Jordan,
I found your response to be similar to mine, in the sense of your examples. You used the beginning of both stories as your starting example for differences. This was probably the one of the biggest differences between the stories. Matthew’s story begins with a detailed history of how Jesus was born with many references to the Old Testament, but Mark’s skipped this section and instead just introduced Jesus; and where he came from. This was important so that the reader can identify what the author’s take value in, throughout the stories. You also pointed out that Jesus’s actions and teachings were very similar. Many of these texts differed slightly from one another, like how you mentioned Mary Magdalene finding Jesus. Both stories had
I found your response to be similar to mine, in the sense of your examples. You used the beginning of both stories as your starting example for differences. This was probably the one of the biggest differences between the stories. Matthew’s story begins with a detailed history of how Jesus was born with many references to the Old Testament, but Mark’s skipped this section and instead just introduced Jesus; and where he came from. This was important so that the reader can identify what the author’s take value in, throughout the stories. You also pointed out that Jesus’s actions and teachings were very similar. Many of these texts differed slightly from one another, like how you mentioned Mary Magdalene finding Jesus. Both stories had