Gospel: 4 definitions
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Source: archive.org: Easton's Bible DictionaryGospel definition and references: A word of Anglo-Saxon origin, and meaning “God’s spell”, i.e., word of God, or rather, according to others, “good spell”, i.e., good news. It is the rendering of the Greek evangelion, i.e., “good message.” It denotes (1) “the welcome intelligence of salvation to man as preached by our Lord and his followers. (2.) It was afterwards transitively applied to each of the four histories of our Lord’s life, published by those who are therefore called ‘Evangelists’, writers of the history of the gospel (the evangelion). (3.) The term is often used to express collectively the gospel doctrines; and ‘preaching the gospel’ is often used to include not only the proclaiming of the good tidings, but the teaching men how to avail themselves of the offer of salvation, the declaring of all the truths, precepts, promises, and threatenings of Christianity.” It is termed “the gospel of the grace of God” (Acts 20:24), “the gospel of the kingdom” (Matthew 4:23), “the gospel of Christ” (Romans 1:16), “the gospel of peace (Ephesians 6:15), “the glorious gospel,” “the everlasting gospel,” “the gospel of salvation” (Ephesians 1:13).
Source: archive.org: Nave's Topical BibleGospel definition and references: –Called
–Gospel Of The Kingdom Matthew 4:23; 24:14
–Gospel Of God Romans 1:1; 15:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:8; Timothy 1:11; 1 Peter
4:17
–Gospel Of Jesus Christ Mark 1:1
–Gospel Of Christ Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 9:12,18; Galatians 1:7; Philippians
1:27; 1 Thessalonians 3:2
–The Dispensation Of The Grace Of God Ephesians 3:2
–The Grace Of God Acts 20:24
–Gospel Of Salvation Ephesians 1:13
–Gospel Of Peace Ephesians 6:15
–The Kingdom Of God Luke 16:16
–Glorious Gospel Of Christ 2 Corinthians 4:4
–Preaching Of Jesus Christ Romans 16:25
–Mystery Of Christ Ephesians 3:4
–Mystery Of The Gospel Ephesians 6:19
–Word Of God 1 Thessalonians 2:13
–Word Of Christ Colossians 3:16
–Word Of Salvation Acts 13:26
–Word Of Reconciliation 2 Corinthians 5:19
–Word Of Truth 2 Corinthians 6:7; Ephesians 1:13
–Word Of Faith Romans 10:8
–Word Of Life Philippians 2:16
–Ministration Of The Spirit 2 Corinthians 3:8
–Doctrine According To Godliness Timothy 6:3
–Form Of Sound Words 2imothy 1:13
–Compared to
–A mustard seed Matthew 13:31,32; Mark 4:30-33; Luke 13:18,19
–Good seed Matthew 13:24-30,36-43
–Leaven (yeast) Matthew 13:33
–A pearl of great price Matthew 13:45,46; Luke 13:20,21
–A treasure hidden in a field Matthew 13:44
–A householder Matthew 20:1-16
–A feast Luke 14:16-24
–Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Isaiah 40:8; Psalms 46:4,5;
89:15; Matthew 4:23; 11:4-6; 13:17; 24:14; 28:18-20; Mark 1:14,15; 13:10; 16:15; Luke 1:67-79;
2:10-14,34; 4:18,19; 7:22; 10:23,24; 16:16; 17:20,21; John 1:16,17; 4:14; 8:32; 12:35,50;
13:20; 17:7,8; 18:36; Acts 2:11; 5:20; 10:36; 13:32,33; 14:3; 16:17; 20:24,32; Romans
1:16,17; 10:15-18; 15:29; 16:25,26; 1 Corinthians 1:18,21,24,25; 2:4-7,9; 4:20; 9:16,18; 15:1,2;
2 Corinthians 3:6-11,18; 4:3,4,6; 9:15; 10:4,5; Galatians 2:2; 3:8; Ephesians 1:13,14; 3:8-11; 6:15,17,19,20;
Colossians 1:5,6,23,26-29; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 1:10; 2:10,14; Timothy 1:10,11; 2:4; 3:16; 4:6;
2imothy 1:10; 2:3; Hebrews 4:2; 5:13; 6:1; 7:19; James 1:18,21,25; 1 Peter 1:23,25; 4:6; 5:12;
2 Peter 1:16,19; 2:2,21; 1 John 2:8; Jude 1:3; Revelation 14:6,7
–Called The New Covenant Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 7:22; 8:6-13;
9:8-15; 10:9; 12:22-24
–Prophecies Relating To Psalms 46:4; Isaiah 2:3-5; 4:2-6; 9:2,6,7;
25:7; 29:18,24; 32:3; 35:5; 40:9; 41:27; 42:6,7; 43:18-21; 46:13; 49:13; 51:4-6;
