Zimon
Puritan Board Freshman
Hello,
Theres probably a thread on this topic but when I searched for "Dating" I didn't found what I was searching for...
In school we were told that the Gospel of Mark was written about 60-70, Luke and Matthew about 70-90, John about 100 and Acts about 65.
I never thought about this but when I reread Acts I got aware of the reference to the Gospel of Luke, so I thought that Luke must have been written before Acts. Because Acts is not mentioning the death of Paul in 65 nor the destruction of the Temple in 70 or the persecution of Christians around 64, it must have been written around 63 or earlier. Therefore, Luke must be have been written before 63 as well... I found out this was called Early dating and did a little research on that. I understood the dating of Acts and Luke but how do they explain the dating of Matthew around 58 (before Mark)? I did not find any proof on that. In school they taught be Matthew and Luke were using Mark as source and therefore were written after Mark.
Any thoughts on this?
Theres probably a thread on this topic but when I searched for "Dating" I didn't found what I was searching for...
In school we were told that the Gospel of Mark was written about 60-70, Luke and Matthew about 70-90, John about 100 and Acts about 65.
I never thought about this but when I reread Acts I got aware of the reference to the Gospel of Luke, so I thought that Luke must have been written before Acts. Because Acts is not mentioning the death of Paul in 65 nor the destruction of the Temple in 70 or the persecution of Christians around 64, it must have been written around 63 or earlier. Therefore, Luke must be have been written before 63 as well... I found out this was called Early dating and did a little research on that. I understood the dating of Acts and Luke but how do they explain the dating of Matthew around 58 (before Mark)? I did not find any proof on that. In school they taught be Matthew and Luke were using Mark as source and therefore were written after Mark.
Any thoughts on this?