When Jesus is asked at his interrogation before the chief priests whether or not he is the Christ, in Matthew Jesus says "You say [so]" and in Mark Jesus says "I am" while in Luke Jesus says "You say that I am!"
I suspect most would argue against calling this a minor agreement. But I will argue against the notion that Luke and Matthew both independently turn the question back on the interrogators, as Jesus does in all three gospels when interrogated later by Pilate.
| Mark 14.62 | Luke 22.70 | Matt 26.64 | 
| σὺ εἶ ὁ χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ εὐλογητοῦ; ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· ἐγώ εἰμι | σὺ οὖν εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ; ὁ δὲ πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔφη· ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι. | ἡμῖν εἴπῃς εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ. λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· σὺ εἶπας. | 
| "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" And Jesus said, "I am." | "Then are you the Son of God?" And he said to them "You say that I am." | "Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God." Jesus said to him, "You said so." | 
I wonder if one might offer the simplistic solution that Luke combined Matthew's "You say" and Mark's "I am" to get "You say that I am."
Good post, Joe.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure about Jack Nicklaus saying "You can't handle the truth!" The truth about missing a easy putt, perhaps? It's Jack Nicholson you're after.
Ben
Doh! Change made.
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