| Matthew | Mark | Luke | John | |
| Yeshua is | The Messiah King | The Suffering Servant | The Son of Man | The son of G-d |
| The writer was | A Jewish teacher | A Jewish storyteller | A Gentile historian | A Jewish theologian |
| The major message is | Yeshua is the Messiah because He fulfilled the prophecies of the Tanakh. | Yeshua backed up His words with actions. | Yeshua was G-d but came in human flesh. | Yeshua came in human flesh but was fully G-d. |
| The book's emphasis is on | Yeshua's sermons and words | Yeshua's miracles and actions | Yeshua's humanity | Yeshua's deity and teaching |
| The original readers were: | Jews | Gentile unbelievers | Greek believers | Jewish and gentile believers |