Similarities occur in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke in that they are both telling the same narrative, with minor differences, however. Each story is from a different point of view, way of looking at things, and each author chose to highlight different parts of His birth story. Matthew gives more attention to Joseph and His lineage while Luke gives more attention to Mary and is also the only Gospel account in which “Gentile Magi come and worship the Christ Child” (Blomberg, 2009, p.149). In Luke, wise men do not visit, just the shepherds, there is no persecution to be had at the hand of Herod and as such no flight into Egypt, yet these are all found in the Gospel of Matthew. Even Joseph and Mary’s residence is listed differently in each
