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Explain why the authors at times differ from each other in their accounts.
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One reason is that 2 authors were present with Jesus and wrote from their experiences. The other 2 authors wrote what was reported to th em from someone elses experience. Another reason is that each au th or wrote from their perspectives and focused on different audiences while writing their accounts.
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The authors differ at times from each other because they each had a different audience, perspective, and purpose.
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They may have a different audience and some of them are giving an account from someone who was with Jesus
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What the four authors described differently about Jesus is as if Jesus were painted by four painters. This is because Jesus’ appearance is one person, but the specific appearance is bound to vary depending on his interest or which direction he drew it.
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Different perspectives, audiences, and purposes.
