SB 00 Bible Survey

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SB 00 Bible Survey
SB 00 Bible Survey Introduction to the Life
of Christ Christian Commitment and Excellence
in Learning

• Spring 2001
• Erskine Theological Seminary

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Major Empires in the Ancient World (II)

• Persia (539 B.C. 331 B.C.)
• Struggled with Greece for control of Asia Minor
  for most of the 5th and 4th centuries B.C., and
  finally fell to Greece in 331 B.C.
• Greece (331 B.C. 63 B.C.)
• Alexander the Great died 323 B.C.
• His empire was parceled out among his four
  generals.
• Israel ruled by Ptolemies until 198 B.C. and then
  by Seleucids.
• Jewish independence from 167 63 B.C.
• Rome (63 B.C. ca. 330 A.D.)
• Rome expanded its territory by conquering Greece
  and North Africa from 148-46 B.C., Syria and
  Israel in 63 B.C., Gaul in 57 B.C., and Egypt in
  31 B.C.
• Julius Caesar and Octavian (Augustus) transformed
  Rome from a republic into an empire from 49 27
  B.C.

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The Herods in the NT
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Jewish Sects

• Pharisees
• Sadducees
• Herodians
• Zealots
• Essenes

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Tyre
Caesarea Philippi
Cities
Capernaum
Cana
Nazareth
Jericho
Jerusalem
Bethany
Bethlehem
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Regions
Phoenicia
Galilee
Decapolis
Samaria
Perea
Judea
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Life of Christ, Traditional Presentation

• Period of Preparation
• Year of Obscurity
• Year of Popularity
• Year of Opposition
• Ministry in Judea/Passion in Jerusalem
• Resurrection and Appearances

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The Passion Week

• The triumphal entry (Palm Sunday)
• Jesus curses the fig tree (Monday)
• Jesus cleanses the temple (Monday)
• The authority of Jesus questioned (Tuesday)
• Jesus teaches in the temple (Tuesday)
• Jesus anointed at Bethany (Tuesday)
• The plot against Jesus (Wednesday)
• The Last Supper (Thursday)
• Jesus comforts the disciples (Thursday)
• Gethsemane (Thursday)
• Jesus arrest and trial (Thursday night and
  Friday morning)
• Jesus crucifixion and death (Friday)
• The burial of Jesus (Friday afternoon)
• The resurrection (Sunday morning)

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Jesus Resurrection Appearances

• To the women at the tomb (Sunday morning)
• To Mary Magdalene at the tomb (Sunday morning)
• To two travelers on the road to Emmaus (Sunday
  afternoon)
• To Peter in Jerusalem (Sunday afternoon)
• To 10 disciples in the upper room (Sunday
  evening)
• To 11 disciples in the upper room (one week
  later)
• To 7 disciples on the Sea of Galilee (time
  unknown)
• To 11 disciples on a mountain in Galilee (time
  unknown)
• To more than 500 believers (time unknown)
• To James (time unknown)
• At the Ascension, on the Mount of Olives (40 days
  after Easter)

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The Twelve Apostles(Mt. 10, Mk. 3, Lk. 6, Ac. 1)

• Big 4 Two Pairs of Brothers
• Simon Peter Andrew
• James John
• Confusing 4 Another Simon, Another James, and
  Two Judases
• Simon the Zealot James son of Alphaeus
• Judas Iscariot Judas son of James (
  Thaddeus)
• Other 4
• Matthew ( Levi) Bartholomew ( Nathaniel)
• Philip Thomas

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Categories of Miracles in the Gospels

• Nature miracles (7)
• Feeding miracles (2)
• Healing miracles (over 15)
• Cleansing miracles (2)
• Exorcisms (at least 4)
• Miracles of Revivification (3)

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Parables in the Gospels

• Parables with interpretation (at least 2)
• Example stories (at least 4)
• Separation parables (at least 5)
• Stewardship parables
• Similitudes
• Parables in John (at least 2)

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SB 00 Bible Survey
SB 00 Bible Survey The Gospels Christian
Commitment and Excellence in Learning

• Spring 2001
• Erskine Theological Seminary

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The Gospels A Quick Comparison

• Writer
• Matthew the
• Apostle
• Mark (based
• on Peters
• preaching)
• Luke
• (physician,
• historian)
• John the
• Apostle

Trad. Date 50s 50s 60s 80s
Audience Jewish Christians Gentiles in
Rome Theophilus and Gentile believers Jewish and
Gentile believers
Christ as King, promised Messiah Servant Man
God
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Matthew(28 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 31)

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Purposes of Matthew

• To teach obedience to all that Christ has
  commanded (2818-20)
• To show that Jesus is the Messiah, the
  fulfillment of the OT hope of Israel

