Jesus before Pilate
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Matthew 27:1–14
27:1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 74%
27:2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor. 73%
27:11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “So you say.” 85%
27:12 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 92%
27:13 Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many things they testify against you?” 70%
27:14 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly. 62%
Mark 15:1–5
15:1 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. 73%
15:2 Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.” 100%
15:3 The chief priests accused him of many things. 83%
15:4 Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!” 86%
15:5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled. 100%
Luke 23:1–5
23:1 The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate. 64%
23:2 They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” 41%
23:3 Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.” 95%
23:4 Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.” 65%
23:5 But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.” 50%
Verbatim Agreement
Percentage of words that appear identically (same form and position) across gospel pairs.
Strong's Number Overlap
How much of each gospel's vocabulary (by Strong's number) is shared with another.
Mt
Mk
Lk
Mt
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41%
24%
Mk
41%
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22%
Lk
24%
22%
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Unique Vocabulary
Strong's numbers that appear only in one gospel for this pericope.
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