Chapter 17: Outline of the New Testament
New Testament Honors
Organization of the New Testament
•____ Books in New Testament
•Classified same as books of ______
1. ______ 4 gospels
2. ______Acts of the Apostles
3. ______ Epistles
4. ______Revelation
•______– One who works actively to spread the Christian faith
•______- follower of Jesus Christ
•______– The “good news” of God’s mercy and love revealed in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
Four Gospels
•______are ______of scripture because it is the history of Jesus Christ
•Gospel = “______”
•Apostle = “______” / “messenger”
•______– Matthew, Mark, Luke
- Synoptic = ______view points
•Gospel of John –focus on ______
Development of the Gospels
- ______ His life and teachings
2. ______
3. Writing the ______
Symbols of Evangelists
1. Matthew – ______
2. Mark – ______
3. Luke – ______
4. John – ______
Matthew
•______gospel
• longest with ______chapters
•Audience: ______
•Year: ______
•Written by Matthew/called ______
•______
•Originally written in ______/Aramaic
•Matthew emphasizes Jesus as the ______of David’s ______
•5 Major discourses in Matthew:
1. Sermon on the ______; ch. 5-7
2. Sermon to ______; ch. 10
3. Sermon of ______; ch. 13
4. Sermon to the ______; ch. 18
5. Sermon on the ______/ “last things”; ch. 24-25
Mark
•______gospel; ___ chapters
•Year: ______
•Audience: ______
•Emphasizes Jesus as ______of a new exodus
•Emphasizes JC’s ______, teachings, miracles to show he is ______
•______was mark’s primary source
•Not ______, but encountered ______at some time
•According to tradition, upper room was ______house where last Supper took place
Luke
•______gospel, ___ chapters
•Year: ______
•Audience: ______
•“______”
•Blessed Virgin Mary was ______
•Emphasizes ______of salvation
•Luke includes details of JC’s ______and birth, not found inother gospels
•Luke was a ______, painter, ______, well educated, and scholars think he was converted by ______preaching and traveled with St. Paul
•wrote ______
John
•______gospel; ____ chapters
•“______”
•Year: ______
•Audience: ______
•filled with allusions to ______events and symbols thatonly ______readers would understand
•Emphasizes Christ as Word of God ______
•Stresses our ______in Christ
•John’s gospel fills in details left out of ______
•The ______relationship of the Trinity if revealed most completely in ______
Acts of the Apostles
•Author = ______wrote as a sequel to his gospel
•Luke was a ______and gives reliable ______
•He was an ______to many events described in his ______
•He switches from “______” to “______” indicating he was traveling with the apostles
The Epistles
•______= a letter written to individuals, whole congregations, or the whole Church
•usually addressed specific ______
•Majority of epistles are written by ______
•St. Paul: converted from ______, intelligent, educated ______, Jewish by birth, good background in______and trends in pagan ______which enabled successful ______to gentiles
•Paul’s letters in NT range from ______to ______to various churches he established:
______
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•Letters written to individuals:
______
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•______: author unknown, most likely a disciple of St. Paul, shows how OT is fulfilled in life of Jesus
•______: tells Christians to be doers of the world, and not merely hearers”; gives advice for Christians living together
•______: helps Christians live faith in hostile world
•______: warns against false teachers and reminds us of promised return of Christ
•______: warn against false spirits and teachers to lead Church astray, 1st duty as Christians is to love
•______: warns against false teachers, and against those who would divide the Church
Revelation
•Most likely written by evangelist ______
•Speaks in ______
•Various ______
•Main message: regardless of ______to come, God will preserve all his people and bring them to ______