nazareth is actually fairly easy, I mean Christianity, which was founded on the teachings and lessons of Jesus, takes up around a third of the world’s population with its members, but the hard part comes when faced with the question; Is this information accurate? The Christians back then, and still, today believe that Jesus was the Christ, the Messiah that God had sent to save them from sin and death. “He walked out of the Judean desert nearly 2,000 years ago, an unknown itinerant preacher,
Paul was born in Tarsus in 10 AD, his birth name was Saul. Paul was raised in the Jewish faith and when he was younger he even persecuted Christians, taking part in the stoning of Saint Stephan, who was the first Christian martyr. However on the way to Damascus, Paul was blinded by a vision of Jesus that only he could see. Paul remained blind for three days until he was healed by a Christian. After his vision and healing Paul spread the religion of Jesus and dedicated his life to spreading the Christian message to communities beyond the Jewish faith.
Peter, whose name was originally Simon, was the most outspoken disciple. His name meant "Rock” and Jesus built the church upon a firm foundation which was Peter. Peter was probably one of the first disciples along with his brother Andrew. When Jesus told them to follow Him they dropped everything they had without a concern. The left their lives, belongings, and careers without question.
One of the non-canonical gospel is of Peter. Peter was essential up until the death of Jesus. Also, The Gospel of Peter gives an account of Jesus emerging from the tomb. The good news for Peter was found in an Egyptian graveyard, this gospel keeps on intriguing those with an enthusiasm for early Christian writing. From one perspective, it bears striking copies to the records of Jesus' death, burial, and restoration that are found in the New Testament accounts; yet then again, it goes wrong essentially from those stories at focuses.
Matthew Chapter Five speaks about Jesus’ teachings from the Sermon on the Mount. The Sermon on the Mount basically talks about what our life would be like if we lived in our faith, thoughts, or even words and actions. Six times throughout chapter five Jesus said, “You have heard it said”, or “But I tell you..” When he did this he was calling people to a new life instead of one following the legal system, that the Pharisees had imposed. There were four main purposes for the Sermon on the Mount; to expose our sin, to point us to Jesus Christ, demonstrate a way to happiness and show us how to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord.
He wrote three books. For two years, the saint lived in a cave in complete silence. The saint spread the Christian Faith not only to Constantinople, but also to Thrace and the Pontine region. In Armenia, the saint strove all the more to encourage his followers. In many letters to bishops St John consoled the suffering, guiding and giving
Matthew is the first book of the New Testament. Matthew was a tax collector appointed by Jesus to become one of the twelve disciples. During the time Matthew wrote this book the gospel was only preached to the Jewish people. He wanted to reveal the Lord Jesus as the Messiah the King of the Jews from the line of David. Matthew tells of the miracle birth of Jesus, the ministry of John the Baptist,
Matthew does not explain Jewish culture like the other evangelists (cf. Mark 7:3, John 19:40), which shows that he is writing to a Jewish audience. For millennia, the Gospel of Matthew has been regarded as the most essential and significant
The author is referenced several times in the New Testament starting in the book of Acts and finally in the book of Mark was probably written in Italy, and perhaps even Rome. This book has 16 chapters and is the shortest book of the four gospels. However, the details of the events and miracles of Jesus in this book are