The Bible Study Podcast, episode 102. Today, the Bible Study podcast starts a study of the Gospel of Luke.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen. As I mentioned last week,

we're going to delve into one of the Gospels, and in particular,

probably my favorite gospel, which is the Gospel of Luke. Before we start studying Luke, I want to do a

couple brief overviews. One is, why are there four Gospels, and two is why Luke and how do we know

this is by Luke? Why are there four Gospels? All four G gospels are written with a different audience in mind.

And they are probably written in the order of Mark first, and then Luke and Matthew were written next.

And then John was definitely written later. And Mark's is a gospel that is really written to the Romans.

And so Mark is a gospel that is the shortest of all the gospels, and it is very concise and very newspaper-like in its orientation, and talks a lot about Jesus' power.

It doesn't focus quite as much on what Jesus says as Matthew or Luke would, but it talks about what Jesus did,

because the Romans would be somebody who would understand power. And so really Mark is trying

to bring that out as he talks about that to his audience. And Mark was a traveling companion

of Paul and Barnabas, and then later on we believe of Peter.

And so Mark is most likely the gospel as related to Mark from Peter, who was there for the whole

thing.

And then Matthew is a gospel that is written for the Jews.

Matthew was a Jew, and he is writing for a Jewish audience, and so in Matthew,

you'll find many more Old Testament references. This is what Jesus did, and that had been

prophesied by such and such a prophet. And so if you're looking for how the Gospels tie to

the Old Testament, Matthew is your book. If you are someone who is Jewish, who is coming to

know Jesus or interested in knowing more about Jesus, again, Matthew is your book. Luke is written

for those of us who did not grow up with a Jewish background or did not grow up with the Old

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