Synoptic Gospels Compare And Contrast Essay

The two passages from the synoptic gospels, Matthew 15:21-28 and Mark 7:24-30, both create accounts of an event that occurred somewhere throughout the life and ministry of Jesus. Though these two synoptic gospels tend to be very similar in terms of the story and memoir, but they differentiate in the syntax, mood, phrasing, and the style of writing. Among these two passages from both of these gospels, it is clear that Matthew did not copy the writings of Mark’s gospel from word to word but rather change what Mark had already written. These changes reveal what makes Matthew’s version of the Gospel so distinct and unique. The start off, both Mark and Matthew begin their passages with Jesus, as he moves from one destination to another. In Matthew, Jesus is heading towards the cities of Tyre and Sidon. But in Mark, it is only mentioned that Jesus went to the city of Tyre. Just within the opening sentences of both passages, there is a lack of compatibility to where the event exactly took place. This detail among both passages comes to the belief that the authors of Matthew is roughly an elaborate …show more content…
To elaborate on the woman, Matthew describes her as an inhabitant of Canaan (Canaanite) and in contrast, it is said by Mark that the woman was Greek, and a Syrophoenician by birth. In fact, among whatever nationality is of this woman, there is no contradiction. It was known that the prevailing custom among the Jews was to call any foreigner Greek. She is a native to the cities of Tyre and Sidon, it is obvious that she is called a Syrophoenician, for that nation is found in present day Syria, and a part of Phoenicia, a very profound civilization that spread among the mediterranean coastline. The Jewish people, with scorn, gave the woman the name of being a Canaanites and to all the inhabitants of that