Revised: 27 March 2014 Sources for the GospelsLindsey’s series of articles on the Synoptic Problem originally appeared in issues 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 22 of Jerusalem Perspective magazine. They have been combined here (and slightly rearranged) for the reader’s convenience.
Fish, Storms and a Boat
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Jesus, however, had a personal acquaintance with the life of Galilean fishermen, as can be seen from Matthew 7:9-10: “Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
He Could No Longer Openly Enter a Town: A Synoptic Study in Light of an Early Luke
How to cite this article: Lois Tverberg, “He Could No Longer Openly Enter a Town: A Synoptic Study in Light of an Early Luke,” Jerusalem Perspective (2024) .
The Good Samaritan
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Jesus replied to the scribe that he had answered correctly, “do this and you will live” (see Matt. 7:24-27; Matt. 19:16-22; Mark 10:17-22; Luke 18:18-23).
Closed Door
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Yohanan the Immerser’s Execution
Matt. 14:3-12; Mark 6:17-29; Luke 3:18-20 (Huck 5, 111; Aland 17, 144; Crook 20, 164)For abbreviations and bibliographical references, see “Introduction to ‘The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction.'” Updated: 29 November 2024
Shimon’s Mother-in-law
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Praying Like Gentiles
Matt. 6:7-8
(Huck 29; Aland 62; Crook 42)For abbreviations and bibliographical references, see “Introduction to ‘The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction.'”… In Matthew this critique appears in a discussion of the proper performance of three major religious duties: almsgiving (Matt. 6:1-4), prayer (Matt. 6:5-15) and fasting (Matt. 6:16-18). … The section on prayer is the longest of the triad because the author of Matthew supplemented the section on prayer with the addition of the Praying Like Gentiles pericope (Matt. 6:7-8), the Lord’s Prayer (Matt. 6:9-13) and an elaboration on the need to forgive others in order to receive forgiveness from on high (Matt. 6:14-15)…. Catchpole presented one of the clearest arguments that Matt. 6:7-8 is an independent unit in David R. …
Despite its artificial position within the Sermon on the Mount, the Praying Like Gentiles pericope probably did originally belong to an extended teaching unit on prayer, which also included the Lord’s Prayer, Yeshua’s Discourse on Worry (Matt. 6:25-34 ∥ Luke 12:22-31), the Persistent Widow parable (Luke 18:1-8), and the Friend in Need (Matt. 7:7-8 ∥ Luke 11:5-10) and Fathers Give Good Gifts similes (Matt. 7:9-11 ∥ Luke 11:11-13).
Sending the Twelve: Commissioning
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Spontaneous Growth Parable
Mark 4:26-29 (Huck 95; Aland 126; Crook 148)For abbreviations and bibliographical references, see “Introduction to ‘The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction.'” Updated: 9 November 2022
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A Woman’s Misplaced Blessing
., the response to the raising of the widow’s son in Nain , or the response to the healing of a bedridden man ), or it might have come in response to particularly impressive preaching. …
Brad Young and David Flusser noted the strong affinity between A Woman’s Misplaced Blessing and the Houses on Rock and Sand parable, which illustrates the necessity of doing as Jesus taught and not simply flattering Jesus with praise (Matt. 7:21; Luke 6:46).
“Banquet in the Kingdom of Heaven” complex
preserve part of a literary complex that continued with a warning (Closed Door ) that when Jesus’ audience saw themselves shut outside the “banquet” they would beg the “host” for admittance, but the host would deny them. They would see people from all over coming to be seated with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob at the banquet in God’s kingdom, but they would be excluded (Coming From All Directions ).
Noun Chains in the Gospels
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Other noun-plus-noun expressions found in the Gospels include: “the furnace of the fire” (Matt 13:50); “a storm of wind” (Luke 8:23); “the kingdom of heaven” (Matt 13:31; 19:14; 19:23); “the poor of spirit” (Matt 5:3); “the clean of heart” (Matt 5:8); “the grass of the field” (Matt 6:30); “the lilies of the field” (Matt 6:28); and, “the birds of the sky” (Matt 6:26; 8:20).
Let Him Who Is Without Sin…
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The same sentiment is heard in Jesus’ model prayer that he gave to his disciples: “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us” (Matt. 6:12). … — wp:paragraph –>
In the same vein on another occasion Jesus cautioned his followers, “The measure you give will be the measure you get” (Matt. 7:2). … His statement, instead, is a clear and unmistakable crystallization of the popular Jewish notion that we have already mentioned, “Be merciful as your father in heaven is merciful” (Luke 6:36), or “With the judgment you pronounce you will be judged” (Matt. 7:2).
Over and Under-Familiarity with Matthew 6:11
One of the most oft-quoted passages in the New Testament is The Lord’s Prayer (Matt. 6:9-13). …
Matthew 6:11 is a remarkable verse from the prayer. … Compare Matt. 6:11 to its Lukan parallel: “Give us each day our daily bread.” … Interestingly, when Benjamin Franklin paraphrased the Lord’s Prayer, he rendered a blend of Matt. 6:11 and Luke 11:3 as “Provide for us this day as thou has hitherto daily done.” … (Matt. 6:33-34)
The things to which Jesus referred were food, water, and clothing.
Cataloging the Gospels’ Hebraisms: Part Five (Parallelism)
(Matt. 7:9-10; NIV)
bread | stone
fish | snake
Nation will rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom. … (Matt. 7:2; my trans.)
The “How Much More” Rabbinic Principle of Interpretation in the Teaching of Jesus
Matt. 7:11 (= Luke 11:13); Matt. 10:25; Luke 12:28 (= Matt. 6:30); and Luke 23:31…. (Matt. 7:9-11)
Matt. 6:28-30)
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