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SYNOPTIC GOSPEL HARMONY·Word-Level Diff Engine

Synoptic Harmony & Pericope Diffing

Synchronized multi-gospel alignment with mathematical word-level diffing across English (WEB) and Greek (SBLGNT).

Witness where Matthew, Mark, and Luke copy identical phrasing (Triple Tradition), where Matthew and Luke share sayings absent in Mark (Double Tradition / Q), and where each evangelist speaks with an entirely unique authorial voice (Sondergut). Every word is anchored to the hosted canonical text.

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Sayings & Discourses·Double Tradition / Q-Source (Matthew & Luke)

The Beatitudes

Matthew's Sermon on the Mount spiritualizes the blessings ('poor in spirit', 'hunger for righteousness'), whereas Luke's Sermon on the Plain delivers direct social antitheses ('blessed are you who are poor') accompanied by four solemn woes ('woe to you who are rich').

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Diff Mode:
Legend:Triple / All Tradition (13 stems)Double / Shared Pair (Q)Sondergut (Unique to Gospel)
Matthew141 wds
Universal:46%
Sondergut:55%
Verbatim run:40 wds
Luke151 wds
Universal:32%
Sondergut:69%
Verbatim run:35 wds
141 wds
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“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

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Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

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Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

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Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.

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Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

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Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

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Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

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“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

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Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

151 wds
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He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for God’s Kingdom is yours.

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Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

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Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

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Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.

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“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

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Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

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Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

Methodological Framework: The Synoptic Problem & Literary Dependence

The Synoptic Problem examines why Matthew, Mark, and Luke share extensive verbatim agreements in Greek (often word-for-word in identical order), while diverging in structure and carrying independent material (Sondergut).

The prevailing scholarly consensus (the Two-Source Hypothesis) posits that Mark was the earliest Gospel used as a narrative blueprint by Matthew and Luke (accounting for Triple Tradition), while Matthew and Luke independently drew upon a lost sayings collection termed Q (accounting for Double Tradition). This engine verifies these literary relationships mathematically through deterministic word-level alignment across the entire canonical text.