What were Jesus and early Christians like?

[watchamadoodle]

Similarity of sequence? There is no such similarity. On the contrary, the differences in where gMatt and gLuke place the common Q material in their common Marcan framework is one indication that they are working independently with the same material.

O.k. thanks. I haven't read the link about the Q document yet.
You are right about the sequence. When I looked at the listing earlier, I could have sworn the sequence was identical. I must have been looking at something else.

However, the content is almost identical except for 3 or 4 extra items in Luke. Don't you think that is suspicious? If Matthew and Luke were independently sourcing Q, then I wouldn't expect the set of sayings to be almost identical. I would expect Matthew to have several Q sayings that don't appear in Luke.

I'm referring to the tables in the following link that compare Matthew and Luke:
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/q-contents.html