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).

Jesus Calms the Storm


Okay this one is kinda weird for me as I have more questions about the first part than the second. Obviously Jesus can calm the storm as he is the creator of the world (you figure that if he can make stuff out of nothing, and turn dirt into man, then just getting it to bend to his will should be easy). What really gets me is that he can sleep through a boat tossing and turning, men's shouting and most of all in cold water up to at least his waist (only his head was on the pillow and the boat was so full of water it was about to sink). I think that if the boat was as they always portray it - little more than a dingy, and Jesus was wearing the clothes they always put him in - a robe. Then sleeping in that kinda situation would be tough - unless you were literally exhausted. Of course I'm no scholar so maybe they had him in a comfy bed on a yacht or submarine, or maybe he was wearing a dry suit? ;-)

posted by Tim @ 3/21/2004 07:15:00 AM

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