52:7; 55:1-5; 60:1-22; 61:1-3; Ezekiel 34:23-31; 47:1-12; Joel 2:28-31; Micah 4:1-7; Matthew
24:14
–See Church, Prophecies Concerning
–See Jesus, Kingdom Of
–See Jesus, Mission Of
–See Kingdom Of Heaven
Gospel refers to:—The Greek word, which literally signifies glad tidings, is translated in the English Version by the word Gospel, viz., God's spell, or the Word of God. The central point of Christian preaching was the joyful intelligence that the Savior had come into the world; and the first Christian preachers, who characterized their account of the person and mission of Christ by the term Gospel. This name was also prefixed to the written accounts of Christ. We possess four such accounts; the first by Matthew, announcing the Redeemer as the promised King of the Kingdom of God; the second by Mark, declaring him 'a Prophet mighty in deed and word'; the third by Luke, of whom it might be said that he represented Christ in the special character of the Savior of sinners (, sq.; 15:18-19, sq.); the fourth by John, who represents Christ as the Son of God, in whom deity and humanity became one. The ancient church gave to Matthew the symbol of the lion, to Mark that of man, to Luke that of the ox, and to John that of the eagle; these were the four faces of the cherubim.
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Source: archive.org: Hastings' Dictionary of the BibleGospel refers to:—This word (lit. ‘God-story’) represents Greek euangelion , which reappears in one form or another in ecclesiastical Latin and in most modern languages. In classical Greek the word means the reward given to a bearer of good tidings (so 2 Samuel 4:10 LXX [Note: Septuagint.] in pl.), but afterwards it came to mean the message itself, and so in 2 Samuel 18:20; 2 Samuel 18:22; 2 Samuel 18:25 [LXX [Note: Septuagint.] ] a derived word is used in this sense. In NT the word means ‘good tidings’ about the salvation of the world by the coming of Jesus Christ. It is not there used of the written record. A genitive case or a possessive pronoun accompanying it denotes: ( a ) the person or the thing preached (the gospel of Christ, or of peace, or of salvation, or of the grace of God, or of God, or of the Kingdom, Matthew 4:23; Matthew 9:35; Matthew 24:14 , Mark 1:14 , Acts 20:24 , Romans 15:19 , Ephesians 1:13; Ephesians 6:15 etc.); or sometimes ( b ) the preacher ( Mark 1:1 (?), Romans 2:16; Romans 16:25 , 2 Corinthians 4:3 etc.); or rarely ( c ) the persons preached to ( Galatians 2:7 ). ‘The gospel’ is often used in NT absolutely, as in Mark 1:15; Mark 8:35; Mark 14:9 RV [Note: Revised Version.
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Search found 107 books and stories containing Gospel, The gospel; (plurals include: Gospels, The gospels). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Ante-nicene Fathers (by Alexander Roberts)
By the Rule of Antiquity < [Part II]
Chapter VI < [Epistle to Gregory and Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John.]
Book II < [Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew.]
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (by Philip Schaff)
Chapter I - On the Authority of the Gospels < [The Harmony of the Gospels.]
Chapter 40 [XXVII.]—A Collection of Scripture Testimonies. From the Gospels < [A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness...]
Section 20 < [Life and Works of Rufinus with Jerome's Apology Against Rufinus.]
Bible cyclopedia, critical and expository (by Andrew Robert Fausset)
A Dictionary of the Bible (Hastings) (by Andrew Robert Fausset)
Saying 1 - Importance Of Interpreting The Obscure Sayings
Saying 4 - The first will be last
A Guide to Understanding the Bible (by Harry Emerson Fosdick)