AN INTRODUCTION TO NEW TESTAMENT EXEGESIS

THE GOSPEL AND PAULINE EPISTLES (BIB 102C)

ASSIGNMENT 1

SECITON A

1. –C
2. – A
3. – D
4. – C
5. – B
6. – A
7. –D
8. – D
9. – C
10. – B

SECTION B

1. More reference to the Church: Gospel of Matthew.

2. More illustrative parable: Gospel of Luke.

3. More words of Latin Origin: Gospel of Mark.

4. More reference to the Kingdom of Heaven: Gospel of Matthew.

5. More miracles related to women: Gospel of Mark.

 6. More Aramaic words translated into Greek (in Greek Bible): Gospel if Mark.

7. The Trinitarian formula mentioning together God the Father, the Son and Holy
Spirit: Gospel of Matthew 28: 19.

8. Praise Psalms which were given Latin Names: Psalms 22 of David, to be rising to
the “Doe of the Dawn”.

9. More of Jesus Prayers: Gospel of Luke.

10. More explanation of Jewish practices: Mark Gospel and Matthew Gospel.

SECTION C
1.
- Paul’s final Words: (2 Timothy 4 V 11). Bring Mark with you when you come for
he will be helpful to me in my ministry.
- Peter’s miraculous escape from prison: (Acts 12:12) Mark the Evangelist (Acts
15: 37) an associate of St. Paul and a disciple of St. Peter whose teachings the
Gospel may reflect. It is the shortest and the earliest of the four Gospels,
presumably written during the decade preaching the destruction of Jerusalem
in 70 Ce.

2.
- His purpose was to minimize the differences between the various groups and
thus promote harmony within the church.
- Trace the course of Christianity from Galilee to Rome.
- It was to chronicle how the Christian movement started with the work of John
the Baptist in the Jordan region, where he proclaimed forgiveness and
repentance, to how Christianity was proclaimed in the streets of Rome.
- To explain Christianity.
 - To give an orderly account of all that had happened among them as was seen
by eye witnesses and as told by ministers.
- In defense of Christianity.
- To present Jesus as the Son of God.
- To present a universal Gospel.

3.
- Since the 1780s the first three books of the New Testament have been called
the synoptic Gospels because they are so similar in structure content and
wording that they can easily be set by side to provide a synoptic comparisons
of their content.

4.
- Matthew was primary written for a Jewish audience.
- Five women are included in Matthews genealogy.
- The symbol for the Gospel of Matthew is a winged man.
- Evidence that the Gospel of Matthews was written for Jews.
- The Book contains more than 130 old testament quotes and allusions.
- Matthew repeatedly uses two phrases no other gospel uses.
- The book of Matthew is one of the three synoptic gospels.
- Matthew introduces Jesus as “Messiah)”
- Matthew is the only gospel that mention the magi at Jesus birth.

5.
- The Synoptic problems is the problem of the literacy relationship among the
first three “Synoptic” Gospel.
REFERENCES
- Study nGuide (An Introduction to New Testament Exegesis) Revised Course
Material (4th Edition) Dr. Eraste Nyirimanaa
January 2022

- Holy Bible (New Living Translation) Second Edition

- Internet