Synoptic Gospels

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Christian scripture subset group of biblical books

The Synoptic Gospels are the New Testament books of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, which present closely related accounts of the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Synoptic Gospels canonical	20
Matthew used Mark and Q as sources	1
Synoptic Gospels tradition	1
synoptic Gospels	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian scripture subset ⓘ group of biblical books ⓘ
centralQuestion	Synoptic Problem ⓘ
characterizedBy	similar narrative structure ⓘ similar order of events ⓘ similar wording ⓘ
comparedWith	Gospel of John ⓘ
dateRange	1st century CE ⓘ
describes	death of Jesus ⓘ life of Jesus ⓘ miracles of Jesus ⓘ resurrection of Jesus ⓘ teachings of Jesus ⓘ
earliestGospelTraditionally	Gospel of Mark ⓘ
excludes	Gospel of John ⓘ
hasConcept	double tradition ⓘ special material in Luke ⓘ special material in Matthew ⓘ triple tradition ⓘ
hasPart	Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
hasScholarlyHypothesis	Gospel of Mark ⓘ surface form: Markan priority Q source hypothesis ⓘ
includesEvent	Last Supper ⓘ baptism of Jesus ⓘ calling of the disciples ⓘ Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ surface form: crucifixion of Jesus empty tomb narrative ⓘ parables of Jesus ⓘ temptation of Jesus ⓘ
influenced	Christian art ⓘ Christian ethics ⓘ Christian liturgy ⓘ Christian theology ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
partOf	New Testament ⓘ
primaryFocus	ministry of Jesus in Galilee ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
sharesSourceMaterial	Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
studiedIn	New Testament scholarship ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ
subject	Jesus Christ ⓘ
usedBy	Christian preaching ⓘ liturgical readings ⓘ
usesGenre	ancient biography ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Holy Eucharist → basedOnText → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Kingdom of God → especiallyEmphasizedIn → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Son of Man → usedPrimarilyIn → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Apostle John → mentionedIn → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Low Christology → oftenAppliedTo → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Kingdom of Heaven → scripturalBookContext → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Apostle Bartholomew → mentionedIn → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Synoptic Problem → relatedTo → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Q source hypothesis → claims → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

this entity surface form: Matthew used Mark and Q as sources

Saint John → mentionedIn → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Saint Bartholomew → mentionedIn → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

John son of Zebedee → mentionedIn → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

John → differsFrom → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

subject surface form: Gospel of John

Harmony of the Gospels → compares → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

this entity surface form: synoptic Gospels

Olivet Discourse → partOf → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

this entity surface form: Synoptic Gospels tradition

Johann Carl J. von Griesbach → studied → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Salome (mother of James and John) → appearsIn → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Institution Narrative → isBasedOn → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Gospel of Thomas (as another sayings collection) → relatedTo → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

subject surface form: Gospel of Thomas

Simon of Cyrene → forcedActionDescribedIn → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Markan priority → focusesOn → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

Markan priority hypothesis → concerns → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ

The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church → scripturalBasis → Synoptic Gospels ⓘ