Discussion Forum 3: Gospel of Luke
Use either the New Revised Standard Version or the American Standard Version. 
1. Choose a passage from the gospel of Luke from the Gospels Parallels link in the section above this discussion forum. Find one that has a similar passage in the gospel of Mark or the gospel of Matthew. Find one that has interesting differences and that no one else has used on the discussion forum.
2. Type out the passage from Luke with chapter and verse numbers, do not cut and paste. 
3. Then type out the parallel passage from Mark or Matthew with chapter and verse. You do not have to type in the full unit, simply the part that has the difference. 
4. Compare and contrast the passages finding at least one difference and then provide a brief analysis of this difference. 
Example: The is the parallel passage entitled “Jesus appears to the women” (This occurs just after Jesus’s female followers from Galilee have come to Jesus’s tomb after he had died. But they did not find him there. He had risen, according the preceding passage.)
Luke 24.10-11 Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles (that he had risen). But these words seemed to them (the men) an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
Matthew 28.9-10 Suddenly Jesus met them (the women) and said “Greetings!” And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshipped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; then they will see me.”
Identify difference and analyze: Luke names three of the women, Matthew does not. Matthew says the women “worshipped” the risen Jesus, Luke does not. Both of these differences reflect the themes of each writer – the theme of “women” for Luke and the theme of “worship” for Matthew.