what they likely intended. This is why studying Jesus as presented in these four Gospels is so profitable. The impact these Gospels have had on the world can hardly be exaggerated. Whatever skeptical criticism of the Bible has tried to do with these Gospels, there is no denying the importance of these four treatments of Jesus in the history of thought. It is a fact of history that whoever were the original recipients of these Gospels, the eventual audience has extended far beyond those limits, making