Which gospel writer is not included with the Synoptics?

Answer 1

There are four gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Three gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke, are called the synoptic gospels because they agree moderately well on the life and teachings of Jesus, although each is a little different from the other two.

This term conveniently differentiates the three most similar New Testament gospels from John's Gospel, which is quite a good deal different from the other gospels, both in its handling of theology and its descriptions of the life and mission of Jesus. Some scholars believe that John was originally written in a Gnostic community and was subsequently edited to remove some of the more clearly Gnostic material, although the gospel still has a Gnostic flavour.

John differs from the synoptic Gospels because it is not just listing events in the life of Jesus and reporting His teachings. John is more thematic in nature and less chronological, and provides more theological discourse on the person and work of Christ. John also focus' on events in Judea rather than the Galilean ministry.

Answer 2

The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are termed synoptic gospels because they agree moderately well on the life and mission of Jesus. The word 'synoptic' comes from the notion of seeing things the same, or seeing with 'one eye' (syn optic). Scholars can demonstrate that Matthew and Luke were actually based on Mark, Matthew's Gospel for example having some 600 of the 666 verses in Mark, often in exactly the same words in the Greek language. Other similarities between Matthew's Gospel and Luke's Gospel arise from both of their authors having copied further sayings material from the hypothetical 'Q' document.

John's Gospel could be called a second generation copy, because it is inspired by Luke, rather than copied from Mark, although there is a small amount of material in John that was actually taken direct from Mark. This in itself would tend to make John less like Mark than those gospels derived more directly form it. But the author of John also felt more at liberty to change and adapt his sources than the earlier evangelists had been. Thus, John is quite noticeably different from the synoptic gospels.

Answer 3

Answer- John who wrote the Gospel According to John

Answer 4

The Gospel of John. It gives fewer details and presents longer passages of Jesus' discourses