New Testament is composed from the four Gospels that describe the life of Jesus Christ between the birth and the Resurrection after Crucifixion, Acts of Apostles that describe Apostles' missionary works after the death of Jesus and the Reveration that forsees the future toward the end of world. In many cases Jesus Christ is depicted with haro on a tile.
Four Gospels
There are four Gospels:Luke, Matthew, John and Mark. The content of each Gospel is not necessarily same. In the Christian Art, each Evangelist is symbolized as follows: Luke:Ox, Matthew:Angel(mankind), John:Eagle, Mark:Lion It is said that these symbolization are coming from John's hullucination in Revelation Chapter 4, Clause 4 to 8.
Luke:Ox Matthew:Angel John:Eagle Marc:Lion
Birth of Jesus Christ
1. Announciation
The painting of Leonald da Vinchi is well known and also many famous painters draw the scene in a various style. In the bible only Gospel according to Luke describes.
Also Gospel according to Luke describes that the angel announces Elisabeth, a relative of Holy Mother Madonna, of her pregnacy of Baptist John.
"Luke1-5"：Announciation
"Luke1-18":Announciation of Baptist John
2. Birth of Jesus Christ
"Luke2-8"：Angel announcing the birth of Jesus
"Luke2-8"：Angel announcing the birth of Jesus
"Luke2-16"：The Birth of Jesus
"Luke2-16"：The Birth of Jesus
"Matthew2-1"：The Magi visit Messiah
"Luke2-21"：Jesus gets circumsiced
"Luke2-21"Jesus being dedicated at the shrine
3.Escape to Egypt
"Matthew2-13"：Escape to Egypt
Herod the Great heard of the birth of Messiah and he worried his position could be threaten, so he ordered to kill all male children younger than 2 year old
in Bethlehem and its vicinity as Jesus was not identified. As the angel informed Joseph and Maria of killing by Herod, they escaped to Egypt.
"Matthew2-16"：Herod ordered to kill all boys
Days of Training
１．Baptism by Baptist John
"Luke3-22"：Jesus is baptised：
There is no descriptions in Gospels regarding the childhood days of Jesus. After coming back from Egypt, Jesus was baptized at River Jordan by Baptist John
around mid-thirties.
2.Training in the wilderness
"Matthew4"：Jesus is tested in the wilderness:The devil came to Jesus and Jesus was tempted with several ways, but Jesus drived the devil away
without listening.
3. Death of Baptist John
"Matthew14"：
As Baptist John critisized Herod the Great sevearly, he was imprisoned in a well. A wife of Herod the Great planned to kill Baptist John.
Namely she hinted her daughter Salome to be awarded with the head of Baptist John as a reward for her dance showing to Herod the Great. As the dance was so good that
Herod the Great was obliged to give the award to Salome and Salome desired the head of Baptist John. Eventually Baptist John got his head cut down. This episode
is so famous that it was dramatized and staged several times independently of Bible
4. Announcement of Jesus's deatn and resurrection and the Transfiguration
"Matthew 17":the Transfiguration of Jesus
Jesus noticed to his disciples that he will be crucified and killed but will be resurrected in three days. Then he went uo a high mountain taking Peter, Jacob and
Johnes. Jesus transfigured himself: his face shined as a sun and his cloth became white then Moses and Eria appeared and they talked each other.
Miracles and Teachings in Missionary Works
"Matthew7-3"：Judging others:Commandments to prohibit from finding other's fault and/or too much critisize others
"Matthew7-13~14":Narrow gate
The gate where leads to the extinction is wide and the gate where leads to the life is narrow so there are few persons who can find out it.
This is the teaching which explains that one has to find out the way showing the distinct goal although it is unavoidable to go through the hardships and/or
to resuffer from pains without choosing an easy way unnecessary for prayings.
"Matthew9-20"：Healing a sick person：Jesus healed the woman who had been suffering the blooding 12 years praising her faith to Jesus.
