When Were the Gospels Written? (The Dates of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Jimmy Akin
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2021
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
The four Gospels have been a primary source of information about Jesus Christ for 2,000 years, but in recent times, some skeptics have said they were written so late after Jesus, they aren't reliable. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli find out what tradition, Church teaching, and historical sources tell about when the Gospels were really written.
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| 1:04.9 | You're listening to episode 140 of Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World, where we look at mysteries from |
| 1:11.3 | the twin perspectives of faith and reason. And this episode, we're talking about when the four |
| 1:17.7 | Gospels were written. I'm Dom Bettenelli, and joining me today is Jimmy Akin. Hi Jimmy, how do you |
| 1:24.1 | dump? Books be sure to stick around to the end of the episode. We'll have your feedback on our |
| 1:29.1 | recent episode on lie detectors. But first, for 2000 years, Christians have turned to the four |
| 1:35.5 | Gospels as the primary source of information about their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. |
| 1:41.0 | Even secular scholars acknowledge Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as our best sources of information |
| 1:46.8 | about this pivotal figure in world history. But in recent times, some skeptics have challenged the |
| 1:53.2 | four Gospels, arguing that they were written so long after the life of Jesus that they can't be |
| 1:58.4 | trusted to contain reliable information. What is the truth about the matter? What do contemporary |
| 2:04.8 | scholars, skeptics, and Christians alike say about the subject? And when were the four Gospels |
| 2:10.4 | really written? That's what we'll be talking about on this episode of Jimmy Akin's mysterious world. |
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