(September 6, 2013 at 2:16 pm)John V Wrote: As noted, I haven't studied this before and so no, I'm not prepared to take any positions.
OK, then you need to ditch the whole "earlier part of the ministry" explanation to reconcile John with the Synoptics.
The very word "Synoptic" (similar) is a giveaway that Christian scholars acknowledge that John sits oddly alongside the others. I recommend you just bite the bullet and accept the problem.
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