REL 200/6  JESUS IN HISTORY AND TRADITION
Syracuse University, Spring 2000

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING
THE FIVE GOSPELS PARALLELS
ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB

(1) On the course syllabus, click on the underlined assignment (e.g. The Five Gospels)

(2) The left hand window contains the Gospel of Matthew.  Page down to the assigned Matthew text in that window.

(3) Click on the colored books in Matthew's text to see the parallel passages in other Gospels appear in their windows.

(4) Note the similarities and differences (including omissions) between the five accounts.  Consider possible reasons for how the differences came about.

(5) As you read through Matthew's text, continue to click on the colored books and analyze the parallel readings.