First the gaps between the beginnings of each gospel will be examined. Beginning with Mark, the additional material from Matthew, then Luke, then John will be examined to see the tools they used as they studied the scriptures. Their hermeneutic will become evident from the Old Testament text using the tools that we mentioned previously.
- NT authors saw history as prophecy
- NT authors point to OT patterns
- NT authors play with riddles
- NT authors read meaning from Hebrew letters
Mark began his gospel with the preaching of John the Baptist and relates it to the prophecy of Isaiah [1]
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Last modified on 4 March 2017, at 20:36 - β Isa 40:3 ΒΆ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isa 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: