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Explain why the authors at times differ from each other in their accounts.
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It is to talk to different audiences. God knew the audience He needed to reach in the Bible to tell the news of Jesus.
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The Gospel Writer’s wrote to different audiences For instance the Jews, Romans, Greeks and the rest of the world. For this reason they presented Jesus from different points of view to each audiences and to future audiences.
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Each author was an individual and saw different things in Jesus. Also, each author was writing to a different audience so therefore stressed different things that appealed to their audience.
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The writers wrote based on their gifts and callings to a particular audience through the Holy Spirit.
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According to God’s purpose, to show God’s people different facets of Jesus’ earthly ministry for their learning and strengthening. Humanly, because they acquired their knowledge of Jesus through different sources and points of view.
