What were mathew mark luke and john called?

Answer 1

Matthew and John were two of Jesus Christ's Twelve Apostles. Luke was not one of the Apostles, but a gentile who accompanied Paul on some of his travels. Mark was a Jew who converted to Christianity and evangelized with Paul, Barnabus, Timothy and others.

Answer 2

As stated elsewhere, Matthew and John were two of Jesus Christ's twelve apostles, while Mark and Luke were Christians known to Paul. What they were not is the authors of the gospels that now bear their names.

In spite of tradition, the four New Testament gospels were originally anonymous, but were attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John later in the second century. One of the reasons the Gospels of Matthew and John could not have been written by the apostles Matthew or John is that it is clear that they were largely based on Mark's Gospel. An eyewitness would never need to rely so heavily on the testimony of someone who was not an eyewitness. Luke's Gospel was also based on Mark, which is inconsistent with the author having learnt about Jesus from the Apostle Paul. While Mark's Gospel shows evidence of borrowing from Paul's epistles, the theology differs somewhat from what we know of Paul's teaching.

Answer 3

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