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SYNOPTIC GOSPELS

\sɪnˈɒptɪk ɡˈɒspə͡lz], \sɪnˈɒptɪk ɡˈɒspə‍lz], \s_ɪ_n_ˈɒ_p_t_ɪ_k ɡ_ˈɒ_s_p_əl_z]\

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1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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A name used to denote the first three Gospels, as having generally the same succession of events, in distinction from the fourth, in which the sequence is different.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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