Gospel Narratives

Felipe Palacios
Pre-AP English
January 13, 2008

Gospel Narratives

Matthew

In a place where all the chosen of God are gathered around him hearing his teachings

Jesus- “I am the only son of God which will be the only one that can take you to heaven. I am that door that you must pass through to be able to get eternal life. In the day of the final judgment some of you might not enter into the kingdom of God.”

Disciples- “Master do we have a spot in the kingdom of God.”

Jesus- “You that love me love my father because he sent I and everything that I say is controlled by him, and if you love him then you should have a spot in his kingdom. You are the light of this world so now you have the power to cure diseased persons and persons that hath devils in them.”

In the beginning of the mountain when a whole multitude followed him

Leper- “Lord I know that if you want you can make me clean from my disease”

Jesus- “I will lay my hand on you and you will be cured of your disease”

Leper- “Thank you very much lord”

And the Jesus went from many places curing the diseased and spelling out devils of people that had them. Jesus also cured in the Sabbath day which was unlawful to the Pharisees.

Pharisees- “How come you cure on the Sabbath day when you are supposed to do
no work?”

Jesus- “Imagine that you have an oxen or a sheep that has fallen into a pit on the Sabbath day. Wouldn’t you go and save it from the pit or will you leave it there because it is the Sabbath day. These people are my sheep and I am the shepherd so I have to save them when they need me.”

Pharisees- “We have to destroy this sinner because he healed on the Sabbath day and he is gaining power and followers throughout the land. If he gains too much power he might be able to overcome us.”

Jesus to his multitude- “I better get going because this people not loved the son of God and therefore not love God and seek to kill me.”

Jesus then continued to cast out devils and cure diseases and the Pharisees were mad at him and seek to kill him

They brought to him a person possessed with a devil that did not let him speak or see.

Jesus- “You will be healed when I touch you”

And he touched him

Person who was possessed- “Thank you lord now I can see and speak, blessed be your name.”

Pharisees- “Since you cast out devils of people them you must be Beelzebub the prince of the devils.”

Jesus- “If I be with satan I would not cast out his demons because if not the house would be divided and it will fall. I cast out demons in the name of God.”

And then his multitude followed him into a mountain

Disciples- “Lord we have not enough food for the whole multitude.”

Jesus- “Bring me what you have that I may see what I can do.”

Disciples- “We have five loaves of bread and two small fishes”

The Jesus sanctified the bread and fish and gave thanks to God and then gave fish and bread to the multitude. When they had finished he collected the leftovers and were seven
baskets full of food.

Pharisees- “Why do the disciples eat during the Sabbath day?”

Jesus- “When David was hungry he ate.”

Pharisees- “Our law says we shouldn’t do that.”

Jesus- “I am the son of God which is greater than the Sabbath day and you are a generation of fools and vipers.”

Then Jesus had the last supper with his disciples and he said that whoever drank of his blood and ate of his flesh should have eternal life. Then they went to pray in the Mount of Olives. When he had prayed and was coming down a whole multitude came armed.

Judas came and gave a kiss in the cheek to Jesus

Jesus- “Judas is that how you betray the son of God?”

Multitude- “He is the one.”

Then Peter got his sword and cut off the ear from one of the high priests servants.

Jesus- “Peter it is written that I should die to save you all, so do not try to stop them.”

Then Jesus got his ear and healed it back into the servant.

Then they took Jesus to Pilates

Pilate- “I find no fault in this man that you blame, but every day of the Sabbath I free one of the prisoners so you chose if you want Barabbas who is a murderer and thief or Jesus.

Multitude- “Free Barabbas instead of Jesus.”

Pilate- “I will wash my hands of all blood that will be spilled, and his fate is up to you.”

Multitude- “Crucify him”


Then they took Jesus and made him carry his cross with the help of Simon a man from Cyrene. When they got there they placed Jesus in between of two robbers that were going to be crucified. And everyone mocked him and placed a sign on his cross that read “This is Jesus the king of the Jews.” The soldiers and everyone had been hitting him since before and spitting on him. Then Jesus cried with a loud voice and gave up the Holy Spirit.

