One wonders why there are four and not just one account, with seemingly similar narrations in the first three gospels. The reason can be attributed to the multi-facet nature of the person and work of this controversial historic figure who claimed to be both the Son of God as well as the Son of Man.
Interestingly, one of the Old Testament prophets had a vision of God in which he saw four angelic creatures, each with four faces depicting that of a lion, an ox, a man and an eagle. This has set many Bible scholars thinking what Ezekiel saw might be a revelation of the mystery of Christ embodied within the four gospels.
Most agreed that Matthew portraits Jesus as the Messiah King to the Jews (the Lion of Judah), Mark presents Him as the subservient Servant to the Romans (the lowly Ox), Luke pictures His humanity to the Greeks (the perfect Man), while John proclaims the divinity of Jesus as One Who comes from above (the majestic Eagle).
However we look at it and whatever perception we may have or entertain about the Person of Jesus Christ, He cannot be ignored or dismissed like any other person we encounter or know based on His claims, credentials and character. Just as He confronted His followers in the past, the same question is now directed to us:
Who do you say that I am?
Our response and what we do about it will have eternal consequences.
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