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"Color Palettes" allow you to choose predefined color schemes for the text

"Plain Text" removes all color formating, this is the default setting
When a style is selected its color schema will be displayed in the "Choose Colors" pane
"Styles" has several color schemes
Primary: This is my preference for coloring the synopsis. It is used by Mark Goodacre in The Case Against Q (2001)
Farmer: Used by William Farmer in his Synopticon (1969)
Note that these styles are only following the color schemes of Goodacre and Farmer and do not necessarily match their selection of agreements betweeen the texts

"Choose Colors" allows you to create your own color scheme

Each button corresponds to a different match type between the Synoptic Gospels
Click on a dropdown arrow to select the color you want to correspond to a match type
Your selection will be displayed in the dropdown button
The "None" option will remove your color selection form that match type
You do not have to apply a color to each match type. This allows you to visualize relations between the text of a certain match type. For example, if you wanted to look at only the matching words between Matthew and Luke you would change all the match types to "None" and then set "Mt/Lk" to the color of your choice.
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Each pane displays:

The Biblical reference
Division by verses
A word count

How to interpret the coloring format

Each colored word displays two kinds of information: a match type in lemma, and a match type in text
A match type in Text is indicated by the color of the word, displayed in the "Choose Colors" panel above. E.g if the Mt/Lk selector is set to green, then a green εἶπεν would indicate this word appears in this form in both Matthew and Luke.
A match type in Lemma is indicated by the color of the underline. E.g. if the Mt/Lk selector is set to green and the Triple selector is set to black, then a green text color but black underline εἶπεν would indicate the word εἶπεν appears in Matthew and Luke, but its lexical form λέγω appears in Matthew, Luke, AND Mark.

Interactive Features

Hovering over a word will highlight that word in pink
The pink highlight will also be applied to the corresponding word across the Synoptic Gospels. Try hovering over the words in Matthew 9:6 and see how the matching phrases in Mark and Luke are also highlighted
Hovering over a word will also display that word's dictionary entry and parsing tag.
Parsing abbreviates are those used by BibleWorks 10.
Please Note: Not all the synopses listed on the site are fully supported for inter-textual referencing at this time

Matthew 9:1-8

¹ Καὶ ἐμβὰς εἰς πλοῖον διεπέρασεν καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν πόλιν² καὶ ἰδοὺ προσέφερον αὐτῷ παραλυτικὸν ἐπὶ κλίνης βεβλημένον καὶ ἰδὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν εἶπεν τῷ παραλυτικῷ θάρσει τέκνον ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι³ Καὶ ἰδού τινες τῶν γραμματέων εἶπαν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς οὗτος βλασφημεῖ⁴ καὶ ἰδὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις αὐτῶν εἶπεν ἱνατί ἐνθυμεῖσθε πονηρὰ ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν⁵ τί γάρ ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον εἰπεῖν ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἢ εἰπεῖν ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει⁶ ἵνα δὲ εἰδῆτε ὅτι ἐξουσίαν ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας τότε λέγει τῷ παραλυτικῷ ἐγερθεὶς ἆρόν σου τὴν κλίνην καὶ ὕπαγε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου⁷ καὶ ἐγερθεὶς ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ⁸ ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ὄχλοι ἐφοβήθησαν καὶ ἐδόξασαν τὸν θεὸν τὸν δόντα ἐξουσίαν τοιαύτην τοῖς ἀνθρώποις

Word Count: 126

Mark 2:1-12

¹ Καὶ εἰσελθὼν πάλιν εἰς Καφαρναοὺμ δι ἡμερῶν ἠκούσθη ὅτι ἐν οἴκῳ ἐστίν² καὶ συνήχθησαν πολλοὶ ὥστε μηκέτι χωρεῖν μηδὲ τὰ πρὸς τὴν θύραν καὶ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον³ Καὶ ἔρχονται φέροντες πρὸς αὐτὸν παραλυτικὸν αἰρόμενον ὑπὸ τεσσάρων⁴ καὶ μὴ δυνάμενοι προσενέγκαι αὐτῷ διὰ τὸν ὄχλον ἀπεστέγασαν τὴν στέγην ὅπου ἦν καὶ ἐξορύξαντες χαλῶσιν τὸν κράβαττον ὅπου ὁ παραλυτικὸς κατέκειτο⁵ καὶ ἰδὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν λέγει τῷ παραλυτικῷ τέκνον ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι⁶ Ἦσαν δέ τινες τῶν γραμματέων ἐκεῖ καθήμενοι καὶ διαλογιζόμενοι ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν⁷ τί οὗτος οὕτως λαλεῖ βλασφημεῖ τίς δύναται ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ θεός⁸ καὶ εὐθὺς ἐπιγνοὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῷ πνεύματι αὐτοῦ ὅτι οὕτως διαλογίζονται ἐν ἑαυτοῖς λέγει αὐτοῖς τί ταῦτα διαλογίζεσθε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν⁹ τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἢ εἰπεῖν ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει¹⁰ ἵνα δὲ εἰδῆτε ὅτι ἐξουσίαν ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς λέγει τῷ παραλυτικῷ¹¹ σοὶ λέγω ἔγειρε ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ ὕπαγε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου¹² καὶ ἠγέρθη καὶ εὐθὺς ἄρας τὸν κράβαττον ἐξῆλθεν ἔμπροσθεν πάντων ὥστε ἐξίστασθαι πάντας καὶ δοξάζειν τὸν θεὸν λέγοντας ὅτι οὕτως οὐδέποτε εἴδομεν

