The Four Gospels<\/a>.”<\/p>\nAs to the time, please understand that Gospels do not mention when they were written. It is modern-day skeptics, claiming to be Bible scholars, who assign dates to the gospels that are often long after the actual events. But these dates come from their lack of belief in the Bible.<\/p>\n
For instance, the Gospels mention the destruction of Jerusalem in detail. The modern-day skeptic can’t fathom Jesus being able to predict the events so accurately in advance, so they assume that Jesus’ followers wrote about the events just before or just after the events and then attributed their statements to Jesus. Because, from a skeptic’s viewpoint, no one is 100% accurate except through hindsight.<\/p>\n
Then, too, skeptics can’t imagine Jesus being portrayed accurately, so they assume that legends had to have developed first and then the legends were written down. Such legends would take years to develop, so they assume the writings were much later.<\/p>\n
But there are numerous flaws in the assumptions. We know that Paul wrote his letters as he traveled around the world. For example, the first letter to the Corinthians contains a quote from the Last Supper. If you compare it to the gospel accounts, you will realize that Paul is quoting from Luke’s account of the events. That would imply that Luke was written before I Corinthians, which some guess to be written about A.D. 54.<\/p>\n
The book of Acts ends with Paul awaiting his first trial in Rome. But Paul mentions that he was released after his trial and implies that he spent some time teaching in Gaul (Spain) as well as traveling to other areas before his second trial that ended with his death. That means Acts was written about A.D. 62.<\/p>\n
We don’t know exactly when the four gospels were written, but it wasn’t as long as 35 to 40 years after Jesus’ death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: What was the reason for John, Mark, Luke, and Matthew writing their gospels? Why did it take 35-40 years after the resurrection and ascension of Jesus to begin to write the gospels or the rest of the New Testament? Answer: As for the purpose of the gospel accounts, see “The Four Gospels.” As to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[219,606,959,690,121,708,799],"class_list":["post-13300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-bible","tag-gospels","tag-john","tag-luke","tag-mark","tag-matthew","tag-new-testament"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32812,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-is-there-only-one-gospel-when-we-have-four-gospels\/","url_meta":{"origin":13300,"position":0},"title":"Why is there only one gospel when we have four gospels?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I'm confused, if there is only one gospel why do so many people say the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? Answer: The gospel is the good news preached concerning Jesus Christ and salvation. All of the New Testament is the gospel in this sense. See The Message\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19106,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-are-the-four-faces-of-jesus\/","url_meta":{"origin":13300,"position":1},"title":"What are the four faces of Jesus?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What are the four faces of Jesus? And how are they related to the present-day church? Answer: The phrase is not used in the Bible, but it is how some modern writers refer to the four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Each gospel is addressed to a different\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":50990,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/are-the-gospels-not-historical-because-they-are-theological-documents\/","url_meta":{"origin":13300,"position":2},"title":"Are the gospels not historical because they are theological documents?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hello. I just saw your study on Jesus being rejected at Nazareth after teaching in the synagogue. I am currently in a graduate-level course before I start my grad studies. I've been looking at your studies for quite some time since I became Christian, and I appreciate your loyalty\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44034,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wasnt-luke-a-disciple-of-paul\/","url_meta":{"origin":13300,"position":3},"title":"Wasn’t Luke a disciple of Paul?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Wasn't Luke a disciple of Paul and not Jesus though he did follow Jesus. So were the other three gospels were written even later because Luke didn't come in the picture till 30-40 years after our Lord's death. Answer: Luke is never described as being a disciple of Paul.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":45631,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-there-no-proof-who-really-wrote-the-four-gospels\/","url_meta":{"origin":13300,"position":4},"title":"Is there no proof who really wrote the four gospels?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What evidence do we have that the four gospels were written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? I hear a lot of people saying they were anonymous, and we have no proof they were written by the people whose names are given to them. Answer: To claim there is\u00a0no\u00a0evidence\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7687,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-are-the-main-things-we-learn-from-the-four-gospels\/","url_meta":{"origin":13300,"position":5},"title":"What are the main things we learn from the four gospels?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 1, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What are the main things we learn from the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? Answer: See \"The Four Gospel Accounts.\"","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}