Board Thread:Bible Games/@comment-31246436-20161025190507/@comment-31246436-20161118135706

I found a pretty good answer here. Luke wasn't trying to be precise in this particular moment when he wrote "about 8 days". It was an approximation, not exactly 8 days. Also, Matthew and Mark excluded the day that Jesus gave the prophecy and the day of the Transfiguration in their totals, while Luke included both of them. The difference between these accounts is how they reckon time.