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Jesus in Context: Background Readings for Gospel Study is unavailable, but you can change that!

Crucial to a proper understanding and interpretation of Scripture is an awareness of the historical, cultural, and religious context in which the Bible was written. But the passing of two millennia often prevents the modern student from fully understanding the significance of various actions and teachings of Jesus in the Gospels. For instance, the controversy over Jesus’ healing on the Sabbath...

1 Overviews of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John This chapter provides traditional, historical background on the authorship and contents of the four canonical Gospels. As we shall see, some elements in these traditions do not always agree, while others seem to be widely circulated and held. 1.1 Matthew Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 3.39.16* Papias’s comment, along with other church tradition, has led many to associate the Gospel of Matthew with the apostle by the same name. But concerning Matthew he
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