ON THE FOUR GOSPELS OF JESUS CHRIST 關於四本福音書 by Philip Yang The Bible collected four gospels of Jesus Christ. Two were written by Jesus’ disciples. Matthew and John are among the twelve disciples of Jesus. Therefore the two Gospels according to them are more or less with the same sequence, mostly chronological. The first gospel is according to Matthew. Matthew was a tax collector (today’s accountant and IRS officer). His version started with Jesus’ genealogy. The training as accountant probably contributed his detail recording of Jesus’ teachings, parables, and the descriptions of the blue print of Church (the Kingdom of Heaven). It is the longest among the four. The second gospel is according to Mark. Mark was not among the twelve. The Gospel according to Mark presumably is taken from information related to him by Peter, or summarized from the Gospel of Matthew. It is precise and up to the point. It’s also the shortest among the four. The third gospel was according to Luke. Luke was a travel companion of Paul. In other words, he was in Paul’s apostolic team. Luke was a medical doctor. He did extensive research before he wrote the gospel and the fifth historic book in New Testament, Acts of Apostles. He used medical terms in his writing. He is particularly sensitive to the leading of Holy Spirit. Not only he mentioned many more times about Spirit in his gospel, some call Acts of Apostles the Act of Holy Spirit. The fourth gospel is according to John. John was the youngest among Jesus’ twelve disciples. Full of affection, he is also the one that Jesus loves. John is also a younger cousin of Jesus. He wrote this gospel at his old age, probably to emphasize Jesus’ 100 percent God and 100 percent man. John may also write to compensate what was not recorded by Matthew and subsequently picked up by Mark and Luke. These three gospels have many similarities and are called “synoptic gospels”. Therefore, while Matthew recorded clearly the “Great Commission” of Jesus that the Lord wants disciples take the gospel to the end of the world, John repeatedly mentioned Jesus’ “Great Commandment”, to love one another. Matthew recorded many parables told by Jesus to depict the characters of Kingdome of Heaven (church). John spent many paragraphs recording Jesus’ teaching about the coming of Holy Spirit, the promise of the Father, that after Jesus died and resurrected and returned to the Father, He would send Holy Spirit to come among us. It’s the coming of Kingdom of Heaven (church). John was the only one following Jesus after He was arrested. When Jesus was nailed on the cross, besides women, John was the only disciple who accompanied Jesus under the cross. He has many insights and first-handed information including the number of big fishes they caught as the resurrected Jesus appeared to them. It was 153. 聖經收集了四本福音書。兩本是耶穌基督的門徒寫的。馬太福音與約翰福音記載事情的時間次序大致相同，照著發生的時間次序寫成。 第一本福音書是馬太福音。馬太是稅吏(相當於今天的會計師，及國稅局官員)他記載的福音書從耶穌的族譜開始。大慨是會計專業訓練的影響，他對耶穌的教導，耶穌的舉例寓言，及耶穌對天國(教會的藍圖)的說明，記載得特別詳細。也是四本福音書裡最長的一本。 第二本福音書是馬可所寫。馬可不是耶穌十二位門徒之一，他的資料可能是彼得轉述，或是從馬太福音節錄而來。馬可所寫的福音書簡潔明瞭，也是四福音書裡最簡短的一本。 第三本福音書是路加福音。路加是保羅的宣教旅行伙伴，也就是保羅使徒團隊的成員。路加是醫生，他寫路加福音及使徒行傳(新約第五本歷史書)之前做了深刻的研究。他用了一些醫學名詞。路加對聖靈的帶領特別敏銳，路加福音比馬太福音，馬可福音，更常提及聖靈，有些人稱使徒行傳為聖靈行傳。 第四本福音書是約翰福音。約翰是十二個門徒當中最年輕的一位，感情豐富，也最得耶穌的喜愛。他也是耶穌的小表弟。他在年老的時候，寫約翰福音，可能是要強調耶穌是”百分之一百的神，也是百分之一百的人的特性”。約翰也可能特別對馬太沒寫到，也沒收錄在馬可福音及路加福音裡的部份，加以補足。馬太，馬可，路加三本福音書內容較近，因此稱為”符類福音”。因此馬太清楚記載，耶穌要門徒把福音傳到地極的”大使命”。約翰則一再強調耶穌要我們彼此相愛的”大命令”。馬太記載相當多耶穌用寓言解釋”天國(教會)的特性”。約翰則花了相當大的篇幅記載聖靈將要降臨的事。就是父所應許的，耶穌死又復活之後，回到天父身邊，祂將從天父那裡差派聖靈保惠師降臨我們當中，也就是”天國(教會)的來臨”。耶穌被捕之後，約翰是唯一跟著耶穌的。當耶穌被釘在十字架上，除了姊妹，約翰是唯一在十字架下陪伴耶穌的門徒。他寫的福音書有許多洞見與第一手的資料，包括耶穌復活後讓門徒們網到很多大魚。一共有153條。 ©2013 Philip Yang
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