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 Walk to Emmaus

This is when Jesus appears to the disciples on the road and walks with them as they morn - It takes a while for them to realise that He is Jesus. This is interesting as this is the only passage in which Cleopas is mentioned - I wonder how much he had to do in the early church. Also why does Jesus hide himself from them (make himself unrecognisable) You figure there must be a good reason. Maybe this goes along with the Thomas story to encourage us now to believe even though we didn't get the opportunity to see Him in the flesh. Whatever the reason I know that if I was Cleopas I would make darn sure that I knew what I was talking about before I got my name memorialised in the bible.

posted by Tim @ 9/28/2004 08:17:00 AM

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