what's the difference between the gospel of luke and john?

Question

I.E. theme, goal, writing style, ..
oh, can someone tell me a bit about paul's letters like the Galatian letters and the corithinians? or it's ok if u give me the site too!

=] thank u very much!!!!

Answer 1

Luke is one of the synoptic gospels (along with Matthew and Mark). Meaning that they share many of the same stories. Luke retells about 88% of the gospel of Mark, and shares another 4% in common with Matthew only. The remaining 8% is unique to Luke.

Luke presents the human side of Jesus, by including a longer version of his birth, circumcision and childhood. As Luke was written after Mark and probably Matthew, it focuses more on Jesus' humanity. The debate that in the church was NOT over where Jesus was God (that was accepted by everyone) but over whether he was human. Many were beginning to teach that he had no physical body, but was only a spirit. Luke answers that by focusing on the humanity of Jesus.

As Luke was a Gentile (greek) convert to Christianity, he aims his gospel more towards a Gentile audience, with less emphesis on fulfilled prophecies and Jewish laws (Matthew's specialty), and more on the teaching and miracles. He includes several long discourses not found in Matthew or Mark.

In the late 1800's Sir Willian Ramsey, an atheist, set out to prove that the Bible was false using the emerging discipline of archeology to show that the events of the New Testament did not happen and the people mentioned have never lived. Ramsey would spend the next 40 years of his life following the people, places and events in Luke's writings. Time and again he would discover that Luke was correct in every historical fact he recorded. Eventually, Ramsey would become a Christian because of the overwhelming historical proof of Luke's writings. Luke is considered one of the finest and most accurate historians of all time.

Luke's writings do not end with the gospel, but continue into the book of Acts. In fact, in some early manuscripts the two books are joined as a single work. He is unique that he is the only gospel writer to continue on after the ascencion of Jesus.

John's gospel was the last written. It appears he had the three earlier gospels in front of him, as he repeats almost nothing from the earlier works. He is gospel is intended to supplement the other three, adding stories and teachings that they did not include. John also writes from a further historical prespective then Luke. He has had a lifetime to see the affect of the gospel, and the encounter the questions and false teachings that were appearing.

Unlike the other gospel writers, John comments and interpretes most of his material. He did not just give Jesus' words, but also his understanding of those words. Each of his stories to choosen to answer a specific heresy that was beginning in the church at that time.

Such as John 9 and the man born blind deals with the idea of reincarnation (was the man blind because of sins in another life?) or the story of doubting Thomas and his touching the resurrected Jesus hands, feet and side was to answer the question of whether Jesus resurrection was physical or just spiritual.

Within the four gospels, you have the four "views" of Jesus that would normally be looked for when writing a person's biography. Matthew is the insider writing the events as they happen. Mark was the outsider or observer, writing the events as they were viewed by the public. Luke was the scholar, who carefully researched and interviewed witnesses, and records their stories. John is the elder, who can look back over the years of not just knowing Jesus, but seeing the affect of his message, and give the historical prespective that comes with time and reflection.

Answer 2

Hmm, I suggest a parallel gospel, but there's nothing really good online that I found. Mark is shortest, generally agreed to be first. Matthew is Mark, revised and expanded, and also includes some material from a lost source called Q. Matthew has some subtle theological differences as well. Luke is a complete rewrite but the author apparently had both Mark and Q to work with. Both Matthew and Luke apparently had independent sources besides Mark and Q. Q is reconstructed by taking everything Matthew shares with Luke but not Mark, and it turns out to be a book of wise sayings. John is completely different from the other three, and appears to have started with a book of Jesus' miracles, and then rewritten by someone who had a very different theology than the other three.

Answer 3

John speaks from his own experience and memory. Luke was not an eye-witness, but interviewed many people who were, and compiled his gospel from their accounts.

Paul's letters address those particular regions and problems being experienced by those areas at that time.

Galatians: Gentile converts were being Judaized by those of the circumcision who believed Gentiles should keep the o.c. laws.

What you might do is go to a library and pull a Bible dictionary and read from those headings: Galatians and Corinthians.

Answer 4

try reading them. John is more spiritual less factual although it has many of teh same records it points to Jesus' message and spirituality. the letter were writen by paul to specific churches.

Answer 5

I could. But I think you should do your own homework.