2. The beginning of the Gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 1v1 Frenzied, crowded, punchy Jesus authority to teach, over sickness, to forgive sin, over evil spirits, over death, over creation. Kingdom of God More action than teaching, just two major discourses, chapters 4 & 13 Jesus flagrantly misunderstood Jesus suffering Two halves, 1-8 & 9-16 Ends abruptly 16v8Mark

3. John John adds stereoscopic depth to the picture we might gain of Jesus and his ministry, death and resurrection from the synoptic accounts alone. By telling the same story from another angle, with many things omitted that they include and with many emphasis that they scarcely treat, the total portrait is vastly richer than what would otherwise have been achieved. Dillard & Longman, p174

4. John The Word, Jesus as Creator World fails to recognise or receive Not miracles that enacts the Kingdom but signs of Kingship Written so that we might believe that Jesus is the Christ and to have life in his name, 20vv24-31 No parables, no sermon on the mount, no exorcisms I am… Trinitarian emphasis Jesus lays his life down, no one can take it from him 10v18

5. Matthew The Boss WordThe Boss Word Fulfil The Boss VerseThe Boss Verse Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. 5v17

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8. Matthew Fulfilment & confrontation Kingdom of Heaven Now & the not yet of the Kingdom Hebraic worldview Teaching, preaching, healing

9. Matthew Bookends Jesus went through Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness among the people. 4v23 Jesus went through all the towns and villages teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. 9v35

10. Matthew Bookends Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. 5v17 …this sums up the law and the prophets. 7v12

11. Matthews Five Teaching Blocks Sermon On the Mount, Chapters 5-7 Commissioning the Twelve, Chapter 10 Parables of the Kingdom, Chapter 13 Kingdom Living, Chapter 18 Future Things, Chapters 24-25 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching Ch7v28 Signposts: 5v1, 7v28, 11v1, 13v53, 19v1, 26v1 Used without the kind permission of David Jackman