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#347 The Dating of Matthew - Jimmy Akin

Dec 13, 2023
Jimmy Akin, Apologist and author, discusses the dating of Matthew's Gospel, arguing that it was written by an eyewitness within living memory of the events. He also addresses the challenges to its reliability and its relationship with Mark's gospel.
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  • Matthew's Gospel was written by an eyewitness within living memory of the events it records.
  • There is a strong literary relationship between Matthew and Mark, with most scholars concluding that Mark wrote first and Matthew used Mark in composing his gospel.

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Matthew's gospel was written by an eyewitness within living memory

Matthew's gospel was not written long after the events by a non-eye witness, as some claim. The evidence points to Matthew, one of the eyewitnesses, as the author of the gospel. The names of the evangelists were not made up at a later date and indicate actual authors of the gospels. The testimony of the first-century figure John the Presbyter and other historical evidence supports the view that Matthew wrote the gospel.

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