to make, these accounts also overlap in significant ways in their presentation of Jesus’ emotions. Because of this overlap the Synoptic problem becomes a relevant issue for our investigation. If these Gospels are ostensibly reporting the same incidents in Jesus’ life, but in their recording of those incidents they report Jesus’ emotions differently, then it is important to know which Gospel has priority and who is borrowing from whom. The problem is that in the current state of Gospel studies these
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