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Fig. 7.3. the Composition of Luke Fig. 7.3. The Composition of Luke. This table gives a detailed account of how Luke used Mark and Matthew as his sources according to the theory proposed in this work. The Gospels have been divided into pericopes based on those in Aland’s Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum, and follow its numbering scheme. Some pericopes have been further subdivided (and designated “a” and “b” accordingly). The column for Mark shows those pericopes that Luke did use that are not parallel to Matthew in pink and pericopes that are parallel in purple (re- gardless of whether Luke used Mark’s or Matthew’s version). In Matthew’s column, pericopes that Luke did use that are not parallel to Mark are blue and pericopes that are parallel are purple (the intersection of Matthew’s blue with Mark’s pink). Material not used by Luke from either Mark or Matthew is gray. In Luke’s column, pericopes unique to Luke are shown as yellow, whereas those pericopes he took from Matthew are either blue (if he remained largely faithful to them) or green (the intersection of Matthew’s blue with Luke’s yellow), if he expanded or departed from them. Those pericopes Luke took from Mark are either pink (if he remained faithful to them) or orange (the intersection of Mark’s pink with Luke’s yellow), if he expanded or departed from them. The column between Mark and Luke shows specifically which verses from Mark were used by Luke. Verses in parentheses are verses from a different context in Mark that have a loose parallel with verses in the corresponding pericope in Luke. Pericopes marked “to” and “from” show passages that have been displaced in Luke, with the number references representing the pericope designations in the first column. Pericope numbers in Mark’s column in square brackets show where the parallel pericope in Matthew is located in the table (when its order is different in relation to Luke). The same conventions are used in the column between Matthew and Luke to show the verses Luke has used from Matthew. Parallels in Acts (some of which may have been influenced yb Matthew or Mark) are placed in brackets in Luke’s column and marked with the letter A. Pericope Pericope Description Mark Luke Matthew KEY: INTRODUCTION—The Nativity In Matthew and Mark 1:1-4 1 Prologue [A 1:1-2] Material not used by Luke 2 The Promise of the Birth of John 1:5-25 3 The Annunciation 1:26-38 (1:20-21) In Matthew, but not Mark, used by Luke 4 Mary’s Visit to Elizabeth 1:39-56 5 The Birth of John the Baptist 1:57-80 In Mark, but not Matthew, used by Luke 6 The Genealogy of Jesus (to 19) 1:1-17 7a The Promise and Birth of Jesus (to 3) 1:18-25 In both Matthew and Mark, used by Luke 7b The Birth of Jesus 2:1-7 8 The Shepherds Adore Jesus 2:8-20 In Luke 9a The Circumcision and Presentation 2:21-38 9b The Magi Adore the Infant Jesus 2:1-12 Unique to Luke 10 The Flight into Egypt and Return 2:13-21 11 The Childhood of Jesus at Nazareth 2:39-40 (2:22-23) 2:22-23 From Matthew, with little alteration 12 The Boy Jesus in the Temple 2:41-52 From Matthew, with more alteration EXPOSITION: 1st Theme Group—The Baptism and Temptation 13 John the Baptist 1:1-6 (to 107) 3:1-6 3:1-3 