"Matthew10-39":One who wants to save one's own life with carrying one's own cross will lose one's life and one who will lose one's own life on behalf of Jesus
will be saved.:Jesus preached his disciples to do missionary works with same minds as Jesus who will be later crucified with sacrificing himself for a mankind.
"Matthew12-7":Picking wheat ears on Saabath
People of the Pharisees blamed disciples of Jesus who picked wheat ears on Saabath saying that they are doing what they should not do on Saabath. Jesus admonished them commenting that the important thing is to pity people not to follow laws and should not blame people not guilty.
"Matthew13-25":Parable of the sower：While everyone was sleeping, the devil came and mixed up weeds into wheats. This parable indicates that in the world
there are two kinds of people mixed up:the good one and the bad one, however in the Last Judgement the right judgement will be carried out. The Sawer indicates
Jesus.
"Matthew13-33":Parable of yeast
The Kingdom of heaven is like bread. As a woman mixes yeast into bread, bread rises. It indicates that a minor thing as starting point will change the whole thing
as time goes on.
"Matthew14-28"：Walking on lake"：Looking Jesus with walking on lake, Peter also started to walk on lake toward Jesus following Jesus direction to come.
Suddenly Peter was sized with the fear and drowned. He was saved by Jesus but he was scolded because he did not believe Jesus, namely his faith to Jesus
was not sufficient enough.
"Matthew19-14"：Celebrating children:Jesus taught diciples that "Children are typical ones who can go to Heaven".
"Matthew20-1":Parable of workers in the vineyard:It seems there are many injustices to workers in the vineyard regarding their treatments
from the viewpoint of a mankind, however as the God promises each worker to assure the places to work and give the reward, each worker is able to work without
worring about terms for working, which is exacktly to live one' life with trusting the God.
"Matthew21-37~39:Parable of farmers and owner in the vineyard:The harvesting time came while an owner of vineyard went out for travelling. An owner dispatched
his servant to receive the harvest to a vineyard but farmers killed a servant not to give the harvest. The owner dispatched another servant but again he was killed.
At last the owner dispatched his son but farmers killed him and tried to own the vineyard for them. This episode implies a son as Jesus and the persecution to Jesus.
"Matthew22-19":Tax to Caeser：Pharisees tried to ensnare Jesus. He asked Jesus " Is it right under the Tohra to pay tax to Caeser ?". Jesus noticed the ill will
of the question. With a coin, Caeser's image and inscription was embossed, so Jesus countered that "Give back to Caeser what is Caeser's and to the God what is the God's."
"Matthew 25-11":Parable of 10 maidens
Ten maidens went to meet their grooms but five brainless maidens did not bring fuel oil. As grooms were late to arrive, maidens fell in sleep.
When grooms arrived, bright maidens who brought fuel oil were able to enter into the marriage ceremonies and the door was closed. Other brainless maidens
went to buy fuel oils but were too late to enter into the marriage celemony. This parable indicates it is important to pay attension on things always and be ready
for them.
"Matthew25-35":Parable of judging people
While I was hungry, you gave me somthing to eat also when I was thirsty, you gave me somthing to drink and you prepared the place to stay when I was travelling.
You gave me something to wear when I wore nothing, you took care of me when I was sick and you visited me when I was in a jail.
These indicate that one must feel someone very important by seeing Jesus in him while one sees someone facing troubles.
"John3":Teaching to Nikomodesu：Jesus taught Nikomodesu, who was a Pharisee, that the one who is not faithful to Jesus cannot be relieved
"John4-7"Samarian woman at the well：As Jesus was thirsty, he asked for water to a Samarian woman. At that time there was no interact between Israelitie and Samarians.
Therefore A Samarian woman was surprised to be asked for water and she asked Jesus "why an Israelitie asks for water to a Samarian". Jesus taught her that
"the one who drinks the water Jesus gives will never be thirsty." This is an episod about the water of life.
"John5-5"：At the pool of Bethesda Jesus healed a sick person：There were hospitals around the Pond of Betheda. Jesus asked one of hospitalized ones
if he wanted to get better. The one answered to want to barthe. Jesus told the one to get up and walk holding a mat he was lying on. The one got well and walked
holding a mat. It was a Sabbath day so it was not allowed to hold a mat under the Torah. Accordingly Jesus deemed as having violated the Torah and Jesus was persecuted
since then.
