A COMPLETE STORY IN THE WORDS
OF THE FOUR GOSPELS
PREPARED BY
WILLIAM E. BARTON, THEODORE G. SOARES
SYDNEY STRONG
USING THE TEXT OF THE AMERICAN STANDARD
REVISED BIBLE
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HIS LIFE
THE STORY OF JESUS IN THE WORDS OFTHE FOUR GOSPELS
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HIS FRIENDS
THE STORY OF THE IMMEDIATE DISCIPLESOF JESUS AFTER HIS ASCENSION; ANDTHEIR LETTERS
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HIS GREAT APOSTLE
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF PAUL IN THEWORDS OF SCRIPTURE AND INCHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
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HIS LAST WEEK
THE GOSPEL STORY OF THE PASSION ANDRESURRECTION OF JESUS
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Copyright, 1906, by the Pastors' Publishing Union.The Text of the American Standard Revised Bible,copyright 1901, by Thomas Nelson & Sons, is used byspecial arrangement and with their permission.
PREFACE.
The four Gospels, each telling in its own way thestory of the Life of Jesus, are the rich heritage ofChristians. No one of the Gospels could be spared.But in reading any one of the four we miss someof the familiar words and incidents we love. Almostfrom the days of the Apostles there have been attemptsto unite the Gospels in a single narrative. Thefirst of these efforts, so far as we know, was undertakenby the devout scholar Tatian, soon after 173A.D. His book served a useful purpose in his ownand later generations, and is now a valuable witnessto the antiquity and early acceptance of our four Gospels.
There have been many harmonies of the Gospelfrom the second century to the present; and they areall but indispensable to the scholar. Almost everyminister keeps one at his elbow. But these, for themost part, are made for purposes of scholarly comparison,and not for general reading. Moreover, theyare expensive.
The editors of this little book have undertaken toprepare an interwoven story of the Life of Jesus fromthe four Gospels for popular reading. A booklet thatmay be carried in the pocket, and may be sold, in paperbinding, for ten cents, has been th