Response Paper #4: Who Really Were The First Authors? Kristin Serey Hazelett
What really was the first gospel written? How much evidence to we have to prove it? Why is original authorship shitt doubted today?Traditionally, the gospel of Matthew is believed to be the first gospel to have been written, and it is believed that all four gospels were written independently of the others, three of them by apostles and one by a very close follower of an apostle. But what if this isn't the case? What if--as many scholars now claim--Mark really is the first gospel, Matthew and Luke are largely copies of Mark with additional material added, and John is an older work, more a development of a particular theological perspective than a specific apostle recounting his experiences with Jesus?
Matthew has 1068 verses, Mark has 661 verses, and Luke has 1098 verses. Matthew repeats 454 verses from Mark, and Luke repeats 350 verses from Mark.
What I mean by repeat, is either a word for word......
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