Who Was Jesus?
A Humanities Essay That Teaches The Study of The Bible As A Historical Document
I felt a very positive impression of who Jesus was after finishing the Book
of Matthew. I had a new image of someone who was a down-to-earth, caring
individual. I did not find quotes of Jesus that claimed being superior to the
common man, of whom sinners could not look upon (a view that most people had of
their Gods for centuries before). Matthew 12:49-50, Jesus announces to
multitudes that they are his mother and brothers. In that way, he puts himself
at an equal level to the people, rather than claiming to be a God above them.
This reflects the whole attitude of the book.
Chapters 6-7 of Matthew quote ...
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the people.
I find some conflict in Jesus' actions, however. Jesus never (as far as I
know) says to ignore to commandments of God in the Hebrew Scriptures; however,
constantly breaks the Sabbath (Matt 12:13 and others), and gives VERY flimsy and
unconvincing explanations for it. I am not sure what his message was in those
actions. Perhaps he didn't care?
In general, Matthew was a good, entertaining story to read, with a very
dramatic ending, and great character development (a little sarcastic humor
here)!
I was very surprised to find much of the Book of Mark a repeat of what was
written in Matthew, but with a little less detail, and a few stories omitted.
Jesus goes a little overboard on the parables! Most of the parables needed
to be explained to his disciples, and some of them I wasn't able to understand
either! Although many parables have a good, inspiring morals to them, I would
question Jesus as to if they were an effective way to witness to common ...
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the spot, but Jesus seemed reluctant to pay attention to a sick gentile,
but finally healed her because of her faith. Yes, he is the king of the Jews,
that is said in many places. But, was Jesus here to save only Jews, or the
people in all the world (like Rome, the Sumarites, etc.)? That kind of makes me
feel unsure of why Christianity has become the primary religion of Non-Jewish
people.
My God, the expansion of the Church was incredible from the time of Jesus!
After reading Matthew and Mark during the time of Jesus on earth, and then
reading Acts, I was shocked at the change! A few things that happen in Acts are
strangely different than what I had expected after reading ...
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