gospel

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Old English godspel (corresponding to good + spell, i.e. ‘good tidings’, the first element is not related to Old English god ‘God’), used to translate ecclesiastical Latin bona annuntiatio, itself a translation of ecclesiastical Latin evangelium, Greek εὐαγγέλιον ‘evangel’, literally ‘good news’.

[edit] Noun

gospel (plural gospels)

1. The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the life, death, and teachings of Jesus.
2. An account of the life, death, and teachings of Jesus, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era.
3. A message expected to have positive reception or effect.
4. (Protestantism) the teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments

[edit] Translations

Albanian: ungjilli sq(sq) Arabic: إنجيل ('injīl) Basque: ebanjelio eu(eu) Bosnian: jevanđelje n., evanđelje n. Bulgarian: евангелие bg(bg) (evangelie) Croatian: evanđelje n. Czech: evangelium cs(cs) n. Dutch: evangelie Finnish: evankeliumi fi(fi) German: Evangelium n. (1, 2) Hungarian: evangélium hu(hu) Indonesian: injil id(id) Irish: soiscéal m. Italian: vangelo it(it) m.

Japanese: 福音書 (ふくいんしょ, fukuinsho), ゴスペル (gosuperu) Latin: evangelium la(la) n. Polish: ewangelia f. Portuguese: evangelho m. Romanian: evanghelie ro(ro) f. Russian: евангелие (jeváng'elije) n. Serbian: Cyrillic: јеванђеље n. Roman: jevanđelje n. Slovene: vangelij sl(sl) Spanish: evangelio es(es) Welsh: efengyl f.