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Structure of Matthew

• Organized around five major discourses

• Sermon on the Mount (chs. 5-7)
• Instructions to the disciples as they go out to
  preach (ch. 10)
• Parables of the Kingdom (ch. 13)
• Relationships in the Kingdom (ch. 18)
• Olivet Discourse on the Second Coming (chs. 24-5)

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Key Emphases of Matthew

• Jesus as the fulfillment of OT prophecy (123
  26, 15, 17, 23 414-16 817 1217-21 1314,
  35 214 279)
• Jesus as the Inaugurator of the Kingdom (word
  occurs 54 times see 417)
• Jesus as King (chs. 2, 21)
• Jesus as Son of Man and Son of God (1616)
• Jesus refers to God as Father 23 times.
• Jesus conflict with the Jewish leaders (ch. 23)
• The importance of discipleship and the Church
  (1617-28)

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Mark(16 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 32)

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Purposes of Mark

• To present the good news of Jesus Christ, the
  Son of God (11)
• To show that God is still at work in us in spite
  of our failings in the Christian life

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Structure of Mark

• The Messiah confronts the world (11-830)
• Announcing the kingdom
• The Pharisees blindness
• The crowds blindness
• The disciples blindness
• The Messiah suffers (831-168)

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Key Emphases of Mark

• The centrality of the cross (36 831 931
  1033-34, 45)
• No human being confesses Christ as Son of God
  until the crucifixion (1539).
• Gods grace in contrast to human failings (438,
  652)
• Jesus as a man constantly in action
  Immediately occurs 42 times in Mark, but only
  12 times in the rest of the NT.
• Less emphasis on Jesus teachings than in the
  other Gospels
• Abrupt ending (168)

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Luke(24 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 33)

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Purpose of Luke

• To present a carefully-investigated, orderly
  account of Christs life, so that we might know
  with certainty the truth of the gospel (11-4)

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Structure of Luke

• Introduction to Jesus ministry (with most
  extensive birth and childhood narratives)
  (11-413)
• Jesus ministry in Galilee (414-950)
• Jesus ministry on the road to Jerusalem
  (951-1834)
• Jesus ministry around Jerusalem (1835-2128)
• Jesus passion and resurrection (221-2453)

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Key Emphases of Luke

• The way of salvation To save, and salvation
  occur more in Luke than in the rest of the
  Gospels combined. (See 2444-47.)
• Jesus compassion for all people
• Samaritans (1030-37, 1711-19)
• Gentiles (232, 1328-30)
• The disreputable (28-20, 1511-32, 1810-13)
• Women (chs. 1-2, 82-3)
• Children (947, 1021, 172, 1816)
• The poor (418, 1613, 1619-31)
• The role of the Holy Spirit in Jesus ministry
  (414, 1021)
• Jesus reliance on prayer (321 516 612
  918, 28-29 111 2232, 41 2334, 46)
• Joy in the Christian life (114, 44, 47 220
  716 1021 1313)

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John(21 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 34)

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Purpose of John

• That you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,
  the Son of God, and that by believing you may
  have life in his name (2031)

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Structure of John

• Introductory testimony about Christ (ch. 1)
• Testimony of 7 signs and 7 discourses (chs. 2-11)

• Water into wine (21-11)
• Officials son (443-54)
• Healing paralytic (51-15)
• Feeding the 5000 (61-15)
• Walking on water (616-24)
• Healing man born blind (91-41)
• Raising Lazarus (111-57)

• New birth (212-336)
• Living water (41-42)
• Father and Son (516-47)
• Bread of life (625-71)
• Light of the world (71-859)
• Good Shepherd (101-21)
• Oneness with the Father (1022-42)

• Testimony of Christs death and resurrection
  (121-2029)
• Concluding testimony (2030-2125)

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Seven I Ams of John

• I am the Bread of Life (ch. 6)
• I am the Light of the World (ch. 8)
• I am the Door of the Sheep (ch. 10)
• I am the Good Shepherd (ch. 10)
• I am the Resurrection and the Life (ch. 11)
• I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life (ch. 14)
• I am the True Vine (ch. 15)

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Seven answers to the question, Who is Jesus?

• The Word of God (114)
• The Lamb of God (129)
• The Messiah (141)
• The Son of God (149)
• The King of Israel (149)
• The Savior of the world (442)
• My Lord and my God! (2028)

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Key Emphases of John

• Fewer events, but more explanation
• Emphasis on Jesus ministry in Judea, not Galilee
• Emphasis on Jesus private ministry with the
  disciples, not his public ministry
• The clearest portrayal of the Trinity, the
  incarnation, and the deity of Christ (11-18,
  638-40, chs. 15-16)
• Emphasis on the hour (24 421, 23 525
  730 820 1223, 27 131 171)
• Emphasis on faith To believe occurs 98 times.