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Who where the gospel writers for the bible?

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The writers are assumed to be Matthew - one of the original Apostles, Mark - a Roman disciple but not an Apostle, Luke - a missionary companion of Paul but not Apostle, and John - one of the three Apostles (Peter, James, and John) who were the innermost circle and present with Christ at the Mount of Transfiguration.

Interestingly, the order of the gospels is quite different from the order in which they were written. The first was probably Luke, written some years after the book of Acts, with Matthew written close to the same time. Mark came next. The Gospel of John was written much later. Although placed 4th in the New Testament, it was one of the LAST books written - possibly coming some years after John penned what we now have as the book of Revelations. According to early tradition, Revelations was composed near the end of The Roman Emperor Domitian's reign, around the year 95 AD. Others contend for an earlier date, 68 or 69 AD, in the reign of Nero or shortly thereafter. This earlier date would place it about 20 years before the Gospel was written. The majority of modern scholars accept one of these two dates, with most accepting the Domitianic one. The main reason Revelations shows up last is because Martin Luther included it as one of the books where he doubted their authenticity (the others being Hebrews, James, and Jude) so he stuck it at the end. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Epistles of John are generally assumed to post date all of these books, being written between 100 and 115 AD - at least 20 to 25 years after the other books of the New Testament.

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