the synoptic Gospels

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• Synoptic Gospels — The synoptic gospels are the first three gospels of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. They are: Mark, Matthew, and Luke. Although styled as first hand accounts, when these three gospels are placed next to each other they can be seen to… …   Wikipedia

• Synoptic Gospels — ▪ biblical literature       the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke in the New Testament. Since the 1780s, the first three books of the New Testament have been called the Synoptic Gospels because they are so similar in structure, content, and… …   Universalium

• SYNOPTIC GOSPELS —    the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke which are the first three Gospels of the NEW TESTAMENT …   Concise dictionary of Religion

• SYNOPTIC GOSPELS —    the first three Gospels, so called because they are summaries of the chief events in the story, and all go over the same ground, while the author of the fourth follows lines of his own …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• synoptic Gospels —    This term (from the Greek syn, meaning together, and opsis, meaning a sight or a view ) refers to the fact that the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke follow a similar pattern in both their overall structure and their individual narratives; in …   Glossary of theological terms

• Synoptic Gospels — noun the first three Gospels which describe events in Christ s life from a similar point of view • Syn: ↑Synoptics • Hypernyms: ↑sacred text, ↑sacred writing, ↑religious writing, ↑religious text • Part Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Synoptic problem — The synoptic problem concerns the literary relationships between and among the first three canonical gospels (the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke), known as the Synoptic Gospels (from the Greek syn, meaning together, and optic, meaning seen ) …   Wikipedia

• The Last Supper —     The Last Supper     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Last Supper     The meal held by Christ and His disciples on the eve of His Passion at which He instituted the Holy Eucharist.     TIME     The Evangelists and critics generally agree that the …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Passion of Christ (Gospel Accounts) —     The Passion of Christ (Gospel Accounts)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Passion of Christ in the Four Gospels     See also DEVOTION TO THE PASSION OF CHRIST.     We have in the Gospels four separate accounts of the Passion of Our Lord, each …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Gospels —    The central fact of Christian preaching was the intelligence that the Saviour had come into the world (Matt. 4:23; Rom. 10:15); and the first Christian preachers who called their account of the person and mission of Christ by the term… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Synoptic — Syn*op tic, Synoptical Syn*op tic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. synoptique. See {Synopsis}.] Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical statement of an argument. The synoptic Gospels.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English