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/sɪˈnɑptɪks/
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NOUN
- the first three Gospels which describe events in Christ's life from a similar point of view
How To Use Synoptics In A Sentence
- Passages from Exodus, Ruth, Ezekiel, 2 Samuel, and 1 Chronicles are balanced by those from the Synoptics.
- He was the first person to ask about the intentions of Jesus, and one of the first to raise serious questions about the relationship of John's gospel to the synoptics.
- On the other hand, several features of the Johannine presentation of Jesus have long seemed to possess their own claims to historicity, even over and against the Synoptics. Mythunderstanding The Criteria Of Authenticity
- Call it 'Q' or oral teachings or whatever, the evidence applies most to the veracity of the stories and sayings common to the Synoptics. An Amazing First Century
- Bauer's critique of John convinced him that the gospel narrative was a purely literary product, and he now argued that the Synoptics too contained no historically authentic material.
- Jesus' words on divorce appear in other parts of the Synoptics.
- And, of course, there is nothing apocalyptic about any of the discourses found in the Synoptics.
- Mk., and Lk. have received in scientific theology the common name "Synoptics," because their gospels, in virtue of their far-reaching agreement, may be regarded or "viewed together" with one glance (Synopsis means "common view"). The Johannine Writings
- That was before I came to favor the Farrer hypothesis, the dependence of Thomas on the Synoptics and started to doubt the criteria used by Crossan and the other Jesus Seminar members More Mythicist-Creationist Parallels
- This is testified not only in the Synoptics, but also in John, the new testament letters, Josephus, and Tacitus.
