Parallel Passage

As you may have known I have been doing a study in the gospels comparing the different versions presented by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. In doing this I have discovered that they kinda jump around a bit and aren't always chronologically identical.

This has added to the time it takes me to study, and to be honest without the help of the Gospelcom bible and it's search tool I wouldn't have been able to stick with it as easily.

So just in case you are interested I decided to put together some of the passages as I go along to make it easier for you to try it for yourself.

One thing you will notice is that due to John's Gospel focusing more on statements and relationships between Jesus and His disciples, events that occur are often only mentioned in the first three Gospels and are not included in John.

Finally if you don't like the translation that I used (the New Living Translation) then after you have gone to the page you can use "see this passage in" pull down box at the top of the page, change it to the translation of your choice, and click go. NIV - New International Version, or KJV - King James Version, are probably two that are the most popular or well known. Do bear in mind that as this is an American website though it will have spelling mistakes (honour, and colour for example).

The Birth of Jesus Foretold

These passages cover the arrival of the angel Gabriel who tells Mary about how God is going to use her to carry his son!!! This passage speaks volumes about faith and trusting in God - I pray that I can have the same strength to listen to God when he speaks to me. Both Mary and Joseph are visited - Mary so that she knows what is going to happen, and Joseph so that he doesn't call off the wedding. I have always kinda wondered what the parents were thinking at this time. I am guessing that Mary's Dad would have got pretty angry about this - which suggests that either Joseph made sure that they had the wedding pretty quickly so that no questions were asked outside of the family - although that seems unlikely as Matt 1:19 talks of how he found out and planned to break the engagement quietly. The other choice is that the parents were exceptionally faithful too and either just believed what their kids told them, or were also told by God too. This is of course all hypothesis, and really not that relevant to the message which is.

  • Believe God when he tells you something (no matter how unbelievable it seems).
  • Follow through on God's instructions (so that you will be blessed).
  • Others can tell you are following God's instructions.
  • It's good to sing praises to God about the unexpected blessings in your life.

    • posted by Tim @ 11/09/2003 08:41:00 AM

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