Who did Matthew. Mark. Luke, and John write their Gospels to?

Question

Who did Matthew. Mark. Luke, and John write their Gospels to?

Answer 1

Only Luke was clearly(?) addressed. Luke addressed both the Gospel and Acts to "Theophilus" which may be an individual or a euphemism for the church.
The other 3 are not addressed. By looking at their content we can make some assertions about their intended readers.

Matthew shows Jesus as Messiah and fulfillment of prophecy, so his seems to be directed more to Jews.

Mark explains several things which would be generally known by Jews so it seems that his intended readers were likely not Jewish or from Palestine.

John is more mystical and likely written several years after the others. It seems generally to target those who are not sure who Jesus really was. It was written to build faith in Christ. (John 20:30 Jesus did many other miraculous signs in front of his disciples. They are not written down in this book. 31 But these are written down so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. If you believe this, you will have life because you belong to him.)

Answer 2

Luke was written to Theophilus, a Roman official of great importance. Matthew, Mark and John were written with the anticipation that these letters would be copied and passed to the churches..., in other words they wrote those letters for the Church (the Church being all believers where ever they assembled to worship).

Answer 3

The titles truthfully got here later, however the Gospels have been named in accordance to who truthfully wrote them: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John respectively. something of the recent testomony authors commencing with acts are as follows: Acts - Luke, Romans by way of Hebrews - Paul, James by way of Jude all by ability of their namesakes, Revelation - John. a number of Paul's letters have been dictated. i desire this helps.

Answer 4

Luke wrote his to a man named Theophilus - Luke 1:3 "it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus;"
The other three I'm not sure.

Answer 5

Hmmmmm, lets see;
Matthew to the Jews-
Mark to the Romans, or Gentiles
John to the Christian
Luke to Theophilus, or lovers of God-

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Answer 6

Interesting question! I always thought they wrote them for anyone and everyone. They were unlike the epistles of Paul, Peter, and Timothy because they were not letters, but actual books.

Answer 7

Fellow Christians, and their churches.

Answer 8

The church in Antioch? =)