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What is the percentage difference between the synoptic gospels and John's Gospel?
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John's Gospel, although influenced by Mark's Gospel, is further removed, with its principal source being Luke's Gospel, although some material was taken direct from Mark.
Much of the material in John is unique to this Gospel, and the direct consistency is quiter low. However, passages in John can be seen to be adaptations of similar material in Luke. For example, the post-resurrection appearance of Jesus, in which he tells the disciples to cast their nets on the other side and thus they catch a multitude of fish, is unique to John, but a very similar episode occurs in Luke before the crucifixion and resurrection.
In the synoptic gospels, particularly in Mark, Jesus is at pains to keep his true identity secret. He does not 'cleanse' the Temple until towards the end of his mission, and this violent action is the trigger for his arrest and trial. In John's Gospel, the cleansing of the Temple occurs at the very beginning of his ministry and Jesus does not try to hide his true identity. In this Gospel, the trigger for his arrest and trial becomes claims that he committed blasphemy. Other timing differences between John and the synoptics include that that the synoptics have Jesus crucified at 9 AM, the third hour on the day after the Passover feast, whereas John has Jesus only sent for crucifixion at midday, the sixth hour, on the day before the Passover feast. Changes such as these are so cosmetically small that most readers do not notice them, but they have a major imact on the Christology of the accounts.
John's Gospel is the first to identify Jesus as truly divine and pre-existing (John 1:1: "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God."). The last words on the cross had to suit a divine and pre-existing Jesus who always understood his mission on earth and planned his fate, so they could not be the words of a defeated and betrayed man. In John 19:30, Jesus said "It is finished," and gave up the ghost. Compare Mark 15:34, followed by Matthew 27:46, "My God. My God. Why hast thou forsaken me?" or the improved version in Luke 23:46, "Father into thy hands I commend my spirit."
With its author's clever use of changes in timing and the introduction of new themes and other subtle changes in John's Gospel, it is hard to quantify the differences between it and the synoptic gospels on a percentage or proportionate basis.
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