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Duke Prof - "John Knew the Synoptics" (& It Changes Everything)

Theologian

Mark Goodacre


Duration

56.33


Uploaded to YouTube

26 September 2025

Added to Database

30 October 2025


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Prof. Mark Goodacre ( @podacre ) argues that John knew the synoptics... and it's the key to reading it!

Mark Goodacre is Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Duke University and author of "The Case Against Q." His research focuses on the synoptic problem, Gospel of Thomas, and Gospel of John.

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0:00 - Mark Goodacre's Origin Story
2:39 - Why John as "Fourth SYNOPTIC Gospel"?
8:37 - Evidence: Verbatim Agreements & Diagnostic Shards
15:40 - The 200/300 Dinari Smoking Gun
21:01 - Does John Know ALL Three Synoptics?
26:21 - John's Dramatization Technique
33:07 - The "I Am" Sayings Connection
39:09 - Who Wrote John? The Beloved Disciple Revealed
45:43 - Manuscript Evidence vs. Literary Evidence
50:21 - Is ALL Early Christian Literature Synoptic?