Read down the page for the one story the four tell together; read across each row for the four who tell it. A filled cell gives the reference in that gospel; an empty cell means that gospel is silent here. The tag on the left counts the witnesses — all four, triple, double, or unique. Click an episode for its parallels and what the harmony reveals.
The four
Episode
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
BeginningsFour openings, two infancies
The Galilean MinistryBaptism to the bread of life
The Road to JerusalemThe travel narrative and its parables
The PassionEntry to the tomb
The ResurrectionEmpty tomb to ascension
A note on this edition. Tatian made the first harmony around A.D. 170, fusing the four into a single text. This lens does the opposite — it keeps them distinct and lets you see the seams. The edition carries the major episodes across the whole life, enough to show the patterns: Mark as the shared spine, the triple tradition of the Synoptics, the great divergences (two infancy stories, John's independent signs and discourses), and the one miracle all four record. Harmonizing is itself an interpretation: where the gospels resist a single order — the temple cleansing, the day of the supper, the resurrection appearances — the notes say so rather than smoothing it over. A fuller harmony, pericope by pericope, is the next pass.
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