The stories in the Gospels are called parables because they are allegories of things we can not comprehend.
Matthew, Mark and Luke are referred to as the 'synoptic gospels' in that they tell of similar stories and in similar sequences.
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HistoricalPropheticPoeticProseRevelatoryStory FormParablesThose are in the books of the Bible and the parables stand out in the Gospels because they are not in other books of the Bible. The Son of God was the only one to use Parables (stories with a lesson).
C. M. DeVries has written: 'On the way to Bethlehem' -- subject(s): Bible stories, English Bible stories, N.T., N.T. Gospels, Nativity
The authors of the books had different opinions and so had them written some of them in a different place. Also, some gospel writers did not think that some stories did not have much importance so left them out. E.g.: the Christmas and Easter stories only have two gospels writing about them each.
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AnswerIf there were extra-biblical evidence that could verify the gospel stories, they would be documents of fact.Because there is no extra-biblical evidence for the gospel stories, but many people have faith in them, they are documents of faith.
Saint John (he wrote the gospel of john in the bible) is the evangelist who was not part of the synoptic writers. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke were known as the synoptic writers because they had many of the same stories in their gospels.
The gospels do not show that the resurrection of Jesus was historical. In fact, the widely divergent descriptions of the appearances of the risen Jesus do more to suggest that it was not historical. At the very least, the discrepancies in the different stories show that they really knew nothing about it.
Matthew, Mark and Luke. Matthew, Mark, and Luke. These gospels are concidered synoptic because of close relation to eachother. They generally follow the same sequence and recount on similar stories.
The gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, John - are the books that tell about the life of Jesus Christ. They are found at the beginning of the New Testament.The parables are stories told by Jesus to people that followed him as he walked around the area of Galilee.The parables are stories about: the kingdom of God, salvation, love and forgiveness, prayer etc. They can be read in the Gospels.
For all of mankind - any and all who wishes to read them.