The word means good spell, or good news; but it is confined in its use to the divine good news that Christ Jesus carne into the world to save sinners, sent by the love of God. It reaches from the beginning of the public ministry of Christ to His present position in the glory (Mark 1:1; 2 Cor. 4:4). It mainly centers in the death and resurrection of Christ, without the mention of which no preaching of the gospel can be complete.