Question

According to our textbook, the original audience for the Gospel of John seems to be Greek-speaking Jews who were living outside of Israel.
a. true
b. false

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

$\Large{ \boxed{ \bf{ \color{blue}{True \: (A)}}}}$

• The Gospel According to Matthew is the first book of the New Testament  and one of the three synoptic gospels.
• It tells how Israel's Messiah, rejected and executed in Israel, pronounces judgement on Israel and its leaders and becomes the salvation of the gentiles.
• The divine nature of Jesus was a major issue for the Matthaean community, the crucial element separating the early Christians from their Jewish neighbors; while Mark begins with Jesus' baptism and temptations, Matthew goes back to Jesus' origins, showing him as the Son of God from his birth, the fulfillment of messianic prophecies of the Old Testament.
• The title Son of David identifies Jesus as the healing and miracle-working Messiah of Israel (it is used exclusively in relation to miracles), sent to Israel alone.

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