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Good News

The Four Evangelists

Good News

The Good
News: Jesus
Christ

Good News

The Synoptic Gospels: An Overview

Synoptic Gospels The synoptic Gospels are

Matthew, Mark, and Luke. They can be looked at together
because they shared some,
but not all, of the same
sources.

Comparison of Parallel
Synoptic Passages
Vocabulary

The Synoptic Gospels: An Overview

Sources used by Matthew and Luke

The Synoptic Gospels: An Overview

Probable Q passages in both Matthew and Luke

The Beatitudes
Love of Enemies
The Golden Rule
Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged
The Test of a Good Person
The Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
The Parable of the Wedding Feast
The Parable of the Talents
The Parable of the Leaven
The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind
The Lords Prayer
Expounding of the Law
The Birds of Heaven and the Lilies of the Field

The Synoptic Gospels: An Overview

Jesus Early Life

Here the Word was made flesh

The lower level of the Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth, enshrines a

sunken grotto that contains the traditional cave-home of the Virgin Mary.
Inside the cave stands an altar with the Latin inscription:
Here the Word was made flesh.
Jesus Early Life

Jesus Early Life

Matthews Birth Narrative

1:18-2:23

Announcement of Marys
pregnancy to Joseph in a
dream

Appearance of a star
Visitation of the Magi

Lukes Birth Narrative

2:1-39
Jesus and Johns births foretold
The Annunciation of Jesus
Marys visit to Elizabeth

Herods plot against Jesus

The flight of the Holy Family
to Egypt

Massacre of the holy

innocents

Return to Nazareth from

Egypt

The presentation of Jesus in the

Temple/Anna & Simeon

The Magnificat
The birth of John the Baptist
Jesus is born in Bethlehem
Jesus birth is announced to the
shepherds

Jesus Early Life

Jesus Early Life

Jesus Public Life

Emmanuel A name for Jesus that means God is with

us. This is the name given to Jesus as foretold in the Old
Testament and recounted to Joseph, the foster father of
Jesus, in a dream.
It shall roll on into Judah, it shall
rage and pass onup to the neck it
shall reach. But his outspread
wings will fill the width of your
land, Emmanuel!
Therefore the Lord himself will give
Isaiah 8:8
you a sign; the young woman,
pregnant and about to bear a son,
shall name him Emmanuel.
Isaiah 7:14

Jesus Public Life

Twelve sons of Jacob

Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Issachar
Zebulun
Joseph
Benjamin

Twelve Apostles
Simon Peter
James
John
Andrew
Philip
Thomas
Bartholomew
Matthew
James
Simon the Zealot
Thaddaeus-Judas
Judas Iscariot

When Jesus established the Apostles as shepherds of the Church, he appointed them as symbolic
rulers of the twelve tribes of Israel. Jesus said to them, Amen, I say to you that you who have followed
me, in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will yourselves sit on twelve
thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Mt. 19:28)

Jesus Public Life

Isaiah 22:22
I will place on his
shoulder the key of the
house of David;
he shall open and none
shall
shut; and he shall shut
and
none shall open.

Matthew 16:18-19
And so I say to you,
you are Peter, and
upon this rock I will
build my church, and
the gates of the
netherworld shall not
prevail against it. I
will give you the keys
to the kingdom of
heaven. Whatever you
bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven; and
whatever you loose
on earth shall be
loosed in heaven.

Jesus Public Life

Jesus Public Life

Jesus Proclaims the Gospel

Paschal Mystery Christs work of Redemption,

accomplished principally by his Passion, Death, Resurrection,
and glorious Ascension. This mystery is commemorated and
made present through the sacraments,
especially the Eucharist.

Jesus Proclaims the Gospel

The Mustard Seed

Jesus put another parable before them. He said, The kingdom of
heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed
in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but it grows larger than all
the garden plants and becomes a tree. The birds of the air can
come and make nests in its branches. (Mt 13:31-32)

The Pearl of Great Price

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a
merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on
finding one pearl of great value, went and sold
all that he had and bought it. (Mt 13:45-46)

Parables of the Kingdom

The Yeast
He told them another parable. The
kingdom of heaven is like leaven
that a woman took and hid in three
measures of flour, till it was all
leavened. (Mt. 13:33).

The Household Treasures

The Hidden Treasure

And he said to them, Therefore every

The kingdom of heaven is like
scribe who has been trained for the
treasure hidden in a field. A
kingdom of heaven is like a master of a
man found it, and he concealed
house, who brings out of his treasure
it. Then in his joy he goes and
both what is new and what is old.
sells all that he has and buys
The Dragnet
(Mt 13:52).
that field. (Mt 13:44).
Again, said Jesus, The kingdom of heaven is
like a net that fisher-folk threw into the sea. The
The Growing Seed
net gathered all sorts of fish. When the net was
And Jesus said, The kingdom of God is like a man scattering
full, the fisher-folk drew it ashore. They sat down seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the
and sorted the good fish into containers but
seed sprouts and grows he knows not how. The earth, by
threw away the bad. So it will be at the end of
itself, produces first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in
the age. The angels will come out and separate the ear. But when the grain is ripe, at once the man puts in the
the evil from the righteous and cast the evil into
sickle, because the harvest has come. (Mk 4:26-29).
the fiery furnace. In that place there will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth(Mt 13:47-50).

