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Explain why the gospel authors at times differ from each other in their accounts.
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They each had their own personality, they were writing to different groups of people and they each had their own perspectives and reasons for writing
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They were different people with different interests and different proffesions. As individuals they would see things differently as well.
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Since they were different people with different backgrounds and interests, they would see things differently from each other at various times. Like the example of an accident, different witness would see the same event but they might focus on different aspects of the accident or they saw it from a different angle than the other witnesses.
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The authors although writing about Jesus presented him from different perspectives according to their relationship with him,personally or from research and observations. Coming from different backgrounds it is imperative to read all four gospels to appreciate how the “Good News’ was presented to people of different ethnicities and backgrounds.
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Because each of them where talking to different groups of people.