Theological Nuance in the Synoptic Nature Miracles

In a previous work we have questioned such conclusions and argued instead that it is between superstition and skepticism where one meets the world view of most in the first century and further that reported miracle phenomena were hardly common when consideration is limited to first-century material. With this study, we complement our previous work by positing that miracles are essential to the Gospel. A definition of miracles would be unnecessary were it not for their essential Gospel traditions (oral and written narratives) and to the Gospel itself (δ ́uναμις γ ̀αρ θεοῦ ’εστιν ε’ις σωτηρ́iαν--Rom.1:16). Miracles are not peripheral