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=Gospel Synthesis= The Gospel Synthesis (2018) is an evangelistic book written and published by Christian author Geoff Limerick. The Gospel Synthesis is an authentic collection of translated New Testament texts from the Canonical Gospels and first chapter of Acts, which are combined to form the single coherent narrative about Jesus.

Etymology
In Christianity, the Gospel (Ancient Greek: εὐαγγέλιον euangélion), or the Good News, is the message of the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven (Gospel of Matthew) (Matthew 3:1-2). The term Synthesis (Ancient Greek : σύνθεσις súnthesis, “a putting together or composition”), refers to the combining of parts or elements so as to form a unified whole.

Content
The target readership of the book are persons who are unfamiliar with the life of Jesus in the New Testament. The book contains the following chapters, which describe the ministry of Jesus in chronological order:
 * 1) The Beginning
 * 2) The Angel Gabriel Appears
 * 3) The Birth of Jesus and His Early Life
 * 4) John the Baptizer Prepares the Way
 * 5) The Ministry of Jesus Christ Begins
 * 6) Sermon on a Mountain
 * 7) The Ministry of Jesus in Galilee
 * 8) The Kingdom of Heaven
 * 9) From Galilee to Jerusalem
 * 10) Jesus Talks About End Times
 * 11) The Final Days for Jesus
 * 12) The Last Supper
 * 13) Jesus is Arrested
 * 14) Jesus is Crucified
 * 15) Jesus Dies on the Cross
 * 16) Jesus is Placed in a Tomb
 * 17) Jesus Comes Back to Life
 * 18) Jesus Ascends to Heaven

Notable Features
The narrative contains:
 * A single version of all the parables of Jesus.
 * A single version of all the miracles of Jesus.
 * Two separate and single occurrences of the cleansing of the Temple.

Similar Historical Writings
The most well-known, and probably earliest, combination of the four gospels of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) into a single narrative was completed in around AD 160-170 by Tatian, who was an Assyrian Christian writer and apologist. His narrative synthesis was entitled the Diatessaron (Latin, from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through, across”) + τεσσάρων (tessárōn) (genitive plural of τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”)).