Definition of "synoptics" []

• The first three Gospels which describe events in Christ's life from a similar point of view (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The Gospels are unanimous in portraying Jesus in distress, but the synoptics provide some telling details upon which Mark and Matthew mostly agree, details that Luke compresses, and John omits entirely."
• "Now, according to the synoptics, Judas “had given them [the crowd] a sign, saying ‘The one I shall kiss is the man; seize him and lead him away under guard’” (Mark 14: 44)."
• "The passage is fully consistent with information that could have been gotten in innumerable ways, from actually reading one of the synoptics to a second-hand report of a 'confession', either in the sense of the proclamation of a street preacher or extracted under torture."