Jesus Call on Women as Disciples (2024)

Women and Discipleship in the Gospels

Ghana Journal of Religion and Theology

Some reading the canonical Gospels, namely, the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are inclined to think that the disciples Jesus called were all men or males because whether it is the names of the apostles or a pronoun used about them, it is either a man’s name or masculine gender. It is a situation that tends to lead some Christian churches to prefer having only male ministers or pastors. The author of this paper argues that the notion or idea is a presentation of the first three Gospels but not the Fourth. The Fourth Gospel presents not only men but also women as disciples of Jesus.

Women in Jesus‘ Ministry and the Place of Women in Contemporary Christian Ministry

The American Journal of Biblical Theology, 2020

Jesus deliberately undermined the traditional patriarchal framework so obviously a part of Old Testament culture and religion. His teachings and way of life were such that, according to the contention of many, only in support of an equalitarian view of male-female. This analysis of Jesus stance on women has become increasingly accepted as the correct interpretation of the relevant material in the four Gospels. This research explores the perspective of Jesus concerning women and how well their relationship was while He was ministering on earth. Considering this, examples of women Jesus came across are discussed. It is probable that Jesus' teachings attracted women in part because of the new roles and equal status they were granted in the Christian community. There were many cults in Greece and Rome that were for men only or, at best, allowed women to participate in very limited ways. Judaism offered women proselytes a special restriction place at best, for they were faced with the rabbinic restrictions that limited their participation in religious functions. While women were able neither to make up the quorum necessary to found a synagogue, nor to receive the Jewish covenant sign, these limitations did not exist in the Christian community. The necessary and sufficient explanation of why Christianity differed from its religious mother, Judaism, in these matters is that Jesus broke with both biblical and rabbinic traditions that restricted women's roles in religious practices, and that He rejected attempts to devalue the worth of a woman, or her word of witness. This was a right that women did not have in contemporary Judaism or in many pagan cults.

UNDERSTANDING DISCIPLESHIP IN MARK' S GOSPEL: WOMEN AS SUBALTERN ALTERNATIVES

Biblical Studies Journal, 2024

The way and strategy in which the gospel of Mark teaches discipleship goes beyond the inner circle of the Twelve Disciples. Mark chooses to depict true discipleship through the “Minor Characters,” especially the women followers, who were neither specifically called nor named in the narratives. These minor characters usually exhibit true disciples when the Twelve would not. In fact, it was the women who, unlike the Disciples, did not betray and followed Jesus to the cross and the first to visit the empty tomb. They understood what is demanded of a disciple and the cost of discipleship better than the Twelve. Where the Twelve misunderstood and falter, the women comprehended and remained firm. However, at the end of the gospel the women failed in that they chose to remain silent out of fear after visiting the empty tomb. This shows that women too were fallible as humans, but restorable. The essay is a look at discipleship in Mark from a subaltern perspective. The approach is chosen because it enables the reader to see the egalitarianism envisaged by the Markan community in which everyone serves as equal partner in ministry.

The Contrasting Perspectives of Unity and Diversity in the New Testament. The Role of the Feminine in Ministry in John and 1 Timothy[1] web pub

“She is able to be my disciple”: The Role of Female Disciples in Regards to the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife

Jesus and the Ministry of Women

Priscilla Papers, 1990

Author: Roberta Hestenes Publisher: CBE International "Then leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 'Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?' They came out of the town and made their way toward him... Many of the Samaritans from the town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, 'He told me everything I ever did'." (John 4:28-30, 39, NIV) There are many models of ministry. Women are as diverse as men in the patterns of ministry they follow. But let's look at the response of this one woman to Jesus to learn more about the place of women in ministry.

Jesus, Foreign Women, and the Expanding Mission in the Synoptics and John

(full text) Liber Annuus SBF 73 (2023): 245-64, 2024

All four canonical Gospels address the theme of transcending social barriers in the mission and among believers themselves. Three of the four do so by narrating an encounter between Jesus and an anonymous woman from another people: a Syrophoenician in Mark 7:24-30, a Canaanite in Matt 15:21-28, and a Samaritan in John 4:1-42. The parallel Synoptic texts recount a miracle story, while the Johannine pericope narrates a meeting at a well. Nevertheless, these episodes employ parallel narrative and lexical elements as they offer similar responses to similar missionary con-cerns.

The Role of Women in the New Testament and Canonical Gospels.

Women played a vital role in the spread of Christianity in the first and second century CE. This paper will assess their contribution by examining the various functions and responsibilities held by women as described in the New Testament and Canonical Gospels. The assessment will commence with a brief description of the lives of women in the Greco-Roman world. This description of the cultural setting will serve as an introduction to Jesus’ attitude towards and interaction with women, who were among his first followers. Women continued to function in the early church in a variety of roles such as apostles, evangelists, prophets, teachers and house church leaders, using their skills to spread the message and further the impact of the fledgling religion. A close examination of these multifarious roles, drawing on the Canonical Gospels as primary source, will demonstrate the integral part women played in the dissemination of Christianity.

An Examination of Jesus' View of Women Through Three Intercalations in the Gospel of Mark

Jesus and the Feminine Genius. The Anthropological Relevance ofthe Encounters ofJesus with Women inthe Fourth Gospel

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