GOSPELS OVERVIEW COMPARISON TODAY CHRONOLOGY OF JESUS LIFE

GOSPELS OVERVIEW & COMPARISON TODAY: • CHRONOLOGY OF JESUS’ LIFE NEXT: WEEK 1 OF 2 • EMPHASES OF EACH SYNOPTIC GOSPEL

WHAT DOES GOSPEL MEAN? • The gospel is good news that must be learned, received, and proclaimed • Narrow (1 Cor 15: 3 -8) • Broad (1 Cor 15: 20 -28, 51 -56) • Gospels – Mk 1: 14 -15

THE GOSPELS ARE ARRANGED IN DIFFERENT ORDERS

JOHN Unique to John shared with 1, 2, or 3 synoptics 10% 90%

LIFE OF CHRIST: EARLY LIFE 1 ST YEAR OF MINISTRY 2 ND YEAR OF MINISTRY 3 RD YEAR OF MINISTRY LAST WEEK

Triple Double Mk/Lk Mk/Mt Mt EARLY LIFE 1 Prelude 2 Geneology, birth and childhood 3 Birth announcement 4 Birth & circumcision X 5 Early childhood (Egypt & back) X 6 Later childhood (visit to Jerusalem at 12) Mk Lk Jn X X X

1 ST YEAR OF MINISTRY “YEAR OF PREPARATION” Triple Double Mk/Lk Mk/Mt Mt Start of Jesus' ministry 7 - baptism X - temptation (sans Jn) Mk Lk Jn X X x Early ministry - water into wine (Galilee) (Jerusalem) 8 - 1 st Passover - cleanses temple - woman at the well (Samaria) Jesus' great ministry in Galilee: - settles in Capernaum (Mt) 9 - rejected in Nazareth (Lk) - calls disciples X X

Triple Double Mk/Lk 2 d Passover 10 - heals paralytic on Sabbath 2 ND YEAR OF MINISTRY Mk/Mt Back in Galilee: - Sermon on the Mount (Mt, Lk) - John the Baptist’s messengers (Mt, Lk) 11 - 11 parables - 7 miracles/healings Mt Mk Lk Jn x X X X x “YEAR OF POPULARITY” 3 d Passover is "at hand" (Jn) - feeding of 5000 12 - walks on water, calms storm (sans Lk) X

13 14 15 3 RD YEAR OF MINISTRY “YEAR OF OPPOSITION” 16 Triple Double Mk/Lk Mk/Mt Travels beyond Galilee Prepare for the end: - Peter's confession - Mount of Transfiguration Feast of Tabernacles: - "Let him who is without sin…" - "You're of your father the devil. " Galilee to Jerusalem: - Good Samaritan (Lk) - Mary & Martha (Lk) Mt Mk Lk Jn X X X x X Feast of Dedication (Jn) 17 Teaching & healing in Perea (Mt, Lk) Raise Lazarus in Judea (Jn) x X Last Journey to Jerusalem: 18 - Zacchaeus (Lk) - blind Bartimaeus X X

Mt X Mk X Lk X 20 Last Week: - cleanses temple - 5 parables: i. e. tenants, banquet, virgins X X X 21 Lord's Supper (4 th Passover) - washing of feet (Jn) - predicts Judas' betrayal - predicts Peter's denial X X X 22 Jesus' final discourses: Supper & garden - promise of Holy Spirit as the Helper - branches abide in the Vine - high priestly prayer 23 Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion: - Mount of Olives - Gethsemane: prayer & arrest - trials and Peter's denial - crown of thorns (sans Lk) - Crucifixion Burial, Resurrection & Appearances 24 Ascension 19 FINAL WEEK Triple Double Mk/Lk Triumphal entry - Palm Sunday Mk/Mt Jn X X X x X X

DEALING WITH THE SYNOPTIC “PROBLEM” Traditional defenses 1. Author & Audience 2. Literary devices 3. Diversity adds to credibility

DEALING WITH THE SYNOPTIC “PROBLEM” Traditional defenses Genre of ancient biography 1. Author & Audience 1. Adaption 2. Literary devices 2. Paraphrasing 3. Diversity adds to credibility 3. Simplification

DEALING WITH THE SYNOPTIC “PROBLEM” Traditional defenses Genre of ancient biography 1. Author & Audience 1. Adaption 2. Literary devices 2. Paraphrasing 3. Diversity adds to credibility 3. Simplification

DEALING WITH THE SYNOPTIC “PROBLEM” Traditional defenses Genre of ancient biography 1. Author & Audience 1. Adaption 2. Literary devices 2. Paraphrasing 3. Diversity adds to credibility 3. Simplification How important is recreating the chronology?