The Gospel of Q: intro/(QLk 3:2)


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The Gospel of Q

Q is the designation given to a hypothetical sayings source that many scholars believe was incorporated into the Gospels of Luke and Matthew. Though some notable scholars have questioned the theory, others have proposed reconstructions of Q based on a careful comparison of New Testament Gospels.

Since no manuscripts of Q have survived from antiquitythe translation is based on the Greek text printed in The Critical Edition of Q. The versification follows that of Luke and Matthew.
(gospels.net)

Information on the Lost Sayings Gospel Q

“According to the Two Source Hypothesis accepted by a majority of contemporary scholars, the authors of Matthew and Luke each made use of two different sources: the Gospel of Mark and a non-extant second source termed Q. The siglum Q derives from the German word “Quelle,” which means “Source.” Q primarily consists of the “double tradition” material, that which is present in both Matthew and Luke but not Mark. However, Q may also contain material that is preserved only by Matthew or only by Luke (called “Sondergut”) as well as material that is paralleled in Mark (called Mark/Q overlaps). Although the temptation story and the healing of the centurion’s son are usually ascribed to Q, the majority of the material consists of sayings. For this reason, Q is sometimes called the Synoptic Sayings Source or the Sayings Gospel. Some scholars have observed that the Gospel of Thomas and the Q material, as contrasted with the four canonical gospels, are similar in their emphasis on the sayings of Jesus instead of the passion of Jesus.
“Arguments in favor of the Two Source Hypothesis can be found in the essay on The Existence of Q.
“On the matter of whether Q was written, Tuckett writes (The Anchor Bible Dictionary, v. 5, p. 568): “The theory that Q represents a mass of oral traditions does not account for the common order in Q material, which can be discerned once Matthew’s habit of collecting related material into his large teaching discourses is discounted (Taylor 1953, 1959). Such a common order demands a theory that Q at some stage existed in written form.””
(earlychristianwritings.com)

The Gospel of Q

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[ ] Gap in the text
( ) Editorial insertion

(QLk 3:2) John [ . . . ] (3) [ . . . ] the entire region around the Jordan [ . . . ]

(7) He told the crowds who went out to be baptized, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the fury to come? (8) So bear fruit worthy of change! Don’t start to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our ancestor,’ because I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

(9) “Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees! So every tree that doesn’t bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

(16) “I baptize you in water, but one who’s greater than I will come, the thong of whose sandals I’m not worthy to loosen. He’ll baptize you in holy Spirit and fire. (17) His pitchfork is in his hand to clean out his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his barn; but he’ll burn up the chaff with a fire that can’t be put out.”

(21) […] Jesus […] baptized […] heaven opened (22) and […] the Spirit […] on him […] Son […]

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