The New Gospel

When these different Passion narratives are read side by side, one should not be upset by the contrasts or ask which view of Jesus is more correct: the Marcan Jesus, who plumbs the depths of abandonment only to be vindicated; the Lucan Jesus, who worries about others and gently dispenses forgiveness; or the Johannine Jesus, who reigns victoriously from the cross in control of all that happens.  All three are given to us by the inspiring Spirit, and no one of them exhausts the meaning of Jesus.  It’s as if one walks around a large diamond to look at it from different angles.