Gospels

The first four books of the New Testament , which tell the life story of Jesus and explain the significance of his message. Gospel means “good news” — in this case, the news of the salvation (see also salvation ) made possible by the death and Resurrection of Jesus. The four Gospels are attributed to Matthew , Mark , Luke , and John .

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Notes

Figuratively, anything that is emphatically true is called the “gospel truth.”

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Francis merely urged everyone to read up on their Gospels, where Jesus consistently assailed the rich, lionized the poor and lingered with the meek instead of the mighty.

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But Orange County’s purple revolution reminds me of Jesus’ bitter comment in the Gospels that a prophet is honored everywhere except in his hometown, and among his own family.

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Furthermore, the four books of the Bible that recount Jesus’ life and crucifixion — Matthew, Mark, Luke and John — are referred to as “the Four Gospels.”

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“Don’t borrow trouble” is my favorite, a solid distillation of “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof” from the Gospels.

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There, studying the Gospels for the role that he thought would resurrect his career morphed into his Catholic conversion.

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