Blomberg’s Commentary on Matthew
Pages 37 to 41

1. The most common modern reconstruction of the relationship among the Synoptic Gospels (______________, ________________ , and ________________) identifies ____________ as the earliest of the _________________, with _______________ and _____________ both utilizing ___________ Gospel extensively as one of their sources.

2. The “Q” hypothesis says that ______________ and __________ each utilized a second source, no longer extant, and hence labeled _____, probably from a German word for __________ (Quelle).  

3. “Q” then accounts for much of the ______________, predominantly sayings of _____________, which Matthew and _________ have in ________________ but which is lacking in _______________.

4. Less secure still is the “______” hypothesis, in which Matthew relied on a _____________ source, also no longer extant, to account for much or all of his otherwise ________________________ material.

5. Largely under the efforts of W. Farmer, the so-called ______________________ hypothesis has experienced something of a revival. In this view ________ is the latest of the ______________, conflating and abridging _________________ and ___________________.  Ancient tradition consistently placed ________________ first, followed by ______________ and then _______________.

6. Early Christian traditions consistently maintained that Matthew wrote his Gospel in a ____________ language (___________________ or ____________________). The oldest of these testimonies is ascribed to ________________- (ca. AD ______ - __________), though preserved only as a ________________ in __________________________.

7. All this suggests that perhaps the solution to the _____________ ______________ is not as simple as most of the major theories would have us believe.  Perhaps the apostle Matthew wrote a first draft of ___________________ teachings, possibly also including certain ___________________, which either he or someone else later revised in light of __________________.  

Stein’s Luke Commentary
Pages 27-35

8. The attempt to explain the sources used by _____________________, _________, and _______________ that caused them to “look alike” is called the ______________ _____________.
The majority of NT scholars see some form of what is called the _______ document (or _________ document) hypothesis as the best explanation of this common look alike character.  

9. According to this explanation, ________________ was the first Gospel written and was used by both ______________ and ________________ in the writing of their gospels.  In addition to _________, Matthew and Luke also used at least one other source, which has been called “_____”. It says that along with “___” and Mark, they also had other written  sources: “_____” for  Matthew’s source and  “___” for Luke.  

10. Of  Luke’s 1,149 verses, approximately ______ come from Mark, _____ from “Q” and the rest from “___”  

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