Eusebius to Carpianus his beloved brother in the Lord: greetings.
Ammonius the Alexandrian, having exerted a great deal of energy and effort as was necessary, bequeaths to us a harmonized account of the four gospels. Alongside the Gospel according to Matthew, he placed the corresponding sections of the other gospels. But this had the inevitable result of ruining the sequential order of the other three gospels, as far as a continuous reading of the text was concerned. Keeping, however, both the body and sequence of the other gospels completely intact, in order that you may be able to know where each evangelist wrote passages in which they were led by love of truth to speak about the same things, I drew up a total of ten tables according to another system, acquiring the raw data from the work of the man mentioned above. These tables are set out for you below.
The first of them lists the reference numbers for similar things recounted in the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the second in the three, Matthew, Mark, and Luke; the third in the three, Matthew, Luke, and John; the fourth in the three, Matthew, Mark, and John; the fifth in the two, Matthew, and Luke; the sixth in the two, Matthew and Mark; the seventh in the two, Matthew and John; the eighth in the two, Mark and Luke; the ninth in the two, Luke and John; the tenth is for unique things recorded in each gospel.
And so this (which precedes) is the structure of the tables which are set out below; but that (which follows) is a clear explanation of them. In each of the four gospels, a certain number is consecutively assigned to each section, starting from the first, then the second, and the third, and so on in sequence, proceeding through the whole gospel to the book's end. And at every number a numeral is assigned below it in red indicating in which of the ten tables the number happens to be found. If the red numeral is a I, the reference number is clearly in the first table, and if it is a II, in the second, and thus in sequence to the numeral ten.
And so, suppose you open one of the four gospels at some point, wishing to go to a certain chapter in order to know what gospels recount similar things and to find in each gospel the related passages in which the evangelists were led to speak about the same things. By using the reference number assigned for the section in which you are interested and looking for it within the table indicated by the red numeral below it, you will immediately discover from the titles at the head of the table how many and which gospels recount similar things. By going to the other gospels' reference numbers that are assigned alongside the number in the table you are at and looking them up in the related passages of each gospel, you will find similar things mentioned.
Source of the above text To the Codex Fuldensis or Victor Codex, for which this document was developed as a reference.
I In the first canon Four agree: Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.
II In the second, three: Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
III In the third, three: Matthew, Luke, and John.
Mt Lk Jn Mt Lk Jn Mt Lk Jn Mt Lk Jn Mt Lk Jn 1 14 1 59 63 116 97 211 105 112 119B 8 112 119B 87 1 14 3 64 65 37 111 119A 30 112 119B 44 112 119B 90 1 14 5 90 58 118 111 119A 114 112 119B 61 112 119B 142 7 6 2 90 58 139 111 119A 148 112 119B 76 112 119B 154 7 6 25
IIII In the fourth, three: Matthew, Mark, and John.
Mt Mk Jn Mt Mk Jn Mt Mk Jn Mt Mk Jn Mt Mk Jn 18 8 26 204 115 135 277 159 98B 297 178 70 329 207 185 150 67 51 216 125 128 279 161 72 299 180 103 329 207 187 161 77 23 216 125 133 279 161 121 307 188 164 333 211 203 161 77 53 216 125 137 287 168 152 321 201 192
204 115 91 216 125 150 293 174 107 323 203 183
V In the fifth, two: Matthew and Luke.
Mt Lk Mt Lk Mt Lk Mt Lk Mt Lk Mt Lk 3 2 46 153 68 105 110 118 183 198 240 141 10 8 47 134 78 108 119 126 187 199 241 175 12 11 48 191 84 111 125 62 197 272 255 202 16 16 49 150 86 109 127 128 213 235 256 205 25 46 51 59 93 145B 128 132 221 181 257 213 27 48 53 125 95 160 129 130 228 139 261 207 28 47 54 54 96 182 134 120 231 179 262 212 30 49 55 170 96 184 138 168 231 215 265 157 34 194 57 61 102 69 156 57 232 142 266 155 36 162 58 60 104 71 158 226 234 136 266 157 38 53 60 171 105 193 162 161 236 135 267 158 40 52 61 64 107 73 182A 187 237 138 270 229 41 55 65 172 108 115 182B 189 238 140 272 231 43 123 66 66
VI In the sixth, two: Matthew and Mark.
Mt Mk Mt Mk Mt Mk Mt Mk Mt Mk Mt Mk 9 3 148 65 169 84 246 140 282 164 311 192 17 7 152 68 173 89 247 142 286 167 330 208 20 9 154 71 180 100 250 145 288 169 337 217 22 11 157 72 189 103 252 147 290 171 341 221 44 126 159 73 202 113 254 149 292 173 347 226 100 98 160 76 214 120 260 152 298 179 350 229 139 45 163 78 215 124 263 153 305 185 145 60 165 80 224 131 275 157 309 190
VII In the seventh, two: Matthew and John.
Mt Jn Mt Jn Mt Jn Mt Jn Mt Jn Mt Jn Mt Jn 5 83 19 19 19 32 19 34 120 82 185 215 207 101
VIII In the eighth, two: Luke and Mark.
Lk Mk Lk Mk Lk Mk Lk Mk Lk Mk Lk Mk Lk Mk 23 12 27 16 28 17 89 56 100 75 217 106B 277 216 25 14 27 28 84 48 91 61 103 97 247 136 335 230
VIIII In the ninth, two: Luke and John.
Lk Jn Lk Jn Lk Jn Lk Jn Lk Jn Lk Jn Lk Jn 30 219 262 124 274 231 303 190 307 190 312 190 341 221 30 222 274 227 303 182 307 182 312 182 340 213 341 223 262 113 274 229 303 186 307 186 312 186 340 217 341 225
X In the tenth, peculiar readings, all without exception, which are not had in others published.
Matthew only
2 24 35 45 77 99 113 126 155 181 191 212 230 245 303 345 4 26 37 52 81 101 115 136 167 184 196 218 233 268 319 351 6 29 39 56 89 106 118 140 171 186 200 222 235 273 324 355 13 33 42 75 91 109 124 151 177 188 210 227 239 283 327
Mark only
19 43 58 70 81 90 94 104 132 213 235 237 239 241 31 46 62 74 88 92 101 123 186 234 236 238 240
Luke only
1 18 31 68 106 122 149 163 176 188 201 214 236 264 278 298 308 331 3 20 50 72 107 124 151 164 178 190 203 223 252 271 283 301 316 334 5 22 51 75 113 131 154 166 180 192 208 225 256 273 288 304 320 339 9 29 67 104 117 143 159 174 183 196 210 227 259 276 296 306 326 342
John only
4 16 27 39 52 62 73 84 97 108 119 132 143 153 163 173 191 205 216 228 7 17 29 41 54 64 75 86 99 110 123 134 145 155 165 177 193 207 218 230 9 18 31 43 56 66 78 89 102 112 125 136 147 157 167 179 195 210 220 232 11 22 33 45 58 68 80 92 104 115 127 138 149 159 169 181 200 212 224 13 24 36 50 60 71 81 94 106 117 130 140 151 161 171 189 202 214 226 This set of tables was created by Kevin P. Edgecomb, See Eusebius of Caeserea, The Gospel Canon Tables. Minor modifications have been implemented to correct short-comings found, by David R. Smith.
All material in these tables is in the public domain.