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The New Testament books describing the life of Jesus: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

Use this tag for questions about these four books, for beliefs about them and practices regarding them.

Do not use this tag for questions about "the gospel" meaning the Christian message of good news.

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When and how did the names Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John get attached to the gospels?

Most of the books of the New Testament—all the letters except Hebrews, plus the Revelation—give the author's name at the beginning. The gospels do not. Only one gospel identifies its author ("This is the disciple who is testifying to these things…
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Is there historical evidence for an atheist argument about the New Testament?

My question is: are the arguments used against the historical legitimacy of the Gospels, particularly Luke and the timeline/events surrounding the birth of Christ relatively recent, or have they been around since the beginning? Are there any works…
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What is the doctrinal significance of repetition between the Gospels?

The four Gospels each cover roughly the same events, but the details differ, as illustrated here. Leaving aside the difference in similarity between the Synoptic Gospels and John, is there significance to which events are described multiple times? …
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Is it possible to trace the origin of the Canonical Gospels chronologically?

Matthew 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: He will be called a Nazarene. It is widely known that academics were unable to find this reference in the Hebrew Bible. Some…
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Gospel writers who were not disciples of Jesus

Where did Mark and Luke get information about life of Jesus to write Gospel?
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Why doesn't Matthew replace Mark?

My question is motivated by the discrepancies between Mark and Matthew, for example on who was in Jesus's tomb initially, Matthew 28:2 says it was an angel and Mark 16:5 says it was a young man. Especially since Matthew used Mark as a source, why…
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