I suppose that if a vote were taken as to which of the Four Gospels is the most popular, among those who know that there are four Gospels, the vote would be overwhelmingly in favor of the Fourth gospel: the Gospel According to St.  John. 

This is somewhat strange, in light of the fact that the Fourth Gospel is by far the most difficult of them all.  Indeed, it even had a hard time getting into the canon of the New Testament in the first place.  It was considered suspect by the conservatives of the early Church because it seemed so different from the other three. 

The first three Gospels are called “Synoptic” by scholars, which means that they tend to see things “through the same eyes.” They tell almost the same story, although there are some major variations between them.  But the Gospel…