Though he says that there are seeming contradictions in them, he concludes: “The contradictions are of minutiae [trivial details], not substance; in essentials the synoptic gospels agree remarkably well, and form a consistent portrait of Christ. ”
इतिहासकार ड्यूरंट यांनी त्या अहवालांचे निःपक्षपाती दृष्टिकोनातून, ते केवळ ऐतिहासिक दस्ताऐवज आहेत असे समजून परीक्षण केले.