looking to biblical folks; what is synaptic problems (referring to the 4 gospels)?

Answer 1

The problem from my perspectives is, the four gospels were hand selected by the church fathers to fulfill a story line they wanted to tell They discarded any gospels that told a different story for example: the Gospel of Philip, Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary. This is the reason there is so much similarity between the gospels in the Bible.

Answer 2

What does synaptic mean?

My guess is that one Gospel writes something and another Gospel writes something when at first read, appears to be a contradiction.

A good mental clarification is done by purchasing a Strongs Exhaustive (with a King James Bible) and doing a word search on each time word is used in the Holy Bible. Then compare and get a clearer meaning of the Truth. You will see a deaper picture and realize it isn't a contradiction.

Answer 3

Well first usually the synoptic problem is only applied to the 3 gospels.

But instead of listing all the potential problem with the synoptic gospels. The overall problem is the fact that all three gospels are telling about the same person but the order of events and events and words differ from the three gospels.

Answer 4

It's the synoptic problem, not synaptic. Synoptic comes from the Greek meaning "to see together."

The problem is that the 3 synoptic gospels (Matt, Mark and Luke) contain contradictory accounts and info. For example, read the story of Jesus birth in Matt and compare it to what appears in the beginning of Luke. Compare the different geneologies in the beginning of Matt and Luke. Compare the resurrection accounts in all three gospels.

Answer 5

Do you mean the Synoptic Gospels? That is Matthew, Luke and Mark. Synoptic means similar. Those three Gospels are similar.

John is very different.

Primo, I have to disagree. The earliest is quit likely the Gospel of Matthew. Check out the work of Carsten Peter Theide.

Answer 6

It is "synoptic",so you know.And ther are no contradictions.Had this one out with a Catholic priest years ago.The gospels are written from the perspective of the writer,which means the same account of something would have the focus on the object or person the writer was divinely inspired to write about.Time of day would affect accounts inclusiveness or excluseveness of characters.More specifity in the question would give you a more detailed answer.That is,tell a person what you find to be contradictory.

Answer 7

The word is synoptic. There is no problem. The apparent differences in the gospel accounts are no differences at all. Each gospel account is a look at the life and ministry of Jesus from the points of view of four different apostles. Matthew looked at Jesus as a king. Mark looked at Jesus as a man. Luke looked at Jesus as the Messiah. John looked at Jesus as the Son of God.

Answer 8

Matthew, Mark and Luke are similar gospels with similar construction. John does not match these gospels much at all, and neither does the Revelation. Scholars believe that John's gospel and revelation have Gnostic overtones, and these books were close to not being included in the official canon.

Answer 9

The claim of SYNOPTIC problems are the differing orders of the stories and parable and the exact orders things occured.

When really it makes it more credible since no two people remember details exactly the same way. If they were all exactly the same then it would be assured they were forgeries. But since their are minor differences it makes authorship more credible.

But I don't consider myself a "biblical folk"

Answer 10

They are the 'synoptic' gospels (Matthew, Mark & Luke)....prefix 'syn' meaning 'together'....and optic meaning 'seeing'....
Thus the definition "seeing together"

And there are no problems.

It is also well known that Mark is the earliest manuscript and that Matthew & Luke took alot of their info from him.