Using a story drawn from at least 3 of the Gospels, synthesize the accounts in your own words, providing commentary. You will quickly learn that creating a synthesis is indeed a more difficult task than most people expect. You can locate parallel Gospel accounts of the same story on various websites (see Discussion: Synthesis of Literature Resources for example). The passage must be inclusive of at least 5 verses in each of the 3 Gospels used. For example, an account of John the Baptist appears in all 4 Gospels and is at least 5 verses long in each. A synthesis of all 4 stories would include perspectives from all 4 accounts, explaining how they align and/or differ. Cite the various accounts accordingly. Here is an abbreviated example:
“During the reign of the Roman Caesar Tiberius (Luke 3:1), a man came on the scene in Israel named John the Baptist (Mark 1:4). It’s interesting to note that only the passages in Mark and Matthew use that particular name for him. Otherwise, he is variously known as John, son of Zechariah (Luke 3:2), or just plain John, “a man sent from God” (John 1:6). He must have been quite the sight, since he is regularly described as wearing a garment made of camel’s hair with a leather belt (Mark 1:6) as he went about preaching a message of repentance (Luke 3:2; Mark 1:4; Matthew 1:2).”
Gospel ParallelsLinks to an external site.
https://www.bible-researcher.com/parallels.html#sect2
