Synoptist

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:39:46

Syn*op"tist (?), n.

Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings.

 

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