Then he was placed on a sepulcher by Joseph one of his disciples, but on the third day when Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the body, but an angel said to them that he had risen and walked out of the dead. And then Jesus appeared into the disciples and told them to go around the world and baptize everyone and spread the word of the Lord.

Matthew way of telling the story was more in a dialogue way than Luke and John which were more in third person telling.






Luke

Day 1
Dear Diary,
Today I was chosen by Jesus to be one of his disciples. He is a very kind person that heals the sick and the people that have defects. He is the son of God and he says to us “I am the son of God and everything I do and speak is because my father has told me. “He is also a very strong man in will. He tells us that he once went into the wilderness for forty days and did not eat anything. Also while he was in the wilderness he was tempted all these days by the devil. The devil promised him many riches and powers over all cities but he did not fall into temptation. Apart from me he also chose eleven other disciples. I hope we all manage to get along well.


Day 2
Dear Diary,
This Morning we were woken up early by Jesus. He told us to leave everything behind our fishing nets, our families, and our lives to follow him. Some of the disciples doubted a little bit before going with him but all finally came. Later we all went with him to preach in the Synagogues in the days of the Sabbath. In one of these synagogues he heard that a person was possessed with one devil and he in front of all these people cast it out. Everyone was impressed and saw how much power he had. People were also impressed of his doctrine because he spoke with a strong points and the word was understood clearly. This night we slept in a haystack that a poor man lends to us.


Day 3
Dear Diary,
Today Jesus is going to preach from the ship of Simon into all the people that are in the shore. When we entered Simon’s ship he told us that he had been fishing all night and had gotten no fish. The Jesus told him to throw his net over to the left and Simon did it. When he tried to get the net out he couldn’t because it was so full of fishes that it almost broke. I the knew that he was a man with great power and knowledge. I had a thought that maybe he might have power over nature but I was not so sure. Then as we were walking to ward a city we saw a man full of leprosy and asked Jesus to cure him. Jesus then touched the leper and with just one touch he was now cured. Now when I saw that he cast out devils from people, can cure diseases and is able to predict what nature would do next I knew he had some extraordinary powers. Then we continued going through cities seeing how Jesus preached the word of God and how he healed people from devils and diseases. Then on our way to a city we met with some Pharisees that told Jesus that why did we eat on the Sabbath day. They said it was unlawful to do this and that we were sinners. Jesus said onto them that the Son of Man is also greater than the Sabbath day. I then saw that if we stayed near Jesus he would also protect us from all evil. This night we slept under some peach trees in the grasslands because no one had given us a place to sleep.

Day 4
Dear Diary,
Today we woke up and ate some eggs that a man that Jesus had healed gave unto us. It was good because we had not eaten since the breakfast of the other morning since we only eat from what the people give to us. We parted to Capernaum and a centurion said to Jesus that he had a dear servant who was about to die and if he wanted he would be whole again. Jesus went with him but not far from his house he told to Jesus master I am not worthy to come unto thee but one word of thee will be enough to save my servant and when he arrived home he was cured. Some Pharisees kept on asking trick questions to God so he would fall and they could accuse him of something but each time the asked him that he responded in a parable that only the true persons that understood the word of God (his disciples) could understand the parable so the Pharisees were left confounded. Later that day Jesus told unto all of us that now we had the power to cure diseases and to expel devils from people’s souls. So we went through many cities and places healing and teaching people of the lord. We went to sleep in the house of Simon that was nearby where we were.

Day 5
Dear Diary,
In one of the synagogues in which we were teaching Jesus cast out a devil from a person and the Pharisees told him that he was Beelzebub the prince of the devils and that was the reason why he could control the devils to leave people. Jesus answered them saying that if one house divided within itself it will soon fall so why would the prince of devils cast out devils? He said to the Pharisees that he expelled devils in the name of God. Jesus also said that the Pharisees were a generation of hypocrites and fools because they did not glorify lord but power, gold, and high seats and distinction. The Pharisees kept on bothering us and God because we did eat on the Sabbath day. He said unto them that he had power over all that, but the Pharisees did not like this and started to become madder at him. We could not sleep that night because we had to be escaping from the Pharisees

Day 6
Dear Diary,
The feast of the Passover was drawing near and one day Judas Iscariot disappeared and we did not know where he went. We all suspected that he was doing some business but, we did not know what kind of business. That night we had the feast of the Passover with Jesus and he told us that this was the last time we would eat together before all of us came into the eternal life. He said that whoever drank his blood and ate his flesh should have the way into eternal life. He also said that tonight one of them would betray him and turn him into the high priests for him to be killed. We all started to look unto one another to see if we could find who but none of us knew except Jesus and he who would betray him. Then after the supper we did not sleep because we passed the night praying at the side of Jesus.


