Synoptics


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Noun1.Synoptics - the first three Gospels which describe events in Christ's life from a similar point of view
religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity
evangel, Gospel, Gospels - the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings
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From that gathering, 12 papers (four in German) consider such aspects as Greek New Testament papyri and their text in the second-third centuries, conflated citations of the Synoptic Gospels: the beginnings of Christian doxography tradition, Marcion's Gospel and the Synoptics: proposals and problems, the Gospel of Phillip's mystagogical reception of the Gospel of John, and principles of Gnostic exegesis.
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For the Synoptics, it happened at Caesarea Philippi.
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In the Synoptics (Mark, Matthew and Luke), the highlight of the Last Supper is the institution of the Eucharist.
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Obviously, LaCocque's avoidance of these studies arises from his announced focus on the Synoptics, considering John and Paul "somewhat off limits" (1).
Namibia's position on the western side of the sub-continent, further contributes to a rather unique set of synoptics, and a marked separation between weather conditions in the south-west, and in the north-east.
These three Gospels are called the Synoptics (Greek for with the same eye or seeing together) because they share so much material, even agreeing verbatim at times.