2006-10-28 16:12:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
its unlikely that he did considering that the earliest recording of the book of Mathew after his death.
2006-10-28 16:15:16 · answer #1 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually books written for the apostles are actually written by followers of the apostles and they took whatever they thought was valuable from the apostles teachings and wrote them. These books are written many years after their deaths. There are many books attributed to people in the bible like the gospel of mary magdlene that because it was controversial to what the church wanted u to believe at the time it was left out.
2006-10-28 16:22:18 · answer #2 · answered by Alternative Chick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can't know for sure, but does it really matter? The Bible says that the writers were men who were moved by the Holy Spirit so knowing the actual person who did the writing is not nearly as important as believing that the Bible is God's Word to mankind.
2 Peter 1:20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. 21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
The reason that people believe that Matthew was the human author is because that's the tradition that came down from the early church fathers. Why wouldn't they be telling the truth about it? It's not like a tax collector who gave up his trade to follow Jesus has some special significance to it that I know of.
2006-10-28 16:20:49 · answer #3 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We can't. Lexicgraphical evidence strongly suggests Matthew is an expansion of Mark. The title ascribing it to Matthew did not get added until about 140 a.d. The author ascribing it to Mt. followed a common practice of that era.
2006-10-28 16:20:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Gospel of Matthew. By Rudolf Schnackenburg. Translated by Robert R. Barr.
This might be a place to start, as he deals with redaction criticism.
2006-10-28 16:18:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Matthew was otherwise known as Levi and was the son of Alphaeus. He readily responded to Jesus’ invitation to follow him.—Matt. 9:9; Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27-32.
Matthew had been a tax collector, it was natural that he would be explicit in his mention of money, figures, and values. (Matt. 17:27; 26:15; 27:3) He keenly appreciated God’s mercy in allowing him, a despised tax collector, to become a minister of the good news and an intimate associate of Jesus. Therefore, we find Matthew alone of the Gospel writers giving us Jesus’ repeated insistence that mercy is required in addition to sacrifice. (9:9-13; 12:7; 18:21-35) Matthew was greatly encouraged by Jehovah’s undeserved kindness and appropriately records some of the most comforting words Jesus uttered: “Come to me, all you who are toiling and loaded down, and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am mild-tempered and lowly in heart, and you will find refreshment for your souls. For my yoke is kindly and my load is light.” (11:28-30) How refreshing were these tender words for this former tax collector, toward whom, no doubt, his fellow countrymen had directed little but insults!
2006-10-28 16:22:42 · answer #6 · answered by papavero 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
for the time being,
you can't.
i think this is part of the whole
blind faith thing.
though,
when you finally leave
this plane of existance..
you could always ask
your deity de worshippe.
2006-10-28 16:16:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We can't and bible scholars dispute over just how many authors there were.
2006-10-28 16:16:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why would it matter to you?
2006-10-28 16:48:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