(Matt. 7:22).
An Introduction to Synoptic Studies
Revised: 27 March 2014 Sources for the GospelsLindsey’s series of articles on the Synoptic Problem originally appeared in issues 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 22 of Jerusalem Perspective magazine. They have been combined here (and slightly rearranged) for the reader’s convenience.
Parables and Foundations
(Mishnah, Avot 3:18)
Bedrock and Sand
Jesus’ parable in Matthew 7:24-27 presents this theme in much the same way:
A person who hears these words of mine and does them, what is he like?
Faith Like a Mustard Seed
How to cite this article:
Joshua N. Tilton and David N. Bivin, “Faith Like a Mustard Seed,” The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction (Jerusalem Perspective, 2022) .
A New Solution to the Synoptic Problem
(Matt. 7:9-10); “What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a snake; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?”
A Measure of Humility
Jesus said, “With the measure you measure, it will be measured to you” (Matt. 7:2; Luke 6:38), a saying that was used by rabbinic sages to teach the moral principle that the way we treat others will be the way God treats us.
Foreword to Robert Lindsey’s A Hebrew Translation of the Gospel of Mark
I am very pleased at having this opportunity to write a foreword to a work which, for the first time, explains in much detail the results of Robert Lindsey’s long and painstaking research on the text of Mark and on the Synoptic Problem.Robert L.
Sending the Twelve: “The Harvest Is Plentiful” and “A Flock Among Wolves”
Matt. 9:37-38; 10:16a; Luke 10:2-3 (Huck 58, 139; Aland 98-99, 177; Crook 102, 197-198)For abbreviations and bibliographical references, see “Introduction to ‘The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction.'”
Beating the (Thorny) Bushes
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In recording Jesus’ warnings about “false prophets” (probably fake disciples), Matthew contrasts akantha (thorn bushes) with staphyle (grapes), and tribolos (thistle) with sykon (figs) (Matt 7:16); whereas, Luke contrasts akantha (thorn bushes) with sykon (figs), and batos (bramble bush) with staphyle (grapes) (Matt 6:44)…. (Matt 7:16, NKJ)…. — wp:paragraph –>
For the same two reasons, “thistles” seems out of place in the translation of Matthew 7:16.
Anti-Jewish Tendencies in the Synoptic Gospels
How to cite this article: R. Steven Notley, “Anti-Jewish Tendencies in the Synoptic Gospels,” Jerusalem Perspective 51 (1996): 20-35, 38 .
Four Soils Parable
Matt. 13:1-9; Mark 4:1-9; Luke 8:4-8
(Huck, 90; Aland, 122; Crook, 144)For abbreviations and bibliographical references, see “Introduction to ‘The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction.'” Updated: 25 October 2023
וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וַיֵּאָסְפוּ אֻכְלוּסִים גְּדוֹלִים וַיֵּלְכוּ אֵלָיו וַיִּמְשׁוֹל לָהֶם מָשָׁל לֵאמֹר יָצָא הַזּוֹרֵעַ לִזְרוֹעַ אֶת זַרְעוֹ וּבִזְרִיעָתוֹ זֶה נָפַל עַל הַדֶּרֶךְ וְנִדְרַךְ וְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם אָכְלוּ אוֹתוֹ וְאַחֵר נָפַל עַל הַסֶּלַע וְעָלָה וְיָבֵשׁ מֵאֵין לֵחָה וְאַחֵר נָפַל בֵּין הַחוֹחִים וְעָלָה וְהַחוֹחִים חָנְקוּ אוֹתוֹ וְאַחֵר נָפַל בָּאֲדָמָה הַטּוֹבָה וְעָלָה וְעָשָׂה פְּרִי וּמָצָא מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ אָזְנַיִם לִשְׁמוֹעַ יִשְׁמַע
Later that day large crowds of people gathered and came to Yeshua, and he told them this parable: “A sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell on a footpath. First it was trampled, then the birds of the sky ate it. Some fell on rock.
“Four Types of Hearers” complex
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Teaching with Authority: The Development of Jesus’ Portrayal as a Teacher within the Synoptic Tradition
Matt. 7:28f.) it is significant that, according to the original version, the event took place toward the beginning of Jesus’ public career, on the first occasion when Jesus is reported to have taught on the Sabbath in a synagogue.
Hebrew Nuggets, Lesson 18: vav (Part 2)
(Matt. 7:25)
“And” in the sense of “or”:
Anyone who kidnaps a man, and he has sold him and he is still holding him , shall be put to death. … (Matt. 7:4)
“And” is sometimes used as a comma, a dash or parentheses to set off an explanatory aside:
That evening an old man came home from his work in the fields outside the town and the man was from the hill country of Ephraim and resided at Gibeah where the townspeople were Benjaminites.
“And” or “In order to” Remarry
Revised: 4-Sep-2012
In the whole of Luke’s gospel, there is just one context in which the verbs “divorce” and “marry” appear together. That passage—only one verse—ought to contribute to a correct understanding of Jesus’ attitude toward divorce and remarriage; however, there exists no scholarly consensus on the passage’s meaning.
Beyond an Inheritance
Revised: 21-Oct.-2015
From the early centuries of the Christian era to our day, expositors of the Gospels have wrestled with the temporal dimension of Jesus’ teachings on the Kingdom of Heaven. Will the Kingdom of Heaven appear one day in the future when the Son of Man suddenly comes?
