Who WROTE "the new testament gospels"? Not who was credited for them, but who WROTE them!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Answer 1

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter, Timothy, Paul, etc. The apostles wrote them under the inspiration of God's holy spirit. Similar to a boss who dictates a letter to his secretary.

Answer 2

We don't know who exactly wrote them. As you point out, they've been credited to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, but the events at least as far as these gospels were recorded 20+ years after Jesus' death.

Perhaps they were compiled from original scraps written by the credited writers. Perhaps the credited writers were interviewed or portions of their testimony were recalled and transcribed and thus credited to them later.

Remember, at the time, the Jews had a very strong oral tradition. Rabbi's in training often had the entire Torah memorized, as well as other holy books.
(Our culture is pretty lazy, intellectually, compared to the Jewish people of that time.) Since many people could not write or did not have the resources to scribe things, they were FORCED to memorize and in fact had a highly developed memory. It's not unreasonable to believe that the stories were first memorized, passed around orally, and finally written down for posterity.

All we know is that the words that were transcribed were accepted as authority by the first and second generation Christians, which meant they at least believed them to be true -- and they were the closest to the events in question.

The four gospels also are extremely different in their approaches, even when they might seem to use a common source (some people think Matthew and Luke used parts of Mark as a basis, then filled in extra detail). One views Jesus through his authority (Matthew); one views him through his deeds (Mark); one seems more interested in getting all the details right and giving the complete and sensible picture of Jesus (Luke); and one offers many different metaphors to somehow capture the abstract truth of Jesus (John).

I find that pretty fascinating, since it gives the sources more credibility. They're not carbon copies, they all take different approaches, and yet all present an overall coherent view of Jesus. We get a good idea of who he was, what he was doing, what he said, and why he was here.

In any case, while we don't know who actually enscribed them first, it's still plausible that they were derived from true sources.

Answer 3

all we have to go on is face value that jesus' apostles. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John actually wrote them. these names very well could be aliases used to have protected them from roman authorities but also keep in mind they were written when they were extremely old and didn't have the fear of being executed you do when your young so more then likely these are the guys who wrote them.




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Answer 4

Ann Rice, Stephen King, Cliver Barker, and Martha Stewart.

Answer 5

Themselves! They saw and did so they recorded it all. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John are Jesus's deciples. As Jesus left them to go to heaven, they spreaded the news to everyone. They wrote about things that happened in their lives and Jesus's life.

Answer 6

God used man to write them
But from my knowledge Levi(matthew),John Mark,Luke, and John son of Zebedee.

Answer 7

Unknown.

Answer 8

Why, god of course. At least thats the going answer around here. fact is no one knows. The bible was authored by numerous individuals and editted by numerous individuals, namely the church.

Answer 9

I guess if u r asking this, u knwo the answer. So I'll let the fundies make fools of themselves tripping over this one.

Answer 10

The disciples.