Triple Tradition Chart

I found this chart online, it quite helpfully shows the order of events in the synoptic gospels.

Taken from http://www.abu.nb.ca/courses/NTIntro/OrderTriple.htm website of Professor Barry D. Smith, Crandall University.

 

Appendix A

The Order of the Triple
Tradition in the Synoptic Gospels

 

* = Non-Markan material in Luke or Matthew similar to material found in Mark

 ------------ = Material in Matthew and Luke interposed between Markan material

(It should be noted that in many cases, especially in Matthew, other related pericopes are co-joined to the triple tradition; this will be discussed later).

 
 

Matthew	Mark	Luke
1. 3:1-12	1. 1:2-8 John the Baptist	1. 3:1-12
2. 3:13-17	2. 1:9-11 Jesus' baptism	2. 3:21-22
3. 4:1-11	3. 1:12-13 Jesus' temptations	3. 4:1-13
4. 4:12-17	4. 1:14-15 Beginning of Galilean ministry	*4. 4:14-15
		*32. 4:16-30
5. 4:18-22 ------------	5. 1:16-20 Calling of four fishermen
*23. 5:15 ------------
*25. 7:2 ------------
9. 8:1-4 ------------
	6. 1:21-28 Exorcism of man with unclean spirit	6. 4:31-37
7. 8:14-17 ------------	7. 1:29-34 Healing of Peter's mother in law	7. 4:38-41
29. 8:23-27
	8. 1:35-39 Jesus' travelling around Galilee, preaching, healing and exorcising	8. 4:42-44
30. 8:28-34
		*5. 5:1-11
	9. 1:40-45 Jesus' healing of a leper	9. 5:12-16
10. 9:1-8	10. 2:1-12 Jesus' healing of a paralyzed man	10. 5:17-26
11. 9:9-13	11. 2:13-17 Jesus' calling of Levi	11. 5:27-32
12. 9:14-17	12. 2:18-22 The question about fasting	12. 5:33-39
31. 9:18-26 -----------
	13. 2:23-28 Plucking grain on the Sabbath	13. 6:1-5
	14. 3:1-6 Healing of man with withered hand	14. 6:6-11
	15. 3:7-12 Healing of many at Sea of Galilee
16. 10:1-4	16. 3:13-19 Calling of the twelve disciples	16. 6:12-16 ------------
33. 10:5-15 (9:35a) -----------
13. 12:1-8
14. 12:9-14 -----------
17. 12:22-30	17. 3:20-27 Jesus and Beelzebub
18. 12:21-32 -----------	18. 3:28-30 The sin against the Holy Spirit
19. 12:46-50	19. 3:31-3 Jesus' true mother and brothers
20. 13:1-9	20. 4:1-9 Parable of the sower	20. 8:4-8
21. 13:10-17 [25. 13:12]	21. 4:10-12 Purpose of parables	21. 8:9-10
22. 13:18-23 ------------	22. 4:13-20 Explanation of parable of the sower	22. 8:11-15
	23. 4:21 Lamp on lampstand	23. 8:16
	24. 4:22-23 The hidden revealed	24. 8:17
	25. 4:24-25 Judgment	25. 8:18
	26. 4:26-29 Parable of the seed growing by itself
27. 13:31-32 ------------	27. 4:30-32 Parable of mustard seed
28. 13:34-35a ------------	28. 4:33-34 Use of parables
	29. 4:35-41 Calming of the storm	29. 8:22-25
	30. 5:1-20 Exorcism of man in region of Gadarenes (Gerasenes?)	30. 8:26-29
	31. 5:21-43 Healing of the woman with bleeding problem and raising of Jairus' daughter	31. 8:40-56
32. 13:53b-58	32. 6:1-6a Rejection at Nazareth
33.  9:35a (= Mark 6:6b)	33. 6:6b-13 Sending out of disciples	33. 9:1-6
	34. 6:14-16 Opinions about Jesus	34. 9:7-9
35. 14:1-12	35. 6:17-29 Death of John the Baptist
36. 14:13-21	36. 6:30-44 Feeding of five thousand	36. 9:10-17
37. 14:22-23	37. 6:45-52 Jesus' walking on water
38. 14:34-36	38. 6:53-56 Healing of the sick at Gennessaret
39. 15:1-20	39. 7:1-23 The tradition of the elders
40. 15:21-28 ------------	40. 7:24-30 Exorcism of daughter of Syro-Phoenician woman
	41. 7:31-37 Healing of a deaf and dumb man
42. 15:32-39	42. 8:1-10 Feeding of four thousand
43. 16:1-4	43. 8:11-13 Demand for a sign
44. 16:5-12	44. 8:14-21 The leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod
	45. 8:22-26 Healing of blind man at Bethsaida
46. 16:13-20	46. 8:27-30 Peter's confession at Caesarea Philippi	46. 9:18-20
47. 16:21-23	47. 8:31-33 Jesus' first prediction of his death	47. 9:21-23
48. 16:24-28	48. 8:34-9:1 Sayings	48. 9:23-27
49. 17:1-13	49. 9:2-13 Jesus' transfiguration	49. 9:28-36
50. 17:14-21	50. 9:14-29 Exorcism of a boy	50. 9:37-43a
51. 17:22-23 -----------	51. 9:30-32 Jesus' second prediction of his death	51. 9:43b-45
52. 18:1-5	52. 9:33-37 Teaching about greatness	52. 9:46-48
	53. 9:38-41 The strange exorcist	53. 9:49-50 ------------
54. 18:6-9 ------------	54. 9:42-50 Sayings
		*69. 10:25-28 ------------
55. 19:1-12	55. 10:1-12 Teaching about divorce
		*17. 11:14-23 ------------
		*18. 12:10 ------------
		*27. 13:18-19 ------------
		*54. 17:2 ------------
56. 19:13-15	56. 10:13-16 Blessing of children
57. 19:16-30	57. 10:17-31 The rich, young ruler	57. 18:18-30
58. 20:17-19	58. 10:32-34 Jesus' third prediction of his death	58. 18:31-34
59. 20:20-28	59. 10:35-45 The request of the mother of the sons of Zebedee
60. 20:29-34	60. 10:46-52 Healing of blind Bartimaeus	60. 18:35-43
61. 21:1-11	61. 11:1-11 Royal entry into Jerusalem	61. 19:28-44
	62. 11:12-14 Cursing of the fig tree
63. 21:12-17	63. 11:15-19 Clearing of the Temple	63. 19:45-48
62. 21:18-19
64. 21:20-22	64. 11:20-26 Teaching about faith based on cursing of the fig tree
65. 21:23-27 ------------	65. 11:27-33 Questioning of Jesus' authority	65. 20:1-8
66. 21:33-46 -----------	66. 12:1-12 Parable of the vineyard and the tenants	66. 20:9-19
67. 22:15-22	67. 12:13-17 Paying taxes to Caesar	67. 20:20-26
68. 22:23-33	68. 12:18-27 Question about the resurrection	68. 20:27-40
69. 22:34-40	69. 12:28-34 The greatest commandment
70. 22:41-46	70. 12:35-37a David's son and the Messiah	70. 20:41-44
71. 23:1-36 ------------	71. 12:37b-40 Warnings about the scribes	71. 20:45-47
	72. 12:41-44 The widow's offering	72. 21:1-4
73. 24:1-2	73. 13:1-2 Destruction of the Temple foretold	73. 21:5-6
74. 24:3-8	74. 13:3-8 Signs before the end	74. 21:7-11
75. 24:9-14	75. 13:9-13 Persecutions foretold	75. 21:12-19
76. 24:15-22	76. 13:14-20 Desolation of Jerusalem	76. 21:20-24
77. 24:23-25 ------------	77. 13:31-23 Warnings about false Messiahs and prophets
78. 24:29-31	78. 13:24-27 Coming of the son of man	78. 21:25-28
79. 24:32-35	79. 13:28-31 Time of the coming of the son of man: Parable of the fig tree	79. 21:29-33 ------------
80. 24:36 ------------	80. 13:32-37 Exhortation to be watchful
81. 26:1-5	81. 14:1-2 Plot to kill Jesus	81. 22:1-2
82. 26:6-13	82. 14:3-9 Anointing at Bethany

Synoptic problem 1

I will soon be uploading the audio from the 1st talk on the synoptic problem.

Bible Study this Tuesday Night

This coming Tuesday we will be having Bible Study. I will start a 2 part presentation on the formation of the Synoptic Gospels. The synoptic gospels are the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The word "synoptic" means "single eye." The name refers to the fact that these three Gospels are remarkably similar in their presentation of the life of Christ. However, just as they are similar, they are also different. This tension between how they are the same and how they are different has led to the development of synoptic analysis. I will be using this kind of analysis late in the year when discussing the Passion Narratives, so these two classes will be helpful down the road. Hope to see you there at 7:00 in the music room, this Tuesday night (January 19^th).

Fr Jake