1. Interpreting NT Literary Types Dr Rick Griffith Singapore Bible College Biblestudydownloads.com

2. © 2006 TBBMI 9.65.08. The New Testament Comes Together 13 2 Interpreting the Gospels & Acts 123

3. © 2006 TBBMI 9.65.08. The New Testament Comes Together His specific audience His unique presentation of the person of Jesus Christ His foundational purpose for writing his Gospel His own date of writing 14 4 Each Gospel Writer Had: 124a

4. © 2006 TBBMI 9.65.08. The New Testament Comes Together 2 3 4 1 15 FOUR INDIVIDUAL PORTRAITS… 124a

5. © 2006 TBBMI 9.65.08. The New Testament Comes Together 2 3 4 1 LUKE MATTHEW MARK JOHN 16 3 FRAMING THE GOSPELS… 124a

6. © 2006 TBBMI 9.65.08. The New Testament Comes Together 2 3 4 1 LUKE MATTHEW MARK JOHN TO: JEWS TO: ROMANS TO: GREEKS TO: CHURCH 17 4 THE AUDIENCES FOR THE GOSPELS… 124a

7. © 2006 TBBMI 9.65.08. The New Testament Comes Together 2 3 4 1 LUKE MATTHEW MARK JOHN JEWS ROMANS GREEKS CHURCH TO: AS: KING AS: SERVANT TO: AS: GOD/MAN TO: 2 3 4 1 JOHN TO: CHURCH AS: GOD 18 4 …PORTRAYING JESUS AS… 124a

8. © 2006 TBBMI 9.65.08. The New Testament Comes Together LUKE MATTHEW MARK JEWS ROMANS GREEKS TO: AS: KING AS: SERVANT TO: AS: GOD/MAN WHAT HE: SAID FELT WHAT HE: WHAT HE: DID 2 3 4 1 JOHN CHURCH TO: AS: GOD MEANT WHAT HE: 19 5 THE MESSAGE IN A NUTSHELL… 124a

9. © 2006 TBBMI 9.65.08. The New Testament Comes Together 2 3 1 TO: AS: WHAT HE: TO: AS: WHAT HE: TO: AS: WHAT HE: MATTHEW MARK LUKE JEWS ROMANS GREEKS KING SERVANT GOD/MAN SAID DID FELT “TO SEE TOGETHER” SYNOPTIC: “TO SEE TOGETHER” SYNOPTIC: 20 3 THAT STRANGE SOUNDING WORD… 124a

10. © 2006 TBBMI 9.65.08. The New Testament Comes Together 2 3 4 1 TO: AS: WHAT HE: TO: AS: WHAT HE: TO: AS: WHAT HE: TO: AS: WHAT HE: MATTHEW MARK LUKE JOHN JEWS ROMANS GREEKS CHURCH KING SERVANT GOD/MAN GOD SAID DID MEANT FELT ∑ 21 1 THE SYNOPTICS: “TO SEE TOGETHER” 124a

11. © 2006 TBBMI 9.65.08. The New Testament Comes Together LUKE MATTHEW MARK JEWS ROMANS GREEKS TO: AS: KING AS: SERVANT TO: AS: GOD/MAN WHAT HE: SAID FELT WHAT HE: WHAT HE: DID 2 3 4 1 JOHN CHURCH TO: AS: GOD MEANT WHAT HE: A.D. 57-59 A.D. 69 AFTER THE SYNOPTICS A.D. 64-68 The A.D.40s 27 4 When I Think They Were Written… 51a

12. © 2006 TBBMI 9.65.08. The New Testament Comes Together23 4 1 LUKE MATTHEW MARK JOHN 16 OVERLAPS IN THE GOSPELS 92% unique! Birth Genealogy 5000 fed Passion Baptism Lord's Supper 7% unique! 124b

14. Augustine's Allegorical Interpretation of the Good Samaritan Parable (Luke 10) TextInterpretation A “certain man”…Adam Thieves…the devil and demons Stripped him…took his immortality Beat him…tempted him to sin The priest and the Levite…the ministry of the OT which does nothing for Adam The Good Samaritan…Christ Binds wounds with oil and wine…restrains sin with hope and an exhortation to work with a fervent spirit The inn…the Church The innkeeper…the Apostle Paul

16. “To the remotest part of the earth” (Acts 1:8) Acts 9 13 14 15 16 18 21 27 28 Fall 49 The Council May 57- Aug 59 Trials Spring 68 Expansion of Church 35 48 49 50 52 53 57 60 62 67 68 95 Apr 48- Sep 49 1 Galatia Spr 53- May 57 3 Asia Feb 60- Mar 62 1 Rome Aut 67- Spr 68 2 Rome Summer 35- 37 Damascus Antioch Spr 62- Fall 67 4 Spain NT Overview Gal 1 Thess 2 Thess 1 Cor 2 Cor Romans Eph Col Philem Phil 1 Tim Titus 2 Tim Matt Luke John Mark James 1 Pet 2 Pet Heb Jude 1 John 2 John 3 John Rev Acts Gospels & Acts Pauline Epistles General Epistles No Animations Apr 50- Sep 52 2 Aegean Rome Journeys 1234 Imprisonments

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