Synoptic Gospels
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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
Gospel of Matthew
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The Gospel of Matthew is the first book of the New Testament, one of the four canonical Gospels, and one of the three synoptic Gospels. It tells of Jesus, recording his birth, his ministry from his ba
Synoptic Gospels
…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…
Matthew 21:34–37 on Papyrus 104 (recto; c. AD 150)
Papyrus 𝔓4, fragment of a flyleaf with the title of the Gospel of Matthew, ευαγγελιον κ̣ατ̣α μαθ᾽θαιον, euangelion kata Maththaion. Dated to late 2nd or early 3rd century, it is the earliest manuscript title for Matthew.
Gerard van Honthorst Adoration of the Shepherds