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 Death of Jesus

with all references
Well this passage covers Jesus dying on the cross, and what He said and what happened. From this we know the following happened:

  • He cried out to God.
  • He was offered a drink.
  • He died.
  • The temple curtain split in two. The significance of this is that it symbolises how the curtain separated the inner sanctuary of the temple where only the priests were allowed to go from everyone else. His death splitting it in two shows that we now have direct access to God through Him and His death rather than only through a priest. This kinda makes the whole Roman Catholic confession thing redundant - you don't need a priest to confess or be made clean, you can go directly to God yourself in prayer.
  • The Roman soldiers there suddenly realise they made a big whoopsy in killing the Son of God.
  • The women in His life watched it all happen. I am unsure as to why this is specifically mentioned - maybe it's implying that most of the apostles didn't dare turn up for fear of association, maybe it's showing the importance of women in christian society, or maybe it's trying to show that the men weren't making this al up and that those women who witnessed His resurrection also witnessed His death.
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