Intro to the Synoptic Gospels

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Across
  1. 2. Mark, Matthew, and Luke had a lot in ________
  2. 6. Strengthen the faith of those who already believe
  3. 7. "seeing the whole together"
  4. 8. Community gatherings where they retell the story of Jesus
  5. 9. His gospel was mainly written for Jewish Christians
  6. 11. His gospel was written first, around 65-70
  7. 12. Third stage of the gospel writing process
  8. 15. Gospel means this
  9. 16. The post-Resurrection appearances are _______ that Jesus was God
  10. 17. What had the disciples expected to happen in their lifetime?
  11. 19. Matthew and Luke both used this secondary source
  12. 20. Matthew and Luke both used this gospel as a source
  13. 21. His gospel was mainly written for Gentile Christians
Down
  1. 1. His gospel shared that God's love was universal
  2. 3. The second stage of the gospel writing process (2 words)
  3. 4. Mark, Matthew, and Luke are called ______ gospels (2 words)
  4. 5. What was starting to happen to eyewitnesses so that they needed to write their stories down?
  5. 10. The gospel writers were ___ - shaping the Jesus story to meet the needs of their audience
  6. 13. The life and teachings of Jesus are this stage of the gospel writing process
  7. 14. Basic message of salvation preached to nonbelievers
  8. 18. His gospel focused on how suffering led to eternal life