Embellishments in the Gospel of Mark.

[Godscreated]

Interesting, and you get your facts from where. By the way Matthew was a eyewitness, he was one of the twelve disciples. We know he wrote his gospel before the late 60's.

GC

GC you've been lied to!!! Your whole life has been a lie. Matthew didn't write "Matthew". How could have actual Matthew been writer of "Matthew" when gospels paint the twelve disciples largely as simple, illiterate, Aramaic-speaking fishermen and commoners and yet gospel of Matthew, along with all gospels, was written in Greek language by Greek-speaking theologians, familiar with both pagan classics and Jewish scriptures?

Showing your ignorance again I see. Matthew was an educated man, he was a former tax collector, you should read before making yourself look sooooo dumb. The reason we have them in Greek is because they are copies, understand, most likely not. Greek was a language spoken by many in the Middle East at that time, just as English is spoken around the world.

GC

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Indeed, the author of Matthew nowhere even claims to be "Matthew"; in fact, the "Gospel according to Matthew" did not appear until the second century.

 Why should he need to make that claim it wasn't important to them that they were acknowledged. It was the word of God that was important. The Gospel of Matthew was written before the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple. Matthew's Gospel was heavy on prophecy it is an important part of the Gospel, so if the Gospel was written after the fall of Jerusalem and the foretelling of the temples destruction it would have been mentioned in Matthew's Gospel. As for the Gospel of Matthew appearing in the second century those are copies and by simple logic the original had to be written before the copies, makes utter sense doesn't it.

GC