Word Count: 196

Luke 5:17-26

¹⁷ Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν μιᾷ τῶν ἡμερῶν καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν διδάσκων καὶ ἦσαν καθήμενοι Φαρισαῖοι καὶ νομοδιδάσκαλοι οἳ ἦσαν ἐληλυθότες ἐκ πάσης κώμης τῆς Γαλιλαίας καὶ Ἰουδαίας καὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ καὶ δύναμις κυρίου ἦν εἰς τὸ ἰᾶσθαι αὐτόν¹⁸ καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες φέροντες ἐπὶ κλίνης ἄνθρωπον ὃς ἦν παραλελυμένος καὶ ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν εἰσενεγκεῖν καὶ θεῖναι αὐτὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ¹⁹ καὶ μὴ εὑρόντες ποίας εἰσενέγκωσιν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸν ὄχλον ἀναβάντες ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα διὰ τῶν κεράμων καθῆκαν αὐτὸν σὺν τῷ κλινιδίῳ εἰς τὸ μέσον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ²⁰ καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν εἶπεν ἄνθρωπε ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου²¹ καὶ ἤρξαντο διαλογίζεσθαι οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι λέγοντες τίς ἐστιν οὗτος ὃς λαλεῖ βλασφημίας τίς δύναται ἁμαρτίας ἀφεῖναι εἰ μὴ μόνος ὁ θεός²² ἐπιγνοὺς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς τί διαλογίζεσθε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν²³ τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον εἰπεῖν ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου ἢ εἰπεῖν ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει²⁴ ἵνα δὲ εἰδῆτε ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐξουσίαν ἔχει ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας εἶπεν τῷ παραλελυμένῳ σοὶ λέγω ἔγειρε καὶ ἄρας τὸ κλινίδιόν σου πορεύου εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου²⁵ καὶ παραχρῆμα ἀναστὰς ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ἄρας ἐφ ὃ κατέκειτο ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ δοξάζων τὸν θεόν²⁶ καὶ ἔκστασις ἔλαβεν ἅπαντας καὶ ἐδόξαζον τὸν θεὸν καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν φόβου λέγοντες ὅτι σήμερον εἴδομεν παράδοξα

Word Count: 213

John 5:1-9

¹ Μετὰ ταῦτα ἦν ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ ἀνέβη Ἰησοῦς εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα² Ἔστιν δὲ ἐν τοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐπὶ τῇ προβατικῇ κολυμβήθρα ἡ ἐπιλεγομένη Ἑβραϊστὶ Βηθζαθὰ πέντε στοὰς ἔχουσα³ ἐν ταύταις κατέκειτο πλῆθος τῶν ἀσθενούντων τυφλῶν χωλῶν ξηρῶν⁵ ἦν δέ τις ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖ τριάκοντα καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη ἔχων ἐν τῇ ἀσθενείᾳ αὐτοῦ⁶ τοῦτον ἰδὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς κατακείμενον καὶ γνοὺς ὅτι πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον ἔχει λέγει αὐτῷ θέλεις ὑγιὴς γενέσθαι⁷ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ ἀσθενῶν κύριε ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἔχω ἵνα ὅταν ταραχθῇ τὸ ὕδωρ βάλῃ με εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν ἐν ᾧ δὲ ἔρχομαι ἐγώ ἄλλος πρὸ ἐμοῦ καταβαίνει⁸ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἔγειρε ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει⁹ καὶ εὐθέως ἐγένετο ὑγιὴς ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἦρεν τὸν κράβαττον αὐτοῦ καὶ περιεπάτει Ἦν δὲ σάββατον ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ

Word Count: 126

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This table displays a summary of word counts for each pericope

Word counts are divided between text and lemma

	Word Count (Text)	Word Count (Lemma)
Unique Matthew	40	32
Unique Mark	96	74
Unique Luke	117	96
Matthew and Mark	35	28
Mark and Luke	56	73
Matthew and Luke	26	18
Triple	165	214
	Total Words	535