The gospels consist of four narratives of the life of Jesus Christ
told from different perspectives for different audiences. Matthew
is a very Jewish gospel and presents Christ as the fulfillment of the Old
Testament prophesies. Mark, the shortest of the gospels, says
more about the kingdom than any other gospel. Luke addresses
his gospel to a gentile dignitary and states that his purpose is to tell
the gospel story chronologically. The last gospel, John is
very different from the other three including many unique stories and spends
almost half of his time on the last week before Jesus' crucifixion.
