A Harmony of the Four Gospels: The New International Version

Think you know the Gospels? You don't know the Gospels at all until you read this book over and over and over. Each event of all the four Gospels is printed side-by-side in columns with the continuity of the narratives printed in bold type so that the whole story comes alive, giving the complete narrative from beginning to end as it unfolds. I have owned this book for over 12 years and I'm still rereading it all the time. It never gets old. It's great for devotionals, for study or for leisure reading.

This is a wonderful tool when studying the Gospel's account of the life of Christ. The author (or should I say editor/compiler?) arranges the texts in harmony, but also includes approximate dates of when the events took place. Some are critical of this approach, wondering how Mr. Daniel came up with the method of dating the events. Mr. Daniel asserts that the method is by no means difinitive. However, by following the feasts and seasons mentioned in the Gospel texts, he does leave us with useful benchmarks as to when these events took place. There are also useful comments about events like the cleansing of the temple. Were there two such events or only one? Mr. Daniel begs the question, then gives his view in the footnotes. This is a great book to use in a long Bible study on the life of Christ - with the emphasis on long. Our care group is currently working our way through the book . . . it's taken us a year and a half, and we're just now half way through! Take your time . . . learn all you can about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

This harmony follows the tradition (but some differing paragraph divisions) of Broadus' classic work. It is top notch for several reasons: (1) it uses the modern English NIV, (2) it provides a continuous story line courtesy of bold-face type; one may follow the bold type and not miss a jot or tittle of information reguarding the life of Jesus, and (3) it is well laid out: the paper is thick, very white, and the font of the text comfortable to the eye.There are some other fine harmonies available, but if you can only get one, I would recommend this one.

This volume provides excellent insight into the Gospel narratives. There are many versions of Gospel harmonies, but this is the only one that I am aware of that provides a continuous narrative of the main story line from one writer to the next. It is amazing how many details you pick up by reading a composite account using all four Gospels. Highly recommended!

The gospel harmony is like having 4 witnesses to an event before you to each tell their part as the story is told. No more having to bounce from Matt. to John, to Luke, to Mark. Multiple colums containing each gospel relative to each chronological event. This harmony is special in that the author has bolded the unique text in each relative gospel so that you can read all the gospels at the same time as one flowing story, not missing a bit of information. Hard to put down. You or whomever you buy it for will love it.