Context:
he four canonical gospels,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke, and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_John, are the main sources for the biography of Jesus’ life, the teachings and actions attributed to him.
[245][246][247] Three of these namely Matthew, Mark, and Luke, are known as the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_Gospels, from the Greek s?? (
syn "together") and ???? (
opsis "view"), given that they display a high degree of similarity in content, narrative arrangement, language and paragraph structure.
[248][249] The presentation in the fourth canonical gospel, i.e. John, differs from these three in that it has more of a thematic nature rather than a narrative format.
[250] Scholars generally agree that it is impossible to find any direct literary relationship between the synoptic gospels and the Gospel of John.
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