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 Burial of Jesus

This passage is where Joseph of Arimathea asks for Jesus' body and then buries Him. This is done in a bit of a rush as it was 3 when Jesus died and they had to get Him in the grave before sunset (when the Sabbath started). It's cool to see Joseph take on this role and risk questions from his peers, but I do kinda wonder why you didn't hear him speaking up before at the trial of Jesus. Maybe he was like the Roman guards and didn't realise until after Jesus had died. Whatever the reason he makes a stand now, and John talks of how Nicodemus another high up muckity-muck helps him. The authors all make sure that we know that the women see with their own eyes which tomb Jesus is placed in and that he is definitely there. This should remove any questions about whether they make back to the correct place after the Sabbath.

posted by Tim @ 9/21/2004 01:56:00 PM

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home