Miracles in the Synopitic Gospels
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... ophet…“ (817). He refers to Jesus“ miracles (healing the sick, making the blind see and the lame walk) as fulfilling the prophecies of Isaiah 29, 35 and 53 signifying the coming of the new age of Israel; a new life for all people, which was essentially the main message of Christ. He also (like Mark) includes Jesus saying 'It is I“ (1427) when Jesus was walking on the water. The Jews would have understood the significance of this as the Greek for this ego eimi is the term God used in his revelation to Moses (Exodus 314). The Jewish readers of Matthew would have seen that this was Jesus“ claim to be God and realised just what Jesus was professing. He also uses the Old Testament to refer to the sign that will be given about Jesus“ identity. When the Pharisees were demanding signs from Jesus he refused to give one saying that the only sign they would need would be like that of Jonah when Jesus is resurrected after 3 days
Luke portrays the miracles in a completely different light. G.N Stanton argues that Luke shows Jesus as a prophet, telling us something about who he is and what he is like. When Jesus reads from the book of law in the temple and directly claims to fulfil the prophecies of Isaiah - 'He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recover sight for the blind“ (418) - he is showing himself to be a new prophet and the signifier of the new age. Also when Luke writes about Jesus aligning himself with the prophets of Elijah and Elisha (423-27) he is justifying his portrayal of Jesus as a new prophet. Luke also tries to show us something o ...
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