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== Internal evidence favoring Markan priority over Augustinian hypothesis? ==

== Internal evidence favoring Markan priority over Augustinian hypothesis? ==

When I was looking at the section in the Gospels about Jesus declaring Himself Lord of the Sabbath, I noticed that the placement is not consistent. Mark and Luke place it as follows: paralytic healed → Levi (aka Matthew) called → fasting question → '''Lord of the Sabbath''' → man with withered hand. Matthew's Gospel, OTOH, is different; the healing of the paralytic, the calling of Levi, and the posed question about fasting are placed in the same order as Mark and Luke, but the part about the Sabbath isn't mentioned until the start of Chapter 12!

When I was looking at the section in the Gospels about Jesus declaring Himself Lord of the Sabbath, I noticed that the placement is not consistent. Mark and Luke place it as follows: '''paralytic healed → Levi (aka Matthew) called → fasting question → Lord of the Sabbath → man with withered hand'''. Matthew's Gospel, OTOH, is different; the healing of the paralytic, the calling of Levi, and the posed question about fasting are placed in the same order as Mark and Luke, but the part about the Sabbath isn't mentioned until the start of Chapter 12!

Let's evaluate this by ''supposing'' the validity of the Augustinian hypothesis and Markan priority, and whether the logic adds up:

Let's evaluate this by ''supposing'' the validity of the Augustinian hypothesis and Markan priority, and whether the logic adds up: