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).

Getting ready for it to go down

In this passage Jesus goes to the garden of Gethsemane on the mount of olives to pray in preparation for His betrayal and crucifixion. As you can see the passage in John isn't identical to the others (you should also note that we jumped from John 13 to John 17. I wasn't sure how to call this as the intervening passages were lots of prayer by Jesus for the Disciples that they would be ready for the challenge ahead & know that the Holy Spirit would always be there to help them. Matthew, Mark, and Luke cover the fervent prayers of Jesus as He asks God to take this death away from Him, if there is another way to save us. Unfortunately there isn't (but hey it doesn't hurt to ask right) I think the things that we can learn from this are.

  • Jesus showed fear - we shouldn't be afraid to do the same.

  • Pray for what you want - ask for what God wants.

    • posted by Tim @ 8/18/2004 09:08:00 AM

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