The Relationship of the Synoptics

THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE SYNOPTICS

Virgil Warren, PhD

                    PERICOPES

___       =  Peculiar to Matthew            =   5                           (42%) of Matthew         

IIII       = Peculiar to Mark                 =   2                           (7%)   of Mark

////        = Peculiar to Luke                  =   9                           (59%) of Luke

             Mark and Luke                        =   5

             Matthew and Mark                  = 12

             Matthew and Mark and Luke = 42                           (92%) of John is new

             Matthew and Luke                 = 14

                                                                 89 sections

*The diagram above comes from class notes taken under Dr. Lewis A. Foster, former Dean of the Graduate School at The Cincinnati Christian Seminary.

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