Biblica Analytica

The Healing of Peter's Mother-in-Law

Triple Tradition
Mt Mk Lk
Legend: High overlap Moderate overlap Low overlap
Matthew 8:14–15
8:14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever. 73%
8:15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him. 93%
Mark 1:29–31
1:29 Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 59%
1:30 Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. 75%
1:31 He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her immediately, and she served them. 82%
Luke 4:38–39
4:38 He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her. 71%
4:39 He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them. 67%

Verbatim Agreement

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

Matthew ↔ Mark
46%
Matthew ↔ Luke
56%
Mark ↔ Luke
85%

Strong's Number Overlap

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

Mt
Mk
Lk
Mt
39%
27%
Mk
39%
33%
Lk
27%
33%

Unique Vocabulary

Strong's numbers that appear only in one gospel for this pericope.

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