why are matthew mark luke and john english names when they were jewish guys in bible times?

Answer 1

I assume the names came with Christianity, as a previous answerer said. It is reasonable to assume they were modified slightly to match the alphabet and phonetics of whatever language the Bible was being translated into.

Answer 2

The New Testament is written in Greek, so Greek names were used. Greek was the language used in the area similar to English used in other countries today.

The Greek names were translated into Latin (Church Latin). Latin remained the universal language of Western Europe until the Reformation. The bible using the original manuscripts when available translated the bible into English using English name equivalents.

Using the Lemma (Greek letters represented by English ones), you get Maththaios, Markos, Loukas, and iOannEs for Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. iEsous for Jesus (Jesus is Latin.)

Answer 3

Their names have been anglisized. The roots of these names are found in Hebrew, Greek, and Roman.

In particular, the Bible says that Matthew was of the tribe of Levi.
King Saul of Israel had a son named Jonathan, Mark's name was actually John Mark

You may wish to consider that your own name is Anglicized from another language.

Answer 4

Matthew,Mark,Luke,and John were so named centuries before England exsisted.Others with those names are mentioned in the bible.

Answer 5

I think a better question would be "Who are Luke and Mark?"

They weren't disciples.

And how accurate are scriptures written generations after the original men died?

And why were these gospels included in the bible but the gospels of Thomas, Mary, Judas, etc excluded? What would be the motivation for doing so?

There are a LOT of questions that Christianity dodges regarding the New Testament.

Answer 6

I think Luke was Greek, he probably wasn't Jewish.

The names are English equivalents of the Hebrew or Greek originals

Answer 7

Thats not all - they wrote the Bible in greek a language Prophet Jesus didnt speak and wrote in hundreds of years after Prophet Jesus left the earth. And from their greek translation ANOTHER translation was made - so how do Christians know what on earth Prophet Jesus said ?

Answer 8

Everyone loves the Shakespearean sound of the King James Bible! Authenticity be dam*ed.
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Answer 9

These names were created before England was founded. They were not originally English.

Answer 10

These are English translations of their names as in
French Pierre is translated to Peter.