Comparing The Resurrection Of Jesus In Mark, Matthew, And Luke

Starting with differences, in the Gospel of Matthew 15:21-28, Matthew seems to have actually referred to Jesus in the text a few times, whereas in the Gospel of Mark 7:24-30 Jesus is continually referred to as “he” by Mark. Not once is Jesus’ actual name mentioned anywhere throughout the text in which Mark is describing the events of what was going on. Although it might be worthy to note that in other portions throughout Mark’s Gospel Jesus is indeed mentioned by Mark.

Throughout the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, it is apparent that there are similarities as well as differences when it comes to portraying the life and times of Jesus the Christ, the general descriptions of who Jesus was, and the sayings and deeds of Jesus during his short stay on this earth. Scripture scholars highlight that each Gospel writer viewed Jesus from a different perspective.

There are many different gospels that tell a similar story. Matthew and Mark are two Gospels written in a similar way but have different audiences. The story is the Last Supper and is about the last meal that Jesus experienced with his Apostles before his Sacrifice. There are many similarities, but not very many differences. Overall, the same story is told, but from two different perspectives.

Correspondingly, some similarities throughout the four gospels of the act Anointing at Bethany was how the story outline was set up; it was during dinner, the woman comes in, the woman anointed Jesus, someone gets mad and Jesus defends her. Despite, what truly make the gospels different and each from a unique viewpoint is their differences. For example, Matthew, Mark and John’s location is at Simon the leper’s house, making Luke’s gospel the only different one, because it was at the Pharisee's house, name Simon. Also, Matthew and Mark the ointment she poured was over Jesus’ head, in contrast to Luke and John where she poured the ointment on his feet. Moreover, in Matthew’s gospel the “disciples” got mad. “But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, ‘Why this waste?” (Matt. 26:8) and Mark’s gospel “some” got mad. “But there were some who said to themselves indignantly, ‘Why was the ointment thus wasted?” (Mark 14:4) and Luke’s gospel the “Pharisees” got mad. “Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, ‘If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.’” (Luke 7:39) and lastly, John’s gospel “Judas” got mad. “But Judas Iscariot one of his disciples (he

In both the book of Matthew and the book of Luke, God is portrayed in similar ways, and contain a basic universal story line of Jesus’s life and accomplishments. However, between the Gospels, there are differences in how Jesus is portrayed to the reader. Powell claims, “Matthew’s Gospel is often called ‘the teacher’s Gospel’ because it focuses so heavily on the teaching ministry of Jesus” (103). Matthew describes Jesus and his teachings in much more depth than any of the other Gospels. He travels throughout Galilee talking to the people and teaching them the ways God wishes them to live.

A lot about the gospels remains unknown to scholars. But the similarities help understand what texts were available to who. The “two-source hypothesis” already depicts and early Christianity where some gospels, such as the Gospel of Mark and the ‘Q’ scroll were easily accessible to enough people that the other synoptic gospels could be based on them. There may be many similarities in the gospels that help pin together the life and death of Jesus, but many of the differences prevent a crystal clear

The book of Matthew starts off with the account of Jesus Birth. Before Mary

This is the first difference is seen between the three books. In Mark and Luke, the story is started with Jesus and His disciples with a large crowd and not in a boat. While both Mark and Luke start the story with Jesus wanting to go to the other side of a body of water, in Mark it doesn’t say what type of body of water to which Jesus is referring. In Luke, it clearly states the body of water is a lake. Also in Mark it describes that the group was in a large crowd, while in Matthew and Luke it simply states they got into a

The Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) tell us the story of Jesus' life here on earth. These Gospels are basically eyewitness statements that were written by Jesus' disciples. Due to this fact, there are variations in the stories. The Gospels are very similar, but also very different. There are places in the Gospels where the stories are parallel with very few minor differences like when Jesus tells Levi to follow him as found in Matthew 9:9-13, Mark 2:13-17, and Luke 5:27-32.

When the Gospel of Luke was being written around 80 AD, the Gospel of Mark had existed for at least ten years. Luke’s gospel worked to synthesize this older gospel with, most likely, a Sayings Gospel of which no written copies exist today. However, the Gospel of Luke does more than merely add a few more parables to the story of Jesus. Luke’s revision of the Gospel of Mark depicts Jesus as a prophet like the ancient prophets of Israel. Luke changes Mark’s pericope of Jesus teaching in Nazareth to present Jesus as the fulfillment of the words spoken by the prophet Isaiah.

What we have to do is keep in mind that these versions of the story were written decades after the actual event occurred. Because of this there is bound to be discrepancies in the stories. None of the authors of the gospels were eyewitnesses to the accounts they wrote about; therefore every story that they tell is coming from a secondary source. When these stories were finally written down they had gone through generations of oral storytellers, if you remember the old telephone game that you played as a child, it is easy to see how a story can warp and change as it passes through the lips of one person to another. Information was preserved in a very haphazard way in those days, and perhaps the need to correlate the stories into one succinct version was not understood to be important.

Synoptic Comparison Matthew, Mark, and Luke are the three books in the New Testament that have been titled “the synoptic gospels.” The three gospels differ in some dramatic ways, but have many similar stories and accounts of the life of Jesus. There have been disputes over the source and the relationship between the three gospels, but most scholars tend to agree that the gospel of Mark was written first, and the authors of Matthew and Luke used Mark as a source for their work. This Markan priority helps scholars to begin to examine the differences and similarities that appear across the synoptic gospels, and determine how and why many pericopes seem to vary and even contradict each other at times. An example of one of the passages that

The Gospel According to Matthew is the first book of the New Testament in the Bible, and is a Gospel narrative. The narratives provided by the Gospels in the New Testament are here to provide us with descriptions of the life, death, and resurrection of our savior Jesus Christ, as well as to share His teachings. Like any other narrative, it is important to understand the historical and literary contexts surrounding the Gospel of Matthew, as well as the importance and significance of Matthew itself. As a Gospel, Matthew is here to present us with the narrative of Jesus Christ as our Messiah, as promised in the Old Testament Prophesy. While it is important to evaluate the extensive context surrounding the narrative of Matthew, the meaning behind the narrative can be found through relating it to the various events that are described in the other Gospels. By comparing the Gospels, it is easy to evaluate the underlying meaning and significance, within the context of the Gospels. Because the Gospels were written as narratives to provide us with information on the life and death of Jesus Christ, and all that happened in between, it is important to compare the different accounts described in the Gospels whenever possible. In doing so, it is possible to examine the Gospels within the appropriate context. With 4 Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John), it is important to compare them with one another in order to further evaluate the importance of Jesus Christ, as he is the

There are small differences within each book. This raises some questions with what book was written first and where the information came from. One theory is that there is a third party book named Q. Historically we know Mark is the first book written. With the Q theory it is said that Matthew and Luke use information from both Mark and Q to write their own version of the story of Jesus. Which could account for the extra or missing parts between Matthew and Luke. There is also another theory that Matthew was the first book then Mark and Luke were written after. This could fit because Matthew has the most information and the beginning genealogy. Mark and Luke could have simply left out the parts they felt weren’t as important to the

Matthew 28.1 says that only Mary Magdalene and the "other" Mary approached the tomb, however it does not mention the purpose of the visit. In Luke 24.1, we find out that "they" are taking spices to the tomb. We do not find out the identities of "they" in Luke 24 until verse 10. This suggests that Mark and Matthew want the visitors to the tomb to be known immediately, while Luke chooses to emphasize the purpose of the visit. Mark and Luke reveal the purpose of the visit, although slightly different, Matthew does not discuss the reason for the outing. The discussion of the stone's removal is also a point of much variance.