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Gospel Comparison

A guided deep dive into gospel comparison — what it is, the historical background, and how it opens up the biblical text.

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Four portraits of one Christ. Read them side by side and let the differences teach you.

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Gospel	Audience	Portrait	Signature
Matthew	Jewish readers	The promised King, a new Moses	Five teaching blocks; 'that it might be fulfilled'
Mark	Roman/Gentile readers	The suffering Servant on the move	Fast, urgent, 'immediately'; the messianic secret
Luke	Theophilus, Gentile world	The Saviour of outsiders	Orderly account; women, poor, prayer, Spirit
John	A church late in the century	The eternal Word made flesh	Seven signs, seven 'I am' sayings, long discourses

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*Luke 7 is likely a different occasion — a good example of careful comparison.

Event	Matthew	Mark	Luke	John
Feeding the five thousand	14:13-21	6:30-44	9:10-17	6:1-15
Peter's confession	16:13-20	8:27-30	9:18-21	6:66-69
Anointing at Bethany	26:6-13	14:3-9	7:36-50*	12:1-8
Triumphal entry	21:1-11	11:1-11	19:28-44	12:12-19
Crucifixion	27:32-56	15:21-41	23:26-49	19:16-37
Empty tomb	28:1-10	16:1-8	24:1-12	20:1-18

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Four accounts, one Christ

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