Biblica Analytica

The Second Prediction of the Passion

Triple Tradition
Mt Mk Lk
Legend: High overlap Moderate overlap Low overlap
Matthew 17:22–23
17:22 While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men, 89%
17:23 and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.” They were exceedingly sorry. 64%
Mark 9:30–32
9:30 They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn’t want anyone to know it. 42%
9:31 For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again.” 77%
9:32 But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. 89%
Luke 9:43–45
9:43 They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples, 45%
9:44 “Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men.” 68%
9:45 But they didn’t understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. 61%

Verbatim Agreement

Percentage of words that appear identically (same form and position) across gospel pairs.

Matthew ↔ Mark
50%
Matthew ↔ Luke
67%
Mark ↔ Luke
73%

Strong's Number Overlap

How much of each gospel's vocabulary (by Strong's number) is shared with another.

Mt
Mk
Lk
Mt
29%
25%
Mk
29%
27%
Lk
25%
27%

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Morphological data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.