The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are referred to as the synoptic Gospels because they include many of the same stories, often in a similar sequence and in similar or sometimes identical wording.
The calming of the storm is recounted in each of the three synoptic gospels, but not in John.
Christ cleansing a leper by Jean-Marie Melchior Doze, 1864
Mark writing his Gospel, from a medieval Armenian manuscript
A page of Griesbach's Synopsis Evangeliorum, which presents the texts of the synoptic gospels arranged in columns
A gospel harmony is an attempt to compile the canonical gospels of the Christian New Testament into a single account. This may take the form either of a single, merged narrative, or a tabular format w
The Four Evangelists by Jacob Jordaens, 1625–1630, Louvre
A 6th–7th-century use of the Eusebian Canons to organize the contents of the gospels in the London Canon Tables
The cover of Branteghem's 1537 visual gospel harmony, Antwerp