According to the Gospel of Matthew, at the death of Jesus tombs were opened, and at his resurrection many saints who had died emerged from their tombs and went into " the holy city ", presumably New Jerusalem.

* Steiner also believed that there were two different Jesus children involved in the Incarnation of the Christ: one child descended from Solomon, as described in the Gospel of Matthew, the other child from Nathan, as described in the Gospel of Luke.

By the time the Gospels of Luke and Matthew were written, Jesus is portrayed as being the Son of God from the time of birth, and finally the Gospel of John portrays him as the pre-existent Word () as existing " in the beginning ".

Ruth figures as one of four females named in the genealogy of Jesus at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew ( Matthew 1: 1-17 ).

The earliest Christian interpretations of Jonah are found in the Gospel of Matthew ( see and 16: 1-4 ) and the Gospel of Luke ( see Luke 11: 29-32 ).

Among the teachings of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew, the message to his followers that one should " Turn the other cheek " and his example in the story Pericope Adulterae, in which Jesus intervenes in the stoning of an adulteress, are generally accepted as his condemnation of physical retaliation ( though most scholars agree that the latter passage was " certainly not part of the original text of St John's Gospel ") More militant Christians consider Romans 13: 3 – 4 to support the death penalty.

* Joseph Smith — Matthew: portions of the Gospel of Matthew from the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible.

The term is used by Jesus Christ in the Olivet discourse, according to both the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark.

Many biblical scholars conclude that Matthew 24: 15 and Mark 13: 14 are prophecies after the event about the siege of Jerusalem in AD 70 by the Roman general Titus ( see Dating of the Gospel of Mark ).

Biblically this does not match three of the Gospel accounts ( Matthew, Luke, and John ) which specifically state the tomb was new and no one had ever been laid inside.

Likewise, Jesus Christ proclaims in the Gospel of Matthew that one should " Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's "; that is at first, literally, the payment of taxes as binding those who use the imperial currency, but more widely interpreted as the offer of obedience and submission to the proclaimed worldly king () in matters not contrary to conscience.

He wrote that Matthew composed the Gospel according to the Hebrews.

The saint's body was claimed to have been discovered in a cave with a copy of the canonical Gospel of Matthew on its breast ; according to the contemporary account of Theodorus Lector, who reports that both bones and gospel book were presented by Anthemios to the emperor.

Some scholars who maintain the antiquity of the Gospel of Barnabas propose that the text purportedly discovered in 478 should be identified with the Gospel of Barnabas instead ; but this supposition is at variance with an account of Anthemios's gospel book by Severus of Antioch, who reported having examined the manuscript around the year 500, seeking to find whether it supported the piercing of the crucifed Jesus by a spear at Matthew 27: 49 ( it did not ).

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A related issue is the adoption of the Gospel of Mark as a Canonical Gospel, given that, like the hypothetical Q, it is largely reproduced in Matthew and Luke, but, unlike Q, it did not become " lost ".

The Gospel of Mark states that when Joseph asked for Jesus ' body, Pilate was shocked that Jesus was already dead, and he summoned a centurion to confirm this before dispatching the body to Joseph.

Joseph is referenced in apocryphal and non-canonical accounts such as the Acts of Pilate, a text often appended to the medieval Gospel of Nicodemus and The Narrative of Joseph, and mentioned in the works of early church historians such as Irenaeus ( 125 – 189 ), Hippolytus ( 170 – 236 ), Tertullian ( 155 – 222 ) and Eusebius ( 260 – 340 ), who added details not found in the canonical accounts.

The Gospel of Nicodemus, a text appended to the Acts of Pilate, provides additional, though even more mythologized, details about Joseph.

In the Gospel of Nicodemus, the Jewish elders express anger at Joseph for burying the body of Christ, saying:

According to the Gospel of Nicodemus, Joseph testified to the Jewish elders, and specifically to chief priests Caiaphas and Annas that Jesus had risen from the dead and ascended to heaven and he indicated that others were raised from the dead at the resurrection of Christ ( repeating Matt 27: 52 – 53 ).

