Synoptic Gospels Overview

Gospel means what?

• Good News
• Book of Signs
• Salvation
• Book of Teachings

Which Gospel is NOT a Synoptic Gospel?

• Matthew
• Mark 
• Luke
• John

Matthew and Luke wrote around the same time and shared which source?

• Mark's Gospel
• Q Source
• Both of these
• None of these

We call Matthew, Mark, and Luke's Gospels the Synoptic Gospels because they are similar in style and content.

• True
• False

How many Gospels are there?

• 1

• 4

• 12

• 27

The nativity/infancy narratives in Matthew and Luke are identical

• True

• False

Why are the Gospels different?

• Each author was writing to a different audience

• Some of the authors didn't actually know what happened

• Each author was just using a different language

• The Gospels aren't different at all

Why is Jesus "good news"?

• He is the fulfillment of what the prophets foretold

• He was a newscaster for the Jerusalem news channel

The Gospel writers are known as...

• Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

• Evangelists

• Both of these

• Neither of these

Pseudonymity means...

• Writing something and letting people think someone else wrote it

• Taking credit for something someone else wrote

• Writing a single book that will be included in a larger collection, such as the Bible