Q

The name given to the hypothetical source postulated by scholars to account for the materials that the Gospels of Matthew and Luke have in common but are missing in Mark. The name is an abbreviation of Quelle, German for "source."

There is nothing significant or useful in the idea for preachers, since anything that can be said about Q is hypothetical and dependent on the presuppositions one brings to the discussion.

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