Similarities and differences between the Gospels?

Question

Similarities and differences between the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

Answer 1

you are right there are similarities and differences.
each writer saw the evens differently.
just like at a current crime scene the witness will give versions of the event that happened.
and remember four different book, four different authors.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Matthew, Mark and Luke are called the synoptic Gospels. They were written around the same time, with Mark being the first then Matthew and Luke built on Marks account. They were written to different groups of people. John was written by the apostle John and is different in scope.

Answer 4

Mark: relatively early, comprises narrative, parables, miracles, sayings, Passion narrative and an extremely mysterious ending, which points to a resurrection appearance, but then breaks off. Was this where Mark meant to finish? No-one really knows. The outline of Jesus' ministry it contains may well be historically reliable. Many of the sayings are probably authentic too. Fourth gospel - which may or may not have been written by someone called John - is much later, more literary and more intellectual, contains no parables and relatively little narrative; in place of these is a long series of discourses, in which Jesus speaks in a way completely different from his manner in Mark. It too ends with a Passion narrative that contains certain elements that may, possibly, go back to a very early eye-witness account; but the Gospel as a whole is testimony more than history. John and Mark do not read as though they are talking about the same Jesus, so different are their portrayals. Mark's Jesus preaches the Kingdom: John's Jesus talks about himself: he IS the kingdom. The two Gospels do not overlap greatly and at certain points contradict; e.g. in John's Gospel Jesus "cleanses the temple" at the beginning of his ministry, not near the end as in Mark. Some information which you might think is quite important - e.g. that Jesus called 12 disciples - is missing from John. According to Mark, Jesus was crucified on the Day of Passover, so the last Supper was a Passover meal. According to John, Jesus was crucified on the day of preparation for passover, i.e. 24 hours earlier relative to the feast, although still a Friday. So John's last supper is NOT a Passover meal, and centres on the story about the washing of the disciples' feet. The resurrection scenes in John 20 are set in Jerusalem; whereas the ending of Mark says that Jesus will appear to his disciples in Galilee - which is indeed the case in Matthew's Gospel, but not Luke's. John 21, clearly written later and tacked on, is set in Galilee.

Answer 5

They are all biographies of Jesus from different viewpoints.

Since Matthew was a tax collector like unto a lawyer today, His gospel focuses on Jesus' appeal to common people. Mark's gospel is a short, concise telling of Jesus life to the empty tomb, the rest was probably added from Matthew's gospel. Luke was not there to ever witness Jesus, his gospel is most likely that of which Paul preached combined with accounts from witnesses of many and possibly Mary the mother of Jesus. Luke's gospel is the most textbook version of Jesus' ministry because Luke was dedicated to finding as much as he could before sending his gospel out. John's account stands out from the rest because he writes more about the love and forgiveness that Jesus taught. Also, John was Jesus' best friend "disciple whom Jesus loved" at the time this meant best friend though he humbles himself throughout his gospel.

Sadly, if any other disciples did write testimonies of Jesus' life they are lost or are fictional.

Answer 6

There are similarities between Mark, Luke, and Matthew. Thus they are called Synoptic which means similar. John is unique.

The first three more or less "chronicle" from differing points of view. The third is highly spiritual.

Answer 7

All four gospels are written by those disciples who walked, ate, slept, lived with Jesus. They are all personal eye witness accounts, as seen through their eyes, of the life of Jesus, from the time they became one of His disciples, all the way to His ressurection. They all follow the same accounts of events.

Answer 8

similarities between gospel of judas and peter

Answer 9

each one has its own personal account of different things that happened. one has somethings that others don't. but all were written for a purpose... cause 4 of the same thing would get boring after reading them for a while huh?

Answer 10

Similar when they tell about the same event.
Different because each writer wrote from his own perspective.