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The first 4 books of the [[The Bible|New Testament]], chronicling the life of one [[Jesus Christ]].▼
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▲The first
Despite the traditional names of the gospels, they are anonymous works. Modern scholars doubt that any of them were eyewitness reports - any statement disagreeing with that position in the trope list is [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|a matter of faith]].
''Matthew'' - Matt compares Old Testament scripture with Jesus' deeds to appeal to Jews.▼
There are four canonical gospels:
''Mark'' - The oldest Gospel written for the Romans and portrays Jesus as the miracle worker.▼
▲* ''Gospel of Matthew'' -
▲* ''Gospel of Mark'' - The oldest Gospel, written for the Romans.
* ''Gospel of Luke'' - Written for Gentiles,
* ''Gospel of John'' - The newest, most introspective
The apocryphal gospels - ''Epistle of the Apostles, Gospel According to the Hebrews, Gospel of the Ebionites, Gospel of the Egyptians, Gospel of Mary, Gospel of the Nazareans, Gospel of Nicodemus, Gospel of Peter, Gospel of Philip, Gospel of the Saviour, Coptic Gospel of Thomas, Infancy Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Truth, Papyrus Egerton 2, Diatessaron, Protoevangelium of James, Gospel of Marcion, Secret Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Judas,'' and ''Gospel of Barnabas'' - are all of later authorship. These are discussed only in passing on this page.
▲''Luke'' - Written for Gentiles and portrays Jesus as a [[Nice Guy]] who preached kindness and charity. Has the most in-depth look into his origin story and contains the most parables
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* [[Go and Sin No More]]:
* [[Obvious Judas]]:
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▲''John'' - The most introspective Gospel and written for Christians.
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* [[An Aesop]]: The point of most of Jesus' parables.
* [[Ancient Rome]]: The setting for the narratives.
* [[Author Appeal]]: Luke, who was a doctor, notes several medical details in his accounts that the other authors glossed over, such as that the girl who Jesus brought back from the dead died of a high fever, or that Christ was sweating blood at Gethsemane.
* [[Author Avatar]]: The [[Naked People Are Funny|naked guy]] mentioned in Mark 14:51-52 was probably Mark himself.
** And "the disciple who Jesus loved" referred to often in the Book of John was John himself.
* [[Away in a Manger]]: The [[Ur Example]], of course.
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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Jesus is gone but the apostles vow to spread his message to the rest of the world.
* [[Contemplate Our Navels]]: John
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* [[Flipping the Table]]: Jesus does this with the moneychangers in the Temple.
* [[Heaven Seeker]]: with Jesus and most of his followers.
▲* [[Go and Sin No More]]: Another [[Trope Namer]], from Jesus' response to a woman caught in adultery (John 8).
* [[Intimidating Revenue Service]]: Whenever Jesus needs an example of a profession that everyone will instantly recognize as corrupt and sinful, he mentions... (prostitutes? pharisees? torturers?)... ''tax collectors.'' [[Justified]], since in [[Ancient Rome]] tax collectors were pretty universally reviled for extorting money from their countrymen while being on the take. Also [[Averted]], in that some tax collectors such as Matthew and Zacchaeus are shown to be redeemed.
* [[Jesus Taboo]]: [[Captain Obvious|Averted]].
* [[Love Redeems]]: Very, very much the theme of Jesus' teachings, as exemplified in John 3:16:
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* [[Missing Episode]]: The non-canonical gospels. ''John'' ends with him saying [[Word of God|Jesus did a whole bunch of other stuff that he didn't have time to write down]].
* [[Narrator All Along]]: "John" is written in a third-person omniscient voice, but at the end, the author confirms that the unnamed "disciple whom Jesus loved" was in fact John himself.
* [[Never Accepted in His Hometown]]
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Herod]]: Matthew's account of Herod's attempted murder of the infant Messiah is the [[Trope Maker]].
▲* [[Obvious Judas]]: The [[Trope Namer]]. (Plus, it's [[Captain Obvious|rather obvious]] which one of Jesus' disciples is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Judas]], too...)
** Among Jesus' disciples, there were two men named James, two named Judas, and two named Simon (one had to be [[Only Known by Their Nickname|nicknamed]] "Peter"). On one occasion, John has to introduce dialogue by saying, "Judas, [[Name's the Same|not Iscariot]], said..."
▲* [[One Steve Limit]]: [[Averted]].
** The Book of John, written by John the Apostle, opens up by introducing another John, John the Baptist.
▲** Among Jesus' disciples, there were two men named James, two named Judas, and two named Simon (one had to be [[Only Known by Their Nickname|nicknamed]] "Peter"). On one occasion, John has to introduce dialogue by saying, "Judas, [[Name's the Same|not Iscariot]], said..."
** Also, depending how you count, there may be as many as four women (and definitely at least two) named Mary, apart from Jesus' Mother.
▲** The Book of John, written by John the Apostle, opens up by introducing another John, John the Baptist.
▲** Also, depending how you count, there may be as many as four women (and definitely at least two) named Mary, apart from Jesus' Mother.
** There are even two [[Nice Job Breaking It, Herod|Herods]]-- Herod the Great and Herod Antipas.
* [[Real Men Love Jesus]]: Oh yes. Most of the disciples qualify, for a start.
* [[Rashomon Style]]: There's a reason this page isn't called "The One Gospel." The four different versions of the story mostly serve to complement and expand on each other, though [[Understatement|a few points are harder to reconcile]]. Among scholars, this is known as the [[wikipedia:Gospel harmony|"Harmony of the Gospels"]]; you can even buy editions of [[The Bible]] that lay out the four accounts side by side for easy comparison. For those who like charts, there's [[media:Relationship between synoptic gospels-en.svg|this chart showing what percentage of content the first three gospels share with each other]].
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Matthew 23 was this from Jesus against the Pharisees.
* [[Star of Bethlehem]]: Matthew provides the [[Ur Example]].
* [[Take a Third Option]]: (Matthew 22) Are we answerable to God or to earthly powers such as the Romans? <ref>Many Jews were pretty much sick of the Romans by this point and had no desire to pay taxes to support Roman idolatry and hedonistic living. The last thing they would have wanted to hear was a command to pay their taxes. If Christ had said that this was unnecessary, though, well ...</ref> (John 7-8) Will Jesus say that a woman caught in the act of adultery should be stoned or not? <ref>If Christ had said that she shouldn't be stoned, the Pharisees would have accused Him of violating the laws of Moses. If He had said that she should, He would likely have been turned over to the Romans, who didn't allow the Jews to perform their own executions.</ref>
** Both times, the Pharisees were attempting a [[Morton's Fork]], but Jesus succeeded in [[Cutting the Knot]].
* [[The Three Wise Men]]: They make their [[Ur Example|first appearance]] here, though Matthew doesn't specify that there were three exactly (that's a [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|later tradition]] due to them bringing three gifts).
▲* [[Turn the Other Cheek]]: [[Trope Namer]].
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