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 First Disciples


This is the story when Jesus picks up the fishermen that he wants for disciples. In Matthew, Mark & Luke they quote Jesus as saying
"come with me and be fishers of men"

Interestingly especially considering the story in Luke of what has just happened they put aside their whole business and do so (In Luke they have just landed the biggest catch they have ever had, and they don't even try to profit from that before going off with Jesus). This speaks volumes to me, I know that I would have real problems just getting up and leaving my job, and I have no idea how these guys do it, especially as they have only just met Jesus. As down to earth type guys who have been fishermen all their lives you figure that Jesus must have made a really good impression to be this effective. Also we don't hear any complaints from Zebedee (James & John's Dad), so I figure that Jesus had the same impression on him (he just knew that as he had a family to support and wasn't single like the other guys, that God needed him elsewhere) Hmmm does this speak to how missionaries, and full time ministers should work now? Not from the point of view that they should all be single, just that God will only call those who can support their family at the same time by doing so. Probably not, I could well be reading way too much into it.
Finally in John Jesus tells us that Simon is renamed to Cephas/Peter which means rock.
This brings the count of disciples to four.

posted by Tim @ 1/17/2004 07:35:00 AM

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