Jesus Proclaims the Gospel

The Transfiguration
Matthew 17:1-9; Mark 9:2-10; Luke 9:28-36

Jesus Proclaims the Gospel

Similarities between Jesus and Moses

Moses

Jesus

Narrowly escaped death as a baby

Narrowly escaped death as a baby

Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

Turned water into blood

Turned water into wine and wine into

his Blood

Savior of the Israelites

Savior of all mankind

Performed miracles

Performed miracles

Hebrews were slaves to the Egyptians

We are slaves to sin

Led Gods people to freedom through

the waters of the Red Sea

Sets us free from sin through the waters

of Baptism

Presented the Law at Mount Sinai

Presented the Law at the Mount of the

Beatitudes

The face of Moses shown with glory on

Mount Sinai

Jesus is shown in his glory at the

Transfiguration

Jesus Proclaims the Gospel

Individual Characteristics of the Synoptic Gospels

A Cycle of Five "Conflict Stories" in Mark (2:13:6)

Mark
2:1-12

Title
Healing a Paralytic

Who Objects? Against Whom?

Scribes

Among themselves

About What?
Forgiving/blaspheming

Jesus saying: the son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins (2:10).
2:13-17

Calling Levi, a Tax

Collector

Scribes &
Pharisees

Jesus disciples

Eating with tax

collectors and sinners

Jesus sayings: Those who are well have no need of a physician, but rather, those who are sick (2:17a);
I have come to call not the righteous but sinners (2:17b).
2:18-22

About Fasting

People

Jesus

Disciples not fasting

Jesus sayings: The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them (2:19-20);
No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak (2:21-22).
2:23-28

Plucking grain on the

Sabbath

Pharisees

Jesus

Breaking the Sabbath

Jesus sayings: The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath (2:27);
so the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath (2:28).
3:1-6

Restoring a Mans
Withered Hand

Jesus

them (Pharisees &

Herodians)

Healing on the Sabbath

Jesus question: Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save life or to kill? (3:4)

Individual Characteristics of the Synoptic Gospels

The principal divisions of the Gospel according to Mark:

I. The Preparation for the Public Ministry of Jesus (1:1-13)
II. The Mystery of Jesus (1:14-8:26)
III. The Mystery Begins to Be Revealed (8:27-9:32)
IV. The Full Revelation of the Mystery (9:33-16:8)
V. The Longer Ending (16:9-20)
VI. The Shorter Ending
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Individual Characteristics of the Synoptic Gospels

Individual Characteristics of the Synoptic Gospels

Jesus Fulfills Old Testament

Prophecies
Matthew

Event

Old Testament

1:22-23

Jesus born of a virgin

Isaiah 7:14

2:5-6

Born in Bethlehem

Micah 5:1

2:15

Flight into Egypt

Hosea 11:1

2:18

Slaughter of the

Jeremiah 31:15

Innocents
4:15-16

Ministry in Galilee

Isaiah 8:23-9:1

12:18-21

Leading by Serving

Isaiah 42:1-4

13:14-15

Spiritual blindness

Isaiah 6:9-10

13:35

Teaching in parables

Psalm 78:2

21:5

Entry into Jerusalem

on
a donkey

Isaiah 62:11;

27:9-10

Judas betrays Jesus

Zachariah 9:9
Zachariah 11:12-13

Individual Characteristics of the Synoptic Gospels

S y m m e t r y i n L u ke & A c t s
LUKE
ACTS
Begins with an
Begins with an
address to most
address to
excellent Theophilus Theophilus
Announcement made Announcement made
by the angel, Gabriel by two angels
following the
Ascension
Begins in Jerusalem
Begins in Jerusalem
Birth of Jesus as the Birth of the Church
Spirit comes upon
as the Spirit comes
Mary
upon the Church
A general movement A general movement
Individual Characteristics of the Synoptic Gospels
towards Jerusalem
away from Jerusalem

Parallels between John the Baptist and Jesus in the Gospel of Luke

Individual Characteristics of the Synoptic Gospels

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The Prodigal Son

Rembrandt, c. 1669
The Hermitage Museum,
St. Petersburg

Individual Characteristics of the Synoptic Gospels

Endnotes
Quotations from Sacred Scripture come from the New
American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
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Quotations from the Catechism of the Catholic Church
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