Who was the first evangelist in the bible?

Answer 1

Some other ansers from our community:

The first evangelist in The Bible is Enoch.

"Righteous Abel" is said to have begun offering sacrifices first [see Heb.11:4]... but that's not exactly preaching or evangelizing, although he may have. The Bible doesn't say, however.

We're told that "Enoch walked with God" following his conversion at age "65" [Gen.5:21-22].

And "inspired" Jude further elaborates that Enoch preached the gospel of the Kingdom to the pre-flood world:

"...Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute Judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." (Jude 1:14-15)

We're also told that Noah was a "preacher of Righteousness" [meaning that he preached the Ten Commandments to the pre-flood world - II Peter 2:5 & Ps.119:172].

But, Noah came after Enoch. So, Enoch is the first recorded evangelist in the Bible.

Answer:

Jehovah God is the first evangelist in the Bible.

Evangel means 'Good News". An Evangelist is a proclaimer of good news.

Right after Jehovah's judgment upon Adam & Eve, Jehovah immediately 'proclaimed good news' in the form of a prophecy.

Adam & Eve sold their unborn offspring in their loins, out from under God, and into slavery of sin and death. Genesis 3:15 is that first ever piece of good news in the Bible that has to do with rectifying the problem created by Adam's sin. It stated God's purpose to repurchase mankind, thru what he called a 'seed'. That seed was to be Christ Jesus.

There were many pre-Christian evangelists; and after Christ, there came to be many Christian evangelists who proclaim the good news of redemption stemming from Christ through his Kingdom.

Answer 2

In a biblical context, the word 'evangelist' usually refers to the authors of the four New Testament gospels. In spite of current attributions, these were originally anonymous and were only attributed to the apostles whose names they now bear later in the second century. Modern New Testament scholars say there is no good reason to accept these attributions, so we do not actually know who wrote any of the gospels. The names Matthew, Mark, Luke and John continue to be used for convenience.

The first New Testament gospel to be written was the Gospel of Mark, as can be shown by the reliance of the three other evangelists on Mark as a source for their gospels. So the evangelist known as Mark was the very first evangelist in the Bible.