Comparing The Gospel Of Mark: Synoptic Gospels

If there is more than one person involved, nine times out of ten there is more than one side to the story. Just because there are different stories, doesn’t mean that one story may not be true, it can simply mean that each person decided to explain what was more significant to them. In the Bible there are several chapters. Although some stories are quite similar, In each of the chapters there tells a unique story. The gospels of Mark and Matthew are recognized as synoptic gospels, being that they contain majority of the same stories about Jesus’ birth, walk, and crucifixion. Even though the Bible doesnt mention which chapter was written first, the Gospel of Mark comes before Matthew, giving us great reason to believe that Mark was the first of many other synoptic gospels written. Reading the two chapters, a person would definitely be able to recognize that the author of Matthew took the gospel of Mark and merely edited it to his version of what happened from a different perspective. …show more content…
According to “Portraits of Jesus,” the purpose of the added content was to influence the portrayal of Jesus. A story mentioned in each of the Gospels was Jesus walking on water. After feeding more than five thousand people with five loaves of bread and two fish, the disciples were told to get onto boat as Jesus went to the mountains to pray. While Jesus was coming back from the mountain he and disciples realizes the boat’s distance from land. Unfortunately the aggressive waves made it difficult to return to Jesus, so Jesus began walking on water towards the boat. Of course the disciples became astonished all at once, and realized Jesus was truly the Human One, the Son of