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The synoptic gospels are those attributed to Matthew, Mark and Luke. Their parallel verses are documented in the Harmony of the Gospels section of The New Strong's Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of The Bible published by Thomas Nelson Publishers, whose bibles also often contain this material, which covers the parallel verses of the four canonical Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Since not all of the hundreds of parallels are contained in all three synoptic Gospels, an answer cannot be given as to the actual number, but following is a possible explanation for the parallel verses. The Gospel According to Mark was written in Greek, the universal language of the time, by an anonymous author who is commonly known as Saint Mark. The Gospel According to Mark was attributed to John Mark (also believed to be Marcus, son of the apostle Peter - I Pet. 5:13, KJV Bible, also Markus and Mark in other versions) beginning around 100 A.D. The Gospels According to Saints Matthew and Luke were written by anonymous authors and later attributed to Matthew and Luke. None of the synoptic gospel authors claimed to have been the persons traditionally associated with these gospels, or even to have been first-hand witnesses or to have known first-hand witnesses. 'Luke' went as far as to state that what he was writing was 'what we believe of things delivered to us by those who were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word from the beginning'. According to some scholars, the Gospels of Matthew and Luke main source of information on the life of Jesus was Mark's Gospel. Other scholars believe Mark's Gospel was based upon Matthew's Gospel. Some scholars believe the Gospels of Matthew and Luke used a hypothetical 'sayings of Jesus' document called the 'Q' document as a source for some of the sayings they attribute to Jesus. Although 'Q' is hypothetical, as there exists no early copy of it, and none of the early Church Fathers ever referred to it, scholars believe they may have been able to reconstruct much of its content by studying the Gospels. The supposition of the 'Q' document derived from the fact that the Gospels of Matthew and Luke reported many of the same sayings of Jesus, but maintained the sayings were uttered during different times and events in Jesus' ministry. Whenever the Gospels of Matthew and Luke agree upon a saying, the Greek text for that saying was the same in both gospels. The Gospel of Mark appears to have made little or no use of 'Q'.
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What makes John's Gospel different from the other gospels?
A:The Gospel According to St John differs to such an extent from the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) that Origen (Commentary on John) felt obliged to defend the Gospel, saying, "Although he does not always tell the truth literally, he always tells it spiritually." To understand both the similarities and the differences among the four New Testament gospels, it needs to be understood that all the New Testament gospels were originally anonymous and were only attributed to the apostles whose names they now bear later in the second century. Biblical scholars say there is no good reason to accept those attributions, so we do not really know who wrote the four New Testament gospels.The reason for the relatively close similarities in the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) has also been established. By lying these gospels in parallel and reading them synoptically ('with the same eye') in the original Greek language, it can readily be seen that there is a literary dependency among these gospels. Scholars have established that Mark's Gospel was written first, around 70 CE, and that the other two synoptic gospels were, to a large extent, copied from it.Until early in the twentieth century, most scholars accepted that John's Gospel was independent of the synoptic gospels. However, further study has shown that it was inspired by Luke's Gospel, although many of the passages in Luke, or their chronological sequence, have been changed almost beyond recognition. Some material was actually taken direct from Mark, but the author of John usually preferred to be guided by Luke. Thus, John was further removed from the original gospel, Mark, which in itself would result in more differences. It was also written somewhat later than the others and was intended for a different theological environment.
How many Old Testament verses are quoted in the Gospels?
Depending upon who you read has done the counting, there are between 600 and 3,000 direct quotes, parphrases, allegories to the Old Testament Scripture in the Gospels and other writings of the New Testament. The Book of Isaiah is the most quoted and is sometimes referred to as the 'Little Bible.'
How many Gospels were written?
Hundreds of gospels were written, but only 4 (Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John) were chosen to be in the Bible.
How many verses in the Psalm 119?
it has 176 verses
How many verses does the Bible has?
31104 verses are there in bible
