The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are very similar in the matter they relate and in the order in which they are represented. In many cases the texts are identical to the letter. This similarity has given their authors the common name of “Synoptics” (synopsis = simultaneous view).
Monsignor Frederick Kaiser had a profound knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. His longing was to know where a certain word of Jesus, a parable, a special passage, etc. was to be found. His idea was to represent the content of each paragraph by a drawn symbol. His teaching experience confirmed to him that symbolic representation has a profound didactic value.
In his pages appears the entire content of Matthew, presented in its symbols. From Mark only those paragraphs are symbolized which are not already paralleled in Matthew. The same is true of Luke. Luke’s Gospel is difficult to symbolize because of its long discourses, so they are not present in this book.