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AnswerWhile we can make reasonable estimates of when the gospels were first written - Mark in 70, Matthew around 80-90, Luke around 95 or perhaps a few years later, John early in the second century - we do not have any of the earliest manuscripts, or even the early copies made from those manuscripts. All we have is copies made centuries later, and these unfortunately contain the inevitable changes and revisions of the centuries.

One of the very earliest known copies of the gospels and Acts is called Papyrus 45 and is dated to around 225 CE.

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