What were the occupations of the Gospel writers?

Answer 1

A:

The four New Testament gospels were all written anonymously and, second-century attributions notwithstanding, we simply do not know who wrote them. WE therefore do not know what their occupations were.

The traditional attributions are to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Although scholars are confident that they did not write the gospels, we can say that Matthew was a tax collector, Luke a physician and John a fisherman. The Bible does not say just what Mark did before he became a Christian and a missionary.