Gospels—Matthew, Mark, and Luke—are all similar in structure and seem to share common material.5 The Gospel of John, by comparison, has a distinctly more theological tone. Yet each of the four Gospels of the New Testament has the same basic portrayal of Jesus as an itinerant who preached and performed miracles; was arrested, tried, and sentenced to death; and was crucified, rose from the dead, and appeared to his followers. After the Gospels comes the Acts of the Apostles, which is part two of the
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