What are the characteristics of the Synoptic Gospels?

Answer 1

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All three gospels were originally anonymous until the second-century Church Fathers attributed them to the persons whose names they now bear. The characteristic of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke that results in them being termed 'synoptic gospels' is their similarity, not only of content but often of the same words in the Greek language. When laid in parallel and read synoptically ('with the same eye') it is clear that there is a literary relationship amongst these gospels. New Testament scholars have established that Mark was the first to be written, and that Matthew and Luke were substantially based on that original New Testament gospel. It can also be seen that Matthew and Luke both relied on another document, now known as the hypothetical 'Q' document, for sayings material attributed to Jesus.

There is evidence that Mark was, in turn, based partly on the epistles of Paul, and perhaps Greek beliefs. This gospel is based around a framework chiastic-parallel structure of immense scope and a complexity beyond those found in the writings of less gifted writers.

Answer 2

Defining the term: a. Gospel The word Gospel is taken from the Anglo-Saxon word “godspell,” which means “goodnews”. However, the root word comes from the Greek word, Euaggelion meaning goodnews. It refers to a proclamation or message. It came to be used to denote the Christian writings only since 2nd century CE. By the end of 2nd century CE it was used to mean the canonical gospels. Gospel denotes the good news preached by Jesus, preached about Jesus and books that contain the memories of Jesus that is the four gospels in The Bible.

b. Synoptic The three Gospels in the New Testament are called Synoptic Gospels. It was first labeled the Synoptic Gospels by J.J Griesbach, a German biblical scholar, at the end of 18th century. The word Synoptic comes from the Greek words σύνοψη (Synopsis), which means “seeing together” Because they may be set side by side and “viewed together”. If the three Gospels are put one next to the other, we will see them together or at the same time or at once. Therefore, they can easily be arranged in parallel text as in the Gospel Parallels. The synoptic gospels are synoptic in that they share a majority of their information. Mark contains 93% shared information, Matthew 58% and Luke contains 41%. The entire three Gospel have a great deal of material in common and very often they present their material in the same order.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYNOPTICAL GOSPELS ( Matthew, Mark and Luke)

1. The have similar main character (Jesus)

Mathew, Mark and Luke narrate what Jesus did and said. Their materials include miracles stories, parables, sayings of Jesus, and important events in the life of Jesus.

2. They exhibit similar narrative genre and style

In the three gospels the course of the life of Jesus and his activity are presented in a similar fashion. the three Gospels narrate the ministry of Jesus in a journey with a geographical pattern from Galilee to Jerusalem. Jesus, according to the Synoptics starts his works in Galilee, walking around Galillee and its surroundings, and then continues his journey to Jerusalem and ends his life and works in Jerusalem.

3. Similarities in LANGUAGE

Apart from similarities in contents and structure, there are also similarities in the Greek words and terms which Mathew, Mark and Luke used (rarely found in other Greek literature). Many passages show agreement in language or wording. The words of Jesus are often reported in identical Greek. The three Gospel also agreed when using quotation from the Old Testament. They all have similar rare construction of sentences in Greek, and many sentences with similar expression word by word.

Answer 3

A:Matthew, Mark and Luke are often referred to as the synoptic gospels because of their similarities and particularly their frequent use of exactly the same Greek text.

All the New Testament gospels were written anonymously in the Greek language and were only attributed to the apostles whose names they now bear, later in the second century. Modern biblical scholars say that there is no good reason to accept those attributions, and that we do not really know who wrote the gospels. They say that none of the gospels could have been written by an eyewitness to the events portrayed.

The second century Church Fathers realised that there was a literary dependency among the three synoptic gospels, as can easily be demonstrated by a parallel reading in the Greek language. By the end of the second century they had formed the opinion that Matthew was written first, and that Mark and Luke were derived by copying Matthew's Gospel. Modern scholars agree there is a clear literary dependency, but have demonstrated that Mark was first and that the authors of Matthew and Luke relied on Mark for their knowledge of the life and mission of Jesus. However, the authors of Matthew and Luke believed that their followers needed more information on Jesus, particularly on his birth and his resurrection appearances, neither of which Mark had mentioned. Without guidance from Mark, each author wrote a quite different nativity story and a quite different story of the appearances of the risen Jesus1.

Neverthelss, it appears that there were perhaps 13 pages missing from the copy of Mark that was used by the author of Luke. The consequence of this is the 'Missing Block', a total of 74.5 verses from Mark 6:47 to Mark 8:27a, omitted from Luke.

Matthew and Luke shared a further source, the hypothetical 'Q' document, for sayings material attributed to Jesus. It appears that Q was unknown to the author of Mark, so this gospel does not contain any of the material from Q.

There is additional material unique to each of Matthewand Luke, for which there is no known source, and which some scholars believe not to reflect real, historical events.

Footnote

1Mark's Gospel, in its original form, ended at verse 16:8, with the young man telling the women that Jesus was risen and they fled in terror, telling no one. The "Long Ending" (verses 16:9-20) was added to Mark's Gospel long afterwards to provide the necessary resurrection appearances.

Answer 4

A:The word synoptic means 'seen with the same eye'. The synoptic gospels are Matthew, Mark and Luke. They became known as synoptic gospels because, when they were laid side by side and 'seen with the same eye', it was observed that they contained a considerable amount of material written in exactly the same order and often in the same words in the original Greek language. It is now recognised that this results from the use of Mark's Gospel as the original source for the other two gospels, although further material and other alterations were added to Matthew and Luke.

The fourth New Testament gospel contains little text that directly corresponds to the other gospels so that, until the early twentieth century, scholars believed that it was independent of Mark. Subsequent research has established its literary dependency, but it is not considered a synoptic gospel.

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