"John8-3~11":A fornicated woman not punished：A Law Expert and Pharisees caught a fornicated woman. They asked Jesus to trap him how to treat her saying that the Torah
says to kill a fornicated woman by throwing stones. Jesus just bent down and wrote something on a ground without answering. People asked again then Jesus told them
"Throw a stone if you have not committed any sin before". People went away and a woman was released.
"John10-10"：The good shepherd and his sheep：Jesus compares himself as a shepherd and people as sheeps. A good shepherd protects sheeps from a wolf without running
away.
"John11-38":The rising of Lazarus：When Jesus knew the death of Lazarus, a younger brother of Maria and Martha who were very faithful to Jesus, Jesus brought Lazarus
back to to life in order to make people know that one who believes Jesus will not die.
"John13-9"：Jesus washes his diciple's feet.：Jesus realized to be punished after entering into Jerusalem. Jesus washed his diciple's feet. He was so grateful that
he asked Jesus why. Jesus answered "If he does not wash feet, it leads for him to having no relations." Then a diciple asked Jesus to wash his body too in addition to
feet. Jesus told "it is not nessesary as a diciple has already washed his body so it is clean" but Jesus added "Everybody is necessarily clean." Jesus has been
already aware of Judah's betrayal.
"John15":The Vine and Branches:Foreseeing persecutions in a near future, Jesus preached after the Last Supper to his disciples; Jesus is a vine tree and disciples are
its vranches. Branches will have many grapes unless it will not be cut off. Likewise Disciples will be fortune as far as they believe in Jesus."Luke7-11":Making a widow's son come to life
Jesus pittied a widow who lost her son and made him come to life.
"Luke10-25"：Expert in law testing Jesus：An Expert in Law asked Jesus "how to acquire the eternal life". Jesus asked back to him "how is that described in Torah and
how he does understand that".
"Luke10-34":Good Samaritan
When one person was robbed to almost death, a Samaritan travelling nursed him and took him to an inn. On next day the Samaritan asked a master of the inn to take care
of him giving a money.
"Luke10-38" Martha and Maria：When Jesus visited Martha and Maria, Martha, an elder sister, was busy for entertaining Jesus. A younger sister, Maria was just sitting
at the foot of Jesus and did not help Martrha just listening to Jesus. When Martha asked Jesus to tell Maria to help Jesus, Jesus answered that "Maria chose better
way. Don't take it away."
"Luke11-14" Jesus and Beelzebul
Jesus drove out a demon that was mute. When the demon left,The man who was mute spoke. People were surprized, but some of them said that "Beelzebul, the prince of
demons droved out". Jesus replied the kingdom of God will be ruined if one does not believe the God.
"Luke15-23":Celebrating the return of a prodigical son：
When a prodigical son came back with being unable to have even foods, his farther forgave him and celebrated the feast
with killing a fatted calf. This parable indicates how "the God is compassionate".
"Luke16-22~25":A rich man and Lazarus:
"Luke18-1" Widow and Judge
A Widow came to the Judge, who did not respect an other person and also fear the God, every day and appealed to punish the other person.
The Judge was going to listen to the widow as he thought she was noizy.
Jesus commented:The God makes judgement day and night. But Jesus wondered the faith could be seen in the world when Jesus advents in a future.
Namely Jesus indicated there would be few faithful persons even if the right judgement will be conducted.
"Luke18-10"：Parable of a Pharisee and a tax collector：
"Luke19-5"：Tax collector Zacchaeus：A tax collector, Zacchaeus, a rich man in Jericho tried to look at Jesus so he climbed a tree as he was not tall.
Jesus told him to come down and asked to stay at his home. Zacchaeus welcomed Jesus. People wondered why Jesus stayed at Zacchaeus home despite that
he is a sinful tax collector and rich. Jesus explained he came for relief of Zacchaues because he was applying to the poor.
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