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Explain why the authors at times differ from each other in their accounts.
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4 different authors, 4 different perspectives, 4 different audiences, 4 different purposes.
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I thought the teacher for this lecture gave an excellent scenario about the student attending college. She writes her parents a letter about courses and her academics but then she writes to her friends about all the new friends that she is meeting and the campus’ extra curricula activities. It all depends on which audience you are addressing.
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Each author had a different relationship with Jesus, a different role in society, and were writing for a different audience therefore the information they included, the way they included it, and their backgroup knowledge and experiences all worked together to create a different account of the same or sometimes different events of Jesus’ life.
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Considering the breadth and scope of what occurred in Christ’s life, we are very fortunate that the Gospels that come down to us today as a result of the careful protection of those who came befor us are so focused and well balanced.
In comparison, If you read the ‘journalism’ of today on social networking, something as simple as a pronouncement from a media star can generate forests worth of accounts of what was said, what it all meant, who liked it, who didn’t like it, tomes of misinterpretations and starry eyed, mystical confabulations. -
The authors at times differs from each other due to the fact that they have to take into account the audiences to whom they each relate and also each writer had a different purpose so as to relate their gospel to their understanding.
