RELIGST 3N03 Study Guide - Synoptic Gospels, National Association Of Scholars
14 Apr 2014
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Sense in jesus" teaching and life that he had a mission, things he wanted to / had to achieve before he died. We think about what we want to achieve before we die, but jesus achieves what is most important by dying his mission and purpose culminates in him dying. In each of the gospels as passion narratives with an extended introduction, the focus is on the end and the real mission / climax is achieved by his dying. Without his dying majority of his actions would not have the same significance. Many allusions to what was to come shepherd giving his life, destroy / rebuild temple in 3 days, hour had not yet come alludes to what is going to come, people plotting his death. Chapter 12 begins 6 days before the passover making a point by mentioning it that already in chapter 12 we are at the final week of jesus" life death is very near.
