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  • adjective Relating to the first three Gospels of the New Testament, being similar in style and content.
  • noun One of the Synoptic Gospels.

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Examples

  • For this reason they are commonly known as the Synoptic Gospels.

    The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rush Rhees

  • For this reason they are commonly known as the Synoptic Gospels.

    The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rhees, Rush, 1860-1939 1902

  • It is one of the three Gospels that resemble one another — those called Synoptic because they have "a common view" (Greek synopsis).

    'What the Gospels Meant' 2008

  • With its modest biographical content and its overlay of seemingly Hellenistic philosophy, John is usually considered separately from the other three Gospels, which scholars refer to as the Synoptic, or "seen together," Gospels.

    Who Do Men Say That I Am? 1986

  • With its modest biographical content and its overlay of seemingly Hellenistic philosophy, John is usually considered separately from the other three Gospels, which scholars refer to as the Synoptic, or "seen together," Gospels.

    Who Do Men Say That I Am? 1986

  • The solution to what has been called the Synoptic problem — that is, the problem of the relationships among the three books — was a significant achievement, and it has been allowed to stand, albeit greatly modified and refined, and in several variations, by the majority of scholars to this day.

    Who Do Men Say That I Am? 1986

  • The solution to what has been called the Synoptic problem — that is, the problem of the relationships among the three books — was a significant achievement, and it has been allowed to stand, albeit greatly modified and refined, and in several variations, by the majority of scholars to this day.

    Who Do Men Say That I Am? 1986

  • The solution to what has been called the Synoptic problem — that is, the problem of the relationships among the three books — was a significant achievement, and it has been allowed to stand, albeit greatly modified and refined, and in several variations, by the majority of scholars to this day.

    Who Do Men Say That I Am? 1986

  • With its modest biographical content and its overlay of seemingly Hellenistic philosophy, John is usually considered separately from the other three Gospels, which scholars refer to as the Synoptic, or "seen together," Gospels.

    Who Do Men Say That I Am? 1986

  • Final agreement about the interrelations of the different versions is unlikely ever to be achieved, but most scholars still seem to accept that of the first three Gospels (called "Synoptic") the shortest, Mark, came first; that Matthew and Luke used him as a basis, augmenting his account (though this theory is much contested) with material from another source (the hypothetical collection of sayings known as Q).

    Advertisement for Himself Kermode, Frank 1997

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