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Explain why the gospel authors at times differ from each other in their accounts.
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Matthew was a tax collect but also a Jew. He wrote his book to the Jews and described Jesus as the King that the Jews had been promised. I think he wanted all his Jewish family and friends to feel the story and love of the King of the Jews.
Mark was a missionary, whom along with Paul was helping to spread the
word of God to the Romans. I think he knew that the Romans would not accept another “King,” so he presented Christ as a servant. This would have been right for the Romans but it also is what Crist came to be for all of us.
Luke was a physician and a Gentile. He had to study and research everything in order to have the facts right. This was a long letter to a man named Theophilus, but also to every human since it’s writing. He had witnessed the powers of Christ and saw Him as a Savior for all people who believed in Him!
John was a fisherman, but after Christ called him, he became one of the closest of the disciples to Jesus. He had been with John the Baptist, so I feel like he had a special insight to Christ. He witnessed the miracles of Christ and wrote of them, I think to show us that He was the Son of God, because only the Son of God could do such things! -
The reason why they differ apart from the fact they weren’t sat next to each other when writing, plus they were written at different times , but main reason was they were written from a different perspective. It was from an individuals opinion and from there own experiences.
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Each recorded from their own perspective and vantage point.
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Since the authors are all different and come from unique backgrounds and experiences, their accounts are provided from their vantage points.
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The authors had different experiences, they also wrote to different audiences with different purposes.