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Intelligitimate · 11-25-2004, 09:02 PM

While bored today, I decided to work a little on chapter 3 of Strauss' Life of Jesus for Peter, and I came across an interesting passage.

Quote:

But of these two evangelists Luke mounts a step higher than Matthew. . . . (Matt. i. 18-25.) Here the pregnancy is discovered in the first place, and then afterwards justified by the angel; but in Luke the pregnancy is prefaced and announced by a celestial apparition.

I got to thinking, this sounds like a great reason for Luke to change at least this part of Matthew's birth narrative. And in fact, Christians carried it even further after Luke.

Did Goodacre touch on this, Vork? It might be possible to construct a lot of plausible reasons why Luke constructed his own birth narrative instead of using Matthew's.

Amaleq13 · 11-25-2004, 11:58 PM

If we order the Gospel stories:

1) Mark

2) Matthew

3) Luke

4) John

We have Jesus identified as "Christ" at his baptism (1), at his conception (2), prior to his conception (3), and before Creation (4).

These seem to me to be attempts to "correct" Mark's originally adoptionist beliefs.

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Amaleq13 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Eagle River, Alaska Posts: 7,816	If we order the Gospel stories: 1) Mark 2) Matthew 3) Luke 4) John We have Jesus identified as "Christ" at his baptism (1), at his conception (2), prior to his conception (3), and before Creation (4). These seem to me to be attempts to "correct" Mark's originally adoptionist beliefs.

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