During the service, the body of Christ ( the soma ) is removed from the cross, as the words in the Gospel reading mention Joseph of Arimathea, wrapped in a linen shroud, and taken to the altar in the sanctuary.

A similar interpretation is given in José Saramago's controversial The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, but there attributed to Joseph, Jesus ' father, rather than to Jesus himself.

* Joseph Fielding McConkie, Straightforward Answers to Tough Gospel Questions, 1998, p. 96 ( Chapter 6 ).

The Gospel of Matthew ( c 80-85 ) begins with a genealogy leading from Abraham to Joseph, but then calls Joseph " the husband of Mary, of whom ( Mary ) was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

The Gospel of Peter is more detailed in its account of the events after the Crucifixion than any of the canonical gospels, and it varies from the canonical accounts in numerous details: Herod gives the order for the execution, not Pilate, who is exonerated ; Joseph ( of Arimathea, which place is not mentioned ) has been acquainted with Pilate ; in the darkness that accompanied the crucifixion, " many went about with lamps, supposing that it was night, and fell down ".

The apocryphal Arabic Infancy Gospel calls the two thieves Titus and Dumachus, and adds a tale about how Titus ( the good one ) prevented the other thieves in his company from robbing Mary and Joseph during their Flight into Egypt.

That night she said she had a dream which she interpreted as a prophecy that Joseph, Sr., would later accept the " pure and undefiled Gospel of the Son of God.

In his The Wentworth Letter, Joseph Smith, Jr. stated, " We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy ... to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.

" There has been much said about Joseph Smith ... all people who manifest faith in the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, which includes the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, do acknowledge him to be inspired of God when but a youth .... He has been a much accused man, whether truly or falsely, eternity will reveal.

It was reportedly the home town of Joseph of Arimathea, who appears in all four Gospel accounts of the Passion for having donated his new tomb outside Jerusalem to receive the body of Jesus.

According to some legends, Joseph returned to Glastonbury after the Resurrection of Jesus to spread the Gospel.

* Smith, Joseph F. Gospel Doctrine Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1977.

Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, who has written presenting the infancy narratives and John ’ s Gospel as historically reliable, was personally complimentary of Brown and his scholarship, and has been quoted as saying he " would be very happy if we had many exegetes like Father Brown ".

In the New Testament, another Eleazar, the son of Eliud, is listed in the genealogy of Jesus Gospel of Matthew as the great-grandfather of Joseph, husband of Mary.

A different, but not necessarily conflicting legend concerns Mary Magdalene's efforts to spread the Gospel.

The Gospel of James, also known as the Infancy Gospel of James or the Protoevangelium of James, is an apocryphal Gospel probably written about AD 145, which expands backward in time the infancy stories contained the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and presents a narrative concerning the birth and upbringing of Mary herself.

* ( 2011 ) The Gospel According to the Other Mary

In the Gospel of John, Mary Magdalene is also referred to simply as " Mary " at least twice.

According to the Gospel of Mary, they may refer to " the seven powers of wrath " spoken of in 8: 18-19:

The Gospel of John and the Gospel of Luke also mention a " Mary of Bethany ", who in some Christian traditions is regarded the same person as Mary Magdalene.

In, the author names three women in sequence: “ Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children .” In the Gospel of Mark, the author lists a group of women three times, and each time, Mary Magdalene ’ s name appears first.

Finally, in the Gospel of Luke, as already remarked, the author enumerates the women who reported the tomb visit, writing that, “ It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them ,” which once again places Mary Magdalene at the head of the list.

Several Gnostic gospels, such as the Gospel of Mary, written in the early 2nd century, see Mary as the special disciple of Jesus who has a deeper understanding of his teachings and is asked to impart this to the other disciples.

The Gnostic Gospel of Philip names Mary Magdalene as Jesus ' companion.

In her introduction in The Complete Gospels, Karen King names the manuscripts available for the Gospel of Mary.

First discovered in 1896, the Gospel of Mary exalts Mary Magdalene over the male disciples of Jesus.

The Gospel of Mary provides important information about the role of women in the early church, although it is missing six pages from the beginning, and four from the middle.