When Were the Gospels Written? (The Dates of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Relationship Between Mark and Luke
We have a good date for the gospel of luke, which was written about eigd 59. We thus need to consider theories about how the two gospels are related. The basic argument is that matthew simply appears to be a more developed literary work. That would put the writing of matthew after luke was released in 59 and before the temple was destroyed in 70.
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The four Gospels have been a primary source of information about Jesus Christ for 2,000 years, but in recent times, some skeptics have said they were written so late after Jesus, they aren't reliable. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli find out what tradition, Church teaching, and historical sources tell about when the Gospels were really written.
