Excerpt from The Messages of Jesus According to the Synoptists: The Discourses of Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Arranged as Far as Feasible in the Order of Time, and Freely Rendered in Paraphrase

IN accordance with the aim of' this series. This volume seeks to present to those interested in the New Testanient the best established results of careful yet fearless scholar ship. The claim is not made that it is an original contri botiou to the difficult problem of the origin of the synoptic gospels. To gain, however, real insight into the message of Jesus to alltirne in these first three gospels an inde pendent and protracted investigation of the material had to be undertaken. Of course, only results are given, and these must be given in untechnical terms. So far as possible. Each position taken has been carefully weighed and tested. But the arguments by which conclusions have been reached can only be hinted at. When. Many years ago. The writer first began to independently study the three first Gospels in their relations one to another. The discovery was made that these utter-relations invested them with new charm. And fresh fields of inquiry were at once Opened up. In the light of this inter-relation many familiar passages have acquired greatly increased significance. It is earnestly hoped that a study of these synoptic Gospels from a point of view. New to some, may make the simple beauty of the story of Our Lord's life and work more real to many. Such a volume is not a substitute for careful independent.

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