Harmony of the Gospels Poster

The books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John tell the story of Jesus Christ, each one emphasizing different aspects of his time and teachings. A typical harmony of the Gospels lays out events and references the passages that describe them in each book. This chart takes a different approach by comparing the broader topics illuminated by those verses. The sides of each cross are scaled according to how often a topic is dealt with in the corresponding book (as a percentage of the total number of verses in that book). The right side represents Matthew, the top is Luke, left for Mark, and the bottom line goes with John. The topics and verse references are from a mashup of Nave’s Topical Bible Concordance and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook.