J. A. Alexander on the Four Gospels

 

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J. A. Alexander on the four Gospels:

"The Gospels, thus viewed, have been likened to four portraits or four landscapes, all presenting the same objects, but in different lights and from different points of view, and illustrative of one another, yet wholly insusceptible of mere mechanical amalgamation without utterly destroying their distinctive character and even intrinsic value. So the Gospels, although really harmonious and equally inspired, are designed to answer each its own specific purpose and produce its definite impression on the reader, a design which would be nullified by blending them together into one narrative, however, chronologically or skillfully constructed."

-Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, ix.