New Testament: Life of Jesus Christ and Related Events

Running head: NEW TESTAMENT
NEW TESTAMENT
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note:

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Task 1
1.1 The new testament is the life of the person Jesus of Nazareth, or who is known as Jesus
Christ. The new testament consists of the various events that happened in his life, the people
who encountered him personally, and the things which he had said throughout his life.
Therefore, New testament is the description of the life of Jesus Christ and related events
(Brown 2015).
1.2 The Roman Empire was a System that demanded submission. Those who refused to submit
what Rome felt was best paid a heavy price, often death by crucifixion.
1.3 The primary three differences in the teaching of Jesus and the Qumran community lies in the
fact that, the Qumran community believes that they are the sons of light and they will come
in conflict with the sons of darkness, the community believes that there will be two Messiahs,
the Messiahs of Aron and David, and this community follows the old testament in its oldest
version (Harris 2017).
1.4 Pronouncement Stories, Miracle Stories, Example stories, Supernatural break through stories,
Parables and teachings.
1.5 Marks Gospel was the earliest one among Mark, Mathews, and Luke and was written
sometime around the year 70.
1.6 The Luke’s Gospel was written around the year 90
1.7 One purpose as stated by Luke “so that you may know the exact truth about the things you
have been taught.” The next purpose was to strengthen the conviction. The primary purpose
was to “strengthen the faith of Theophilus and other believers who would read his account.”
Task 2
2.1

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a. No
b. Yes
c. Yes
d. No
2.2
The Bible is written by human beings to record their experiences of getting association of
Jesus Christ, or expressing their firsthand accounts. Therefore, it is very comprehensible and
possible that there are discrepancies and problems in the Bible. There are different accounts
which are of conflicting nature and those which do not match with the accounts of each other
(Robertson 2014). The death of Judas has been explained differently in Matthew 27:3 and Acts
1:18. In the first account the person had killed himself by hanging however in the second account
the person died by an explosion happening inside his body. In Matthew there was one angel “a
young man” sitting down. However, Luke has portrayed that two men stood by a women and
“proclaimed resurrection”. About the Baptism of Jesus, Matthew and Luke has slightly different
way of narration. Also in the narration of Mark and John there was difference of opinion about
the time when Jesus was crucified. Therefore, it is to be understood that the various people who
had presented the accounts of Jesus were human beings, therefore there can be slight difference
in their understandings.
The three synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke give a vivid description about the
life and teachings of Jesus. The three Gospel writers have described the life of Jesus according to
their own capabilities and perspectives. The differences of version in the three Gospels have
been studied vividly by the Biblical Scholars, some are of the opinion that these cannot be
harmonized by the present thinkers and scholars (Schröter and Coppins 2013). Also there are

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differences in versions of creation, for example “GE 1:3-5 On the first day, God created light,
then separated light and darkness.
GE 1:14-19 The sun (which separates night and day) wasn't created until the fourth day.” The
human limitations must be given due consideration as explanation to the differences in these
accounts.
2.3
Friend’s name,
Friend’s address,
Date
Dear Friend,
Greetings of the day. I hope this finds you in good health. You had posed your query
about whether there are discrepancies and errors in the new Testament. This is in regards to the
fact there are different versions of particular events in various Biblical sources. Therefore, you
are unsure about the authenticity of the Biblical texts.
The answer to this is, there are no errors in the new testament, however there are certain
differences of opinion about nature of certain incidents in the Biblical texts. The meaning of this
can be explained by stating that the Biblical texts are composed by human beings, who have
detailed their own experiences and accounts they have come across, related to Jesus. Therefore,
there are some differences in their opinion according to their perception but there are no errors. If
the different scriptures are studied carefully it would be found apart from very minor differences