sources of the Gospels (critical analysis of such matters is called “source criticism”)? Did each write with complete independence of the others, or did one or more of them use one or more of the others as a source of information? All of this has come to be known, collectively, as “the synoptic problem,” and this “problem” often plays an important role in the study of the Gospels. Space does not allow anything like a full treatment of the matter in this commentary. At risk of oversimplification,