2006-10-29 18:00:55 · 13 answers · asked by Chase 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Two were, but Luke and Mark were not eyewitnesses.
Matthew and John were His disciples.
2006-10-29 18:03:04 · answer #1 · answered by Adyghe Ha'Yapheh-Phiyah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They weren't eye-witnesses or divinely inspired, because there was nothing to see and there is nothing divine. We don't even know who wrote the first 3 gospels, and aren't sure who wrote John. Whoever wrote Mark was not a local, and Matthew and Luke are about 90% copied from Mark. If the authors of Matthew and Luke were eye-witnesses, they wouldn't copy Mark. The gospel of John is pretty spacey. There's no reliable evidence for Yahweh, Allah, Zeus, Thor, Jesus, or any of the thousands of other gods that people have worshipped. For more, read the links.
2016-05-22 06:53:48 · answer #2 · answered by Nicole 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only Matthew and John were the original disciples who walked with Jesus and therefore experienced and witnessed the events in Jesus' life firsthand.
If the authors of the gospel of Matthew and John are not the original disciples of Jesus themselves then these gospels may not be firsthand.
2006-10-29 18:10:48 · answer #3 · answered by seekfind 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Although they weren't of the original
12 apostles the writers of the Gospels talked to those that DID witness Jesus' signs. Now I am wondering about Luke. I know that he was a
gentile(non-jew) so Adyghe must be right about Luke.
2006-10-29 18:14:38 · answer #4 · answered by julie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Matthew and Luke are copied from and added to Mark's original book. John is so different in places that it was not certain that it would be acceptable as a gospel. These stories of Jesus life and ministry are from an oral tradition. Who exactly said what to whom is...
2006-10-29 18:08:16 · answer #5 · answered by eantaelor 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no. the authors were only compiling stories from each other and from what may be some earlier written and/or oral sources. none of the known texts none were even written in latin or hebrew or aramaic, but in greek. the earliest known text, in greek, was believed to have been written sometime after 65 a.d. jesus lived from about 6 b.c. to about 24-27 a.d. depending on how one interprets the gospels in determining his age at the time of his death. it is generally believed he died at about age 30-33 years of age.
2006-10-29 18:08:33 · answer #6 · answered by de bossy one 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They could not have been since the earliest, Mark, was written soome 60 years AFTER Jesus died. And it is estimated that John was written almost 100 years AFTER. It is unlikely that any of them even knew Jesus let alone were any of his disciples and none of them were first hand witnesses to anything.
2006-10-29 18:06:51 · answer #7 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes- Matthew and John were Apostles, Mark and Luke were His followers, disciples.
2006-10-29 18:16:45 · answer #8 · answered by lost and found 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all were.... There is one, I think, Paul, who was once called "Saul" who was not a first hand witness....
he came to belive....
This is the same fellow who killed Christians by the thousands in a day.....
he met on a road to Damascus, the voice of the Lord.... His donkey stopped moving forward and he was blinded...... the voice asked: "Why are you persecuting me".....
he had to go to the apostles and imagine how leery they were when he approached saying he was sent to them by the same Lord he despised......... Saying they were supposed to cure his "blindness".......
your sister,
Ginger,
gmcfayden@yahoo.com
2006-10-29 18:10:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No the first wasn't written till at least sixty years after his death. Some say one hundred years.
Tammi Dee
2006-10-29 18:05:55 · answer #10 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