Sources of the Synoptic GospelsPatton, Carl S. (Carl Safford)
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Sources of the Synoptic Gospels
Patton, Carl S. (Carl Safford)
Bible. Gospels -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Matthew changes Mark's Σατανᾶς to ὁ πονηρὸς. The latter is used by Matthew
in this sense five times, and not at all by Mark and Luke. The change may
therefore be regarded as stylistic. Luke's addition of "lest they should
believe and be saved" sounds like a Christian addition, and may be
explained by the development of the Christian doctrine. Mark's loose and
unliterary addition of "and the desires for the rest of the things," after
the "cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches," Luke very
naturally corrects into "the cares and wealth and pleasures of life." In
iv, 19, Mark uses the participle εἰσπορευόμεναι in a somewhat inexact
manner: "The cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the
desires for the rest of the things, coming in, choke the word." Luke's
change may be accounted for by his desire to improve the style; which he
does without discarding Mark's misplaced participle. For he says, "And by
the cares ... as they [i.e., the people who have heard the word] proceed,
they are choked and rendered unfruitful." Probably Schmiedel's statement,
in his article in the _Encyclopedia Biblica_, that this instance alone
would prove literary relation between Mark and Luke is too strong;
especially considering the fact that Luke's participle is not precisely
the same as Mark's; but the deviation is certainly an interesting one. In
the earlier part of the passage Matthew and Luke both omit Mark's
reference to the dulness of the disciples. The omission is due to their
customary deference to the feeling of a later time.
A GROUP OF DETACHED SAYINGS
(Mk iv, 21-25; Mt v, 15; x, 26; vii, 2; xiii, 12; Lk viii, 16-18; vi, 38)
The divergences in wording, the fact that the verses found together in
Mark are separated in both Matthew and Luke, and the additional fact of
doublets in Matthew or Luke for all but one of Mark's verses, indicate
beyond a doubt that these verses stood in both Mark and Q.
THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED
(Mk iv, 30-32; Mt xiii, 31-32; Lk xiii, 18-19)
This section also stood in both Mark and Q. Luke is perhaps independent of
Mark here, preferring to follow Q. Matthew seems, as often, to try to
combine the two sources, showing some resemblances to Mark as against
Luke, and others to Luke as against Mark. The passage is narrative only in
Mark, parable only in Luke, and a combination of narrative and parable in
Matthew. The anacoluthon in Mk iv, 31, is avoided by Matthew and Luke.[31]
THE STORM ON THE LAKE
(Mk iv, 35-41; Mt viii, 23-27; Lk viii, 22-25)
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