Jensens survey of the old testament adam 410
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man, Jesus. Yet each gospel has its own
unique function. The one gospel markedly
di erent from the other three is John’s.
Some of these di erences are shown on
Chart 42.
Most of the comparisons shown on Chart
42 refer to the gospels’ contents as a whole.
For instance, Jesus is no less Son of God in
the synoptics than He is in John. Study the
chart.
G. RELATION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
CANON
We have already seen that John is the
author of a gospel, three epistles, and the
Apocalypse. Chart 43 shows his gospel as a
link in the chain binding together the three
groups of New Testament books (history,
epistles, visions). Observe on the chart these
other interlocking connections in the whole
New Testament canon:
CHART 42: THE SYNOPTICS AND JOHN
1. Luke wrote a gospel, supportive of the
other three; and Luke wrote Acts.
2. Paul’s credentials are established in
Acts.
3. Paul wrote the Pauline epistles,
supportive of the general epistles.
4. John wrote three epistles, supportive
of the other general epistles.
5. John wrote Revelation.
H. COVERAGE OF JESUS’ LIFE
The four gospels di er from each other on
how much they report of Jesus’ life.
Whatever each author included or excluded
was determined by a divinely inspired
selectivity with a view to the particular
gospel’s purposes.10 We have already seen
what proportion of Christ’s life recorded is
covered by each of the synoptic gospels.
Chart 44 shows the coverage of John’s
gospel, as indicated by the shaded areas.