Day 7
Dear Diary,
We were very tired and were asleep when a multitude full of armed people came. Suddenly out of them came Judas and kissed Jesus. Jesus said “Judas is that how you betray the son of man?” We were all astonished and could not move. Another thought that came through my mind was that why did they come with weapons as if they were going to get a thief. Then Simon cut off the ear of one of the high priests servant and Jesus got the ear and placed it in the servants head and healed him. Then Jesus was sent to Pilate but he did not find fault in him. The multitude told him to crucify him, and Pilate told them that he will not be responsible for his fate so he left his fate according to the multitude. They decided that they were going to crucify him. So he carried his cross to the mountain with help of Simon. Then when he was up there they treated him badly and I was so sad and crying that I went down a bit of the mountain because I couldn’t see my lord die. When I heard a scream the sky turned black and I knew what had happened.


Day 8
Dear Diary,
Yesterday they took Jesus to the sepulcher and I am really sad about his death.

Day 9
Dear Diary,
I really do not feel like writing every thing is now lost if he is gone.

Day 10
Dear Diary,
Today Mary Magdalene came and told us that Jesus was not at his tomb then he appeared unto us and told us that it was he that had risen from the dead.


















John

Dear Jesus,


I have heard many things of you that you are a righteous man more than the world has ever seen. I know a lot about you and what you have done because I admire you and really want to meet you. I know that you are the son of God. I am a poor boy from the city of Judea. The Pharisees take everything away from my family and me. I would also like to ask you if we will be going to heaven with you?


I heard that one day at a wedding where the wine has ended and there was only water you told the servants to fill eight jugs full of water and you converted that into wine. I really think that it needs a person to have extraordinary powers to turn water into wine. I also heard that in your temple people were selling and trading stuff and was concentrating in that more than on praying. I really think that you have to be only on one thing to do it well. I also heard that you asked a women to give you water in exchange for the water of life.


When you healed the first person which had been sick for thirty eight years and told him to get his bed and go home I was marveled at your powers and your doctrine. And when you took the five loaves of bread and the two tiny fish and multiplied them by giving thanks to your father. When your disciples picked up the leftovers there were baskets full of food which is a miracle because from five pieces of bread and the two tiny fishes to fill up the whole multitude and to have left over food. I really appreciate that you and your disciples go from city to city healing because when you healed one of the whole multitudes you healed one of my uncles that was very sick.


When the Pharisees started to hunt you and to persecute you because you did not follow the rules of the Sabbath day I started to get afraid because such a good person like you who heals everyone without minding their social classes or their power should not be persecuted. I really liked how you responded unto the Pharisees when they tried to trick you. The parables are a word and way of telling information only to the people that can understand them that are your true followers.


In the last supper when you told all your disciples that you had to die to save the human race and to be able to open up the gates of heaven unto them. Also in the day of the final judgment only people who have gone through you and tried to be like you will be accepted in the eternal life. You blessed the wine and the bread and parted it to your disciples and said that this is your blood and your flesh and that will be the only way to get to the eternal life.

The saddest moment that I heard was when you were praying and Judas betrayed you and handed you in into the high priests and people that seek to kill you. After this Pilate made you get a crown of thorns and handed you to the fate of the multitude which said that you should be crucified. Then they made you take your cross which is not a worthy manner for the Son of Man to die. Then they took you into the mountain and killed you. When I heard this I was so sad, that I did not eat in three days until I heard more news of you. You had revived of the dead as you had told us after the third day and made yourself visible to the disciples and told them that they would be saved and go to eternal life.