Hi. Actually there were twelve apostles, but there were many disciples.
Of the twelve apostles:
John write the gospel of John
Matthew wrote the gospel of Matthew
Did the others write "gospels"? perhaps. Why did only the gospel of Matthew and the gospel of John make it into our bibles? The formation of the canon - or the contents - of our bibles is a fascinating study. Short answer is that over time these two accounts were recognized as authentic and inspired by God.
There were many documents floating around that were rejected because of dubious origin, obvious heresy, etc.
check out this site:
http://www.ntcanon.org/index.shtml
god bless!!
2006-12-18 21:31:39
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answered by happy pilgrim 6
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Technically, there is only one gospel. There are 27 books of the new testament. The first 4 books are the records of Jesus' life on earth. The writers are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
The 12 disciples namely the apostles of Jesus, could not all have been writers. The only reason I can give you is that the writers were chosen. The others were chosen to do something else. The church has no right to determine what Jesus said, or did not say. He did that on his own.
Matters of how books were chosen to be a part of the new testament have been written by people who don't believe that it was Jesus himself who spoke all the words,
and chose the order of the words, the books, the chapters, and its numbered passages. My own belief is that Jesus is God, and ordered all these things, and that
he spoke the words to the writers.
The true meaning of the word 'gospel' is the speech of God. Other explanations have been published that make no real sense.
Seek ye out of the book of The Lord, and read..old testament, Isaiah 34: 16.
2006-12-18 21:32:39
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answered by Bubba 2
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In the . old testament It goes without saying that the prophets wrote the books bearing their names.
For the New Testament books, again, the four gospels were written by the four Evangelists and Acts was written by Luke. Paul wrote most of the so called Epistles, such as Romans, 1st and 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, 1st and 2nd Timothy, Titus and Philemon. Paul likely also wrote the book of Hebrews, although some scholars would contest his authorship of that book..
The Apostle Peter wrote his 2 epistles. The Apostle John, besides one of the gospels, wrote his 3 epistles plus Revelation and Jude was written by Jude, who was one of Jesus' brothers. Thank you for your question and for your interest in the precious Word of God. May it inspire you and prompt you to a deep and spiritually profitable study.
2006-12-18 21:39:43
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answered by Lorene 4
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Yes, the gospel of John. John was one of the 12 disciples with Jesus - in fact, he was in the inner circle of Jesus' closest disciples, which also included Peter and James. He also wrote the 1 John, 2 John and 3 John, as well as the last book of the bible - The book of Revelation.
2006-12-18 21:27:12
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answered by Chorizo 2
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Mathew was written by Mathew
Mark by John Mark
Luke by Luke (the doctor)
John, John I, II & III & Revelations by John the beloved
James by James the brother of Jesus
Jude by Jude, brother to James
Acts is attributed to Luke
Romans, Thessalonians, Ephesians, Hebrews, Collossians, Philipians, Timothy, Corinthians, Titus, Galatians, Philemon were all written by Paul
2006-12-18 21:28:47
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answered by Gre2000 3
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James was the brother of Jesus. Mark was written by himself, inspired by God. Peter was written by Jesus's favourite disciple, and Luke wrote his account by being a healer, giving the accounts of Jesus' miracles. Hebrew was attributed to Peter also, and Matthew gave his account. The other disciples preached in the early church, but their writings were not included in the Bible, since none of them were found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, so we have no accounts of them. That doesn't mean they weren't written, however!
2006-12-18 21:20:17
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answered by persnicady 3
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The bible is a series of 66 different books. God chose what to say in each and he chose which ones were preserved.
2006-12-18 21:24:01
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answered by djm749 6
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Most of the answers above are pretty well right.
I've put the link to the encarta article below. I think it should answer the rest of your question.
2006-12-18 22:16:18
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answered by Bad bus driving wolf 6
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A BIG FAT NOOOOOOO TO THAT!
The 4 Gospels were arranged to appear as they do but they all contain writings of many unknown authors among whom are Biblical Jews and pagans and Greek worshippers of the Sun and weather God Zeus.
Only a fraction of what is written is some of the truth of Scripture.
Zeus is the God of Gods and the Father of Gods and men of Greek pagan worship and Zeus is a regular feature of the Gospels.
TRUTH IN THE BIBLE IS: Zeus the Sky God and Father God speaks in a voice from the Sky at the Baptism of Jesus, “my beloved son,” while the Holy Spirit descended “like a dove.” (Matthew 3:17, Mark 1:11, Luke 3:22)
TRUTH IN THE BIBLE IS: Jesus is described with the features of Zeus the Sky God at the Transfiguration as “his face did shine as the Sun, and his raiment as white as the light” (See Matthew 17:2),
TRUTH IN THE BIBLE IS: Jesus is described with the features of Zeus the Sky God at the Transfiguration, “And his raiment became shining exceeding white as Snow (See Mark 9:3)
TRUTH IN THE BIBLE IS: Jesus is described with the features of Zeus the Sky or Weather God at the Transfiguration, “And there was a cloud that overshadowed them”, (with the unmistakable voice of Zeus) “and a voice came out of the cloud saying, this is my beloved son” (See Mark 9:7)
TRUTH IN THE BIBLE IS: Jesus transforms into Zeus the Sky or Weather God at the Transfiguration, “his countenance was altered and his raiment was white and glistering” (See Luke 9:29), “and there came a cloud and overshadowed them” (Luke 9: 34) “and there came a voice out of the cloud” (Luke 9:35), and all of this is in a meeting with Elisha (or Eliseus of Luke 4:27).
TRUTH IN THE BIBLE IS: The name, Jesus, is a combination of Jah and Zeus as The intention of Governor Pontius Pilate to match the false charges made by the Biblical Jews that he made himself a God and a Son of God. Jah is the God of Israel while Zeus is the God of pagan Rome.
TRUTH IN THE BIBLE IS: The Angel at the tomb is none other than Zeus, with the same features as Jesus (Jezeus) in the Transfiguration; “His countenance was like the lightening and his raiment white as snow.” (Matthew 28:3)
2006-12-18 21:27:45
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answered by mythkiller-zuba 6
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how do u know that all of them wrote a gospel? Rumember that Judas Iscariot hung himself.
2006-12-18 21:18:57
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answered by junior's700 1
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