Have you ever wondered about the order of events in the life of Jesus Christ on the earth? Have you wished to survey the entire story of Christ’s Good News in one read? The Four in One Gospel of Jesus is your book. This bold, decade-long effort by Nikola Dimitrov places all the events recorded in the four New Testament Gospels into a single chronological narrative according to the best historic scholarship. God divinely inspired the four Gospel writers—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—each with a unique style and content, and a unique purpose. This book, with its simplified, bird’s-eye view of the four Gospels, will serve as a kick-start toward deeper study of the original Gospel texts. Written in the exact words of the venerable King James, varying only to remove archaic spellings, Nordskog Publishing presents a thoroughly readable and accessible harmony perfect for seekers and accomplished scholars alike. Jesus is worthy to be studied, praised and worshipped, and fully and completely loved (if we do He calls us His friends). He has overcome death, and has set the captives free. He co-created the heavens and the earth. Christians—those who obey Him faithfully and seek His forgiveness when we fail due to our sin-infected nature—are so utterly grateful that we cherish and embrace the precious history told in these Gospels. Nikola Dimitrov has assembled this chronological version of The Four in One Gospel of Jesus, dedicating a full decade of scholarship and effort to this work. It is a reader-friendly His-Story (history) of the incarnation of Jesus in the order the events occurred, blending the four Biblical Gospel books that tell of the New Testament era, written by apostles Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. It is unique in its rigorous harmonizing and combining of texts, without any omissions from the original King James.
This book presents the four gospel accounts integrated together into one narrative. The different references are presented as parenthetical superscripts following each bit of text. For example: "24 And when the messengers of John were departed, (Luke 7) 7 Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went you out into the wilderness (Matthew 11) 24 for to see? (Luke 7) 7 A reed shaken with the wind? 8 But what went you out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? (Matthew 11)"
I loved being able to read the accounts compiled together with the references, even if they did make it look a bit cluttered on the page.
A very useful resource. Not the only one of its kind; that said, it is well-researched and a fair amount of thought was put into its final form. There are two aspects of it that I wish had been different. One is that the text is a somewhat modernized King James style. Many older people will appreciate that; the choice was made to make it more relatable for those who remember the KJ version they learned from their childhood days. I didn't need that. The second issue for me is that I was led to believe it would be more novel-like. It is not. It is scripture. It doesn't read like a story; it is straight scripture. Like I said, it is good stuff and well done. I was hoping for something closer to "The Chosen" than just straight scripture.
I used this book as a "daily devotional". I loved the flow of it. It was sensible and well ordered. The whorls and swirls of the four Gospel accounts flowed in the steady current of a river from source to sea. The language of the King James Version was made somewhat easier to read for the uninitiated without removing too much of its majesty, which suited me. Yes, 5 stars!