Interpreting NT Literary

Types

Dr Rick GriffithSingapore Bible CollegeBiblestudydownloads.com

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The New Testament

Comes Together

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Interpreting the Gospels &

Acts

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The New Testament

Comes Together

• His specific audience• His specific audience

• His unique presentation of the person of Jesus Christ

• His unique presentation of the person of Jesus Christ

• His foundational purpose for writing his Gospel

• His foundational purpose for writing his Gospel

• His own date of writing• His own date of writing

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Each Gospel Writer Had:

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FOUR INDIVIDUAL PORTRAITS… 124a

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LUKE

MATTHEW MARK

JOHN

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FRAMING THE GOSPELS…124a

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LUKE

MATTHEW MARK

JOHN

TO: JEWS TO: ROMANS

TO: GREEKS TO: CHURCH

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THE AUDIENCES FOR THE GOSPELS…124a

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LUKE

MATTHEW MARK

JOHN

JEWS ROMANS

GREEKS CHURCH

TO: TO:

AS: KING AS: SERVANT

TO:

AS: GOD/MAN

TO:TO:

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1

JOHNTO: CHURCH

AS: GOD

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…PORTRAYING JESUS AS…124a

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LUKE

MATTHEW MARK JEWS ROMANS

GREEKS

TO: TO:

AS: KING AS: SERVANT

TO:

AS: GOD/MAN

WHATHE: SAID

FELTWHATHE:

WHATHE: DID

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1

JOHNCHURCHTO:

AS: GOD

MEANTWHATHE:

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THE MESSAGE IN A NUTSHELL… 124a

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1TO:

AS:WHATHE:

TO:

AS:WHATHE:

TO:

AS:WHATHE:

MATTHEW MARK

LUKE

JEWS ROMANS

GREEKS

KING SERVANT

GOD/MAN

SAID DID

FELT

“TO S

EE T

OGET

HER

”

SYN

OPTI

C:

“TOSEE

TOGETHER”

SYNOPTIC:

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THAT STRANGE SOUNDING WORD…124a

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1TO:

AS:WHATHE:

TO:

AS:WHATHE:

TO:

AS:WHATHE:

TO:

AS:WHATHE:

MATTHEW MARK

LUKE JOHN

JEWS ROMANS

GREEKS CHURCH

KING SERVANT

GOD/MAN GOD

SAID DID

MEANTFELT

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THE SYNOPTICS: “TO SEE TOGETHER”124a

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Comes Together

LUKE

MATTHEW MARK JEWS ROMANS

GREEKS

TO: TO:

AS: KING AS: SERVANT

TO:

AS: GOD/MAN

WHATHE: SAID

FELTWHATHE:

WHATHE: DID

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JOHNCHURCHTO:

AS: GOD

MEANTWHATHE:

A.D. 57-59

A.D. 69 AFTER THE SYNOPTICS

A.D. 64-68

The A.D.40s

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When I Think They Were Written…51a

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OVERLAPS IN THE GOSPELS

92% unique!

BirthGenealogy

5000 fedPassion

BaptismLord's Supper

7% unique!

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The Good Samaritan (Luke 10) 123

Augustine's Allegorical Interpretation of the Good Samaritan Parable (Luke 10)

Text InterpretationA “certain man”… Adam

Thieves… the devil and demons

Stripped him… took his immortality

Beat him… tempted him to sin

The priest and the Levite… the ministry of the OT

which does nothing for Adam

The Good Samaritan… Christ

Binds wounds with oil and wine… restrains sin with hope and

an exhortation to work with a

fervent spirit

The inn… the Church

The innkeeper… the Apostle Paul

Really?!

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Interpreting the Epistles

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“To the remotest part of the earth” (Acts 1:8)Acts 9 13 14 15 16 18 21 27 28

Fall 49

TheCouncil

May 57-Aug 59

Trials

Spring 68

Expansion of Church

35 48 49 50 52 53 57 60 62 67 68 95

Apr 48-Sep 49

1Galatia

Spr 53-May 57

3Asia

Feb 60-Mar 62

1Rome

Aut 67-Spr 68

2Rome

Summer 35-37

DamascusAntioch

Spr 62-Fall 67

4Spain

NT Overview

Gal 1 Thess

2 Thess

1 Cor

2 Cor

Romans

Eph

Col

Philem

Phil

1 Tim

Titus

2 Tim

Matt Luke JohnMark

James

1 Pet

2 Pet

Heb

Jude

1 John

2 John

3 John

Rev

Acts

Gospels & Acts

Pauline Epistles

General Epistles No Animations

Apr 50-Sep 52

2Aegean

Rome

Journeys1234Imprisonments

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