3:1-6 From Mark, with little alteration 14 John’s Preaching of Repentance 3:7-9 3:7-9 3:7-10 15 John Replies to Questioners 3:10-14 From Mark, with more alteration 3:15-18 16 John’s Messianic Preaching 1:7-8 3:11-12 3:11-12 [A 13:24-25] 17 The Imprisonment of John 3:19-20 14:3-4 from 144a 18 The Baptism of Jesus 1:9-11 3:21-22 3:13,16-17 3:13-17 19 The Genealogy of Jesus 3:23-38 (1:1-17) 20a In the Wilderness 1:12-13 4:1-2 4:1-2 4:1-2 20b The Temptation 4:3-13 4:3-10 4:3-11 30 The Journey into Galilee 1:14-15 4:14 4:12 4:12 32 Ministry in Galilee 4:15 4:17 4:13-17 33a Jesus’s Preaching at Nazareth 4:16-22 13:54-55,57 from 139 33b Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 4:23-30 34 The Call of the Disciples 1:16-20 to 41b 4:18-22 2nd Theme Group—Initial Ministry 35 In the Synagogue in Capernaum 1:21-22 1:21-22 4:31-32 [76] 36 The Healing of the Demoniac 1:23-28 1:23-28 4:33-37 37 Healing of Peter’s Mother-in-law 1:29-31 1:29-31 4:38-39 [87] 38 The Sick Healed at Evening 1:32-34 1:32,34 4:40-41 [88] 39 Jesus Departs from Capernaum 1:35-38 1:35-38 4:42-43 40 First Preaching Tour in Galilee 1:39 1:39 4:44 4:23 41a The Miraculous Draught of Fish 5:1-7 41b The Call of the Disciples from 34 1:16-20 5:8-11 42 The Cleansing of the Leper 1:40-45 1:40-45 5:12-16 [84] 43 The Healing of the Paralytic 2:1-12 2:1-12 5:17-26 [92] 44 The Call of Levi 2:13-17 2:13-17 5:27-32 [93] 45 The Question about Fasting 2:18-22 2:18-22 5:33-39 [94] 46 Plucking Grain on the Sabbath 2:23-28 2:23-28 6:1-5 [111] 47 Healing the Withered Hand 3:1-6 3:1-6 6:6-11 [112] 48 Jesus Heals Multitudes by the Sea 3:7-12 (to 50) [113] 6:12-16 49 The Choosing of the Twelve 3:13-19 3:13-14,16-19 [99a] [A 1:13] 1st Themes Repeated—The Sermon on the Plain 50 [77] Occasion of the Sermon (3:8-10) 6:17-19 4:25-5:2 4:24-5:2 51 [78] The Beatitudes 6:20-23 5:3,6,11-12 5:3-12 51x [79] The Woes 6:24-26 52 The Salt of the Earth to 218 5:13 53 The Light of the World to 192 5:14-16 54 On the Law and the Prophets (to 226) 5:17-20 55 On Murder and Wrath to 206 5:21-26 56a On Adultery 5:27-30 56b On Divorce to 227 5:31-32 57 On Oaths 5:33-37 59 [80] On Love of One’s Enemies 6:27-36 5:39-42,44-48;7:12 5:38-48 60 On Almsgiving 6:1-4 61 On Prayer 6:5-6 62 The Lord’s Prayer to 185 6:7-15 63 On Fasting 6:16-18 64 On Treasures to 202 6:19-21 65 The Sound Eye to 193 6:22-23 66 On Serving Two Masters to 224 6:24 67 On Anxiety to 201 6:25-34 7:1-5 (;15:14;10:24- 68 [81] On Judging (4:21) 6:37-42 7:1-5 25) 69 On Profaning the Holy 7:6 70 God’s Answering of Prayer to 187 7:7-11 71 The Golden Rule to 59 7:12 72 The Narrow Door to 211a 7:13-14 73a [82a] By Their Fruits 6:43-44 7:16,18 7:15-20 73b [82b] Good Treasure 6:45 12:35 from 118b 74 [83a] Saying Lord Lord 6:46 7:21 7:21-23 75 [83b] The House Built upon the Rock 6:47-49 7:24-27 7:24-27 76 The Effect of the Sermon [35] 7:28-8:1 84 Cleansing the Leper [42] 8:2-4 85 The Centurion of Capernaum 7:1-10 8:5-13 8:5-13 86 The Widow’s Son at Nain 7:11-17 87 Healing of Peter’s Mother-in-law [37] 8:14-15 88 The Sick Healed at Evening [38] 8:16 89 On Following Jesus [136] to 176 8:17-23 90 Stilling the Storm [136] 8:24-27 91 The Gadarene Demoniacs [137] 8:28-9:1 92 The Healing of the Paralytic [43] 9:2-8 93 The Call of Levi [44] 9:9-13 94 The Question about Fasting [45] 9:14-17 95 Jairus’ Daughter and the Woman [138] 9:18-26 96 Two Blind Men 9:27-31 97 The Dumb Demoniac to 188 9:32-34 98 The Harvest Is Great to 177 9:35-38 99a The Choosing the Twelve [49] [A 1:13] 10:1-4 99b Commissioning the Twelve [142] to 177 10:5-16 100 The Fate of the Disciples [289] (to 198) 10:17-22 101 Exhortation to Fearless Confession to 196 (,68) 10:23-33 102 Divisions within Households to 204 10:34-36 103 Conditions of Discipleship to 217 (,235) 10:37-39 104 Rewards of Discipleship to 179 10:40-42 105 Continuation of Journey 11:1 106 John the Baptist’s Question 7:18-23 11:2-6 11:2-6 107 Jesus’s Witness concerning John (1:2) 7:24-35 11:7-11,16-19 11:7-19 108 Woes on Galilean Cities to 178 11:20-24 109 Jesus’s Thanksgiving to the Father to 181a 11:25-27 110 Come to Me 11:28-30 111 Plucking Grain on the Sabbath [46] 12:1-8 112 Healing the Withered Hand [47] 12:9-14 113 Jesus Heals Multitudes by the Sea [48] 12:15-21 114a The Woman with the Ointment 7:36-39 26:6-10 from 306 114b Who Is Forgiven Little Loves Little 7:40-50 115 The Ministering Women 8:1-3 2nd Themes Repeated—Parables of the Kingdom 116 Jesus Thought Beside Himself 3:20-21 117 On Collusion with Satan 3:22-27 to 188 12:22-30 118a The Sin against the Holy Spirit 3:28-30 to 197 12:31-32 118b Good Treasure to 73b 12:33-37 119 The Sign of Jonah to 191 12:38-42 120 The Return of the Evil Spirit to 189 12:43-45 121 Jesus’s True Kindred 3:31-35 to 135 12:46-50 122 The Parable of the Sower 4:1-9 4:1-9 8:4-8 13:1-9 123a The Reason for Parables 4:10-12 4:10-12 8:9-10 13:10-15 123b The Blessedness of the Disciples to 181b 13:16-17 124 Interpretation of the Sower 4:13-20 4:13-20 8:11-15 13:18-23 125 He Who Has Ears to Hear 4:21-25 4:21-25 8:16-18 126 The Parable of the Secret Seed 4:26-29 127 The Parable of the Tares 13:24-30 128 The Parable of the Mustard Seed 4:30-32 to 209 13:31-32 129 The Parable of the Leaven to 210 13:33 130 Jesus’s Use of Parables 4:33-34 13:34-35 131 Interpretation of the Tares 13:36-43 132 The Parable of the Hidden Treasure 13:44-46 133 The Parable of the Net 13:47-50 134 Treasures New and Old 13:51-53 135 Jesus’s True Kindred from 121 3:31-33,35 8:19-21 136 Stilling the Storm 4:35-41 4:35-41 8:22-25 [89,90] 137 The Gerasene Demoniac 5:1-20 5:1-20 8:26-39 [91] 138 Jairus’s Daughter and the Woman 5:21-43 5:21-27,29-43 8:40-56 [95] 139 Jesus Is Rejected at Nazareth 6:1-6 to 33a 13:54-58 142 Commissioning the Twelve 6:7-13 6:7-13 9:1-6 [99b] 143 Opinions regarding Jesus 6:14-16 6:14-16 9:7-9 14:1-2 144a The Imprisonment of John 6:17-20 to 17 14:3-5 144b The Death of John the Baptist 6:21-29 14:6-12 145 The Return of the Apostles 6:30-31 6:30 9:10 146 Five Thousand Are Fed 6:32-44 6:32-44 9:11-17 14:13-21 147 The Walking on the Water 6:45-53 14:22-34 148 Healings at Gennesaret 6:54-56 14:35-36 150 Defilement—Traditional and Real 7:1-23 (to 68,194a) 15:1-20 151 The Syrophoenician Woman 7:24-30 15:21-28 152 Jesus Heals a Deaf Mute 7:31-37 15:29-31 153 Four Thousand Are Fed 8:1-10 15:32-39 154 The Pharisees Seek a Sign 8:11-13 (to 191) to 205 16:1-4 155 The Leaven of the Pharisees 8:14-21 to 195 16:5-12 156 A Blind Man Is Healed
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