Though he says that there are seeming contradictions in them, he concludes: “The contradictions are of minutiae [trivial details], not substance; in essentials the synoptic gospels agree remarkably well, and form a consistent portrait of Christ. ”
इतिहासकार ड्यूरेंट ने ठान लिया कि वह खुद इन किताबों का अध्ययन करके देखेगा कि क्या उनमें कोई मतभेद है ।