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Mark And John Comparison

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The Gospel of John is very distinctly different from the Synoptic Gospels in many ways. In both Mark and John it is stressed that Jesus never taught without using parables, whereas in John does not record any of the parables (Harris, 2015). Likewise, we find that the Gospel of John presents us with a distinctly different chronology and order of events.

The absence of material covering the nature of his birth and his baptism by John are unique to the Gospel of John. The author of John seems to intentionally leave out or add material beneficial to his intent to place emphasis on Jesus’ divinity. The author of the Gospel of John confesses that his goal is not to provide a biographical portrayal of Jesus, but provide us with an understanding
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