Question

Technically, GMatt is anonymous. The earliest church tradition from Papias (ca. 130 AD) claimed that ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_________________ wrote his Gospel first and in _________________ (language?), although many things about this statement are unclear and uncertain. What we call the Gospel of Matthew seems to have been written in Greek and after GMark (maybe around 70-90 AD?) since it is very dependent on GMark. GMatt was written in a context of tension between Christian Jews and non-Christian Jews over the identity of Jesus. Matthew, who was a _________________, is briefly mentioned only twice in this Gospel.

Answer 1

- Matthew the Epistle

- Hebrew

- Tax-collector

Step-by-step explanation:

The gospel now known as the Gospel of Matthew was anonymous.

Papias attributed a gospel to Matthew in the second century, according to what Eusebius wrote in the fourth century. However, several academics are unsure whether the gospel descibed by Papias was the same now attributed to Matthew.

Although the Church Fathers of the second century stated that Matthew's Gospel was written in Hebrew by Matthew himself, modern scholars agree that it was most likely written in Greek, and not by an eyewitness to the events described. Furthermore,

and Luke's Gospel, it soon becomes apparent that

Both Matthew and Luke seem to have been substantially based on Mark's Gospel.