THE GOSPEL STORY OF THE PASSION AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS

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Copyright, 1906, by the Pastors' Publishing Union. The Text of the
American Standard Revised Bible, copyright 1901, by Thomas Nelson &
Sons, is used by special arrangement and with their permission.




PREFACE.


The four Gospels, each telling in its own way the story of the Life of
Jesus, are the rich heritage of Christians. No one of the Gospels
could be spared. But in reading any one of the four we miss some of
the familiar words and incidents we love. Almost from the days of the
Apostles there have been attempts to unite the Gospels in a single
narrative. The first of these efforts, so far as we know, was
undertaken by the devout scholar Tatian, soon after 173 A.D. His book
served a useful purpose in his own and later generations, and is now a
valuable witness to the antiquity and early acceptance of our four