Biblica Analytica

Healings at Evening

Triple Tradition
Mt Mk Lk
Legend: High overlap Moderate overlap Low overlap
Matthew 8:16–17
8:16 When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick; 83%
8:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.” 44%
Mark 1:32–34
1:32 At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons. 88%
1:33 All the city was gathered together at the door. 56%
1:34 He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn’t allow the demons to speak, because they knew him. 95%
Luke 4:40–41
4:40 When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. 67%
4:41 Demons also came out of many, crying out, and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Rebuking them, he didn’t allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ. 70%

Verbatim Agreement

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

Matthew ↔ Mark
50%
Matthew ↔ Luke
22%
Mark ↔ Luke
60%

Strong's Number Overlap

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

Mt
Mk
Lk
Mt
30%
16%
Mk
30%
39%
Lk
16%
39%

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