Apostle Matthew would have been an illiterate Aramaic speaker. Yet the Gospel is written in educated Greek.
Apostle Matthew would have been Jewish and at least somewhat familiar with the Hebrew Bible. And yet the Gospel only shows references to the Septuagint Bible. Check it yourself, not a single reference to Purim or the book of Easter.
apostle Matthew would have recognized the poetic structure of Hebrew where the last sentence is repeated in slightly different ways. Example “and he went to the city. To the city he traveled”. The Gospel writer didn’t recognize it which is why he doubles stuff, hence Jesus riding a donkey and a colt.
apostle Matthew would not have had access to the Gospel of Mark as it came out decades later in a totally different part of the empire. And yet the Gospel writer copied whole passages word for word out of Mark.
apostle Matthew would have been about the same age as Jesus and from Galliee not the Bethlehem or Nazare and yet the Gospel writer claims to know about events going on prior to Jesus’ birth including events with Mary and Joseph with no eyewitnesses
apostle Matthew would only have had access at best to stories from Jesus while the Gospel writer shows stories that were retroconned. This is why you have a scene where Mary calls Joseph the father that later translations tried to surpress.
apostle Matthew would have had no details about the events around the death of Jesus. How does he know what happens when Jesus is praying in private? How does he know about the trial with Pilot and what was said? And yet the Gospel writer did.
apostle Matthew would have had little to know knowledge about Greco-Roman or Persian or Indian myths and yet the Gospel writer did and borrowed extensively.
apostle Matthew would not have known Paul’s letters and yet the Gospel writer references them.
apostle Matthew would never have seen the events of 70 AD and yet foreshadowing of those events is found
apostle Matthew would not have had any clue about the proto-Trinity debate of when Jesus was elevated and yet the Gospel writer takes a firm stand on that issue
the whole attribution to him was made two hundred years later and not from even church tradition.
Matthew was a Tax Collector working for Rome. He would have most likely been literate and well educated. To second on that, why would the early Christians falsely attribute the Gospel to a tax collector out of all of the 12? Didn’t the Jews hate the tax collectors?
Argument from silence. Also, the Septuagint was based on the interpretation of scripture of the time, hence, the word for Virgin being used. Matthew also translated from the
No, the double donkey isn’t a repetition. There were two donkeys. There was a mother donkey and a young donkey, the Mother was there to keep the young one calm. Jesus was on the young donkey.
that proves there was an oral tradition (as to be expected) and it doesn’t undermine eyewitness testimony. Matthew did record some things before Luke did, such as the Sermon on the Mount which was told in greatest detail in Matthew. Mark doesn’t have as much detail as Matthew has.
I know things about my older siblings and about my parents that occured before my birth. Doesn’t mean I am not an eyewitness testimony to my Parent’s and siblings life.
What passage?
Jesus spent forty days on earth after death. Plausible Matthew asked “what were you doing then”.
What myths?
Matthew referencing letters? Where?
Thanks for affirming that prophecy is real.
He just affirmed the trinity.
Not from church tradition? How do you know? I know stories from my family that are over 100 years old but not written down anywhere, so it’s plausible that all of these inevitably scattered Churches in 200ad agree that it was written by Matthew. There is no record of anyone disputing the authorship of the gospels back then. And they would have likely known who wrote them as well.
There was no such requirement to work as a tax collector. You don’t need to be an expert of literature techniques to knock on a door. Also it was Christian tradition.
Which is a very good argument. Why didn’t your god know what local illiterates knew?
Learn Greek or at least copy from an apologetics writer who knows it. Matthew doubled all over the place the donkey and the horse being the worst incident of his lies.
There is no evidence of an oral tradition. Mark copied Paul, Greek Hebrew-Bible, and some Greco-Roman traditions. Matthew copied him and added some more Greek stuff. Luke copied Matthew and Josphius. John copied them all.
Really? So you know you know your coworker’s mom said while praying 33 years ago one time with no eyewitnesses? Answer the question, yes or no.
Full sentences please.
Prove it.
Dying and rising God. The idea of a god coming down, raping a girl, the child being a powerful figure who dies and becomes celestial is not original. Christian schools tend to avoid teaching this.
Every fact about Jesus stated by Paul is found in Matthew, every interpretation of the facts Matthew disagrees with. What happened to the law? Paul said it no longer applied. Matthew said it did. When did Jesus become celestial? Paul said at the resurrection Matthew at conception.
Prophecy is as fake as the hair of your prot. Pope.
The Trinity wasn’t invented yet.
Right so if you could just show the evidence of your assertion that would be swell. I don’t really give a shit about some story your grandma told you.
Fine.
Apostle Matthew would have been an illiterate Aramaic speaker. Yet the Gospel is written in educated Greek.
Apostle Matthew would have been Jewish and at least somewhat familiar with the Hebrew Bible. And yet the Gospel only shows references to the Septuagint Bible. Check it yourself, not a single reference to Purim or the book of Easter.
apostle Matthew would have recognized the poetic structure of Hebrew where the last sentence is repeated in slightly different ways. Example “and he went to the city. To the city he traveled”. The Gospel writer didn’t recognize it which is why he doubles stuff, hence Jesus riding a donkey and a colt.
apostle Matthew would not have had access to the Gospel of Mark as it came out decades later in a totally different part of the empire. And yet the Gospel writer copied whole passages word for word out of Mark.
apostle Matthew would have been about the same age as Jesus and from Galliee not the Bethlehem or Nazare and yet the Gospel writer claims to know about events going on prior to Jesus’ birth including events with Mary and Joseph with no eyewitnesses
apostle Matthew would only have had access at best to stories from Jesus while the Gospel writer shows stories that were retroconned. This is why you have a scene where Mary calls Joseph the father that later translations tried to surpress.
apostle Matthew would have had no details about the events around the death of Jesus. How does he know what happens when Jesus is praying in private? How does he know about the trial with Pilot and what was said? And yet the Gospel writer did.
apostle Matthew would have had little to know knowledge about Greco-Roman or Persian or Indian myths and yet the Gospel writer did and borrowed extensively.
apostle Matthew would not have known Paul’s letters and yet the Gospel writer references them.
apostle Matthew would never have seen the events of 70 AD and yet foreshadowing of those events is found
apostle Matthew would not have had any clue about the proto-Trinity debate of when Jesus was elevated and yet the Gospel writer takes a firm stand on that issue
the whole attribution to him was made two hundred years later and not from even church tradition.
Let me know if you need more.
There was no such requirement to work as a tax collector. You don’t need to be an expert of literature techniques to knock on a door. Also it was Christian tradition.
Which is a very good argument. Why didn’t your god know what local illiterates knew?
Learn Greek or at least copy from an apologetics writer who knows it. Matthew doubled all over the place the donkey and the horse being the worst incident of his lies.
There is no evidence of an oral tradition. Mark copied Paul, Greek Hebrew-Bible, and some Greco-Roman traditions. Matthew copied him and added some more Greek stuff. Luke copied Matthew and Josphius. John copied them all.
Really? So you know you know your coworker’s mom said while praying 33 years ago one time with no eyewitnesses? Answer the question, yes or no.
Full sentences please.
Prove it.
Dying and rising God. The idea of a god coming down, raping a girl, the child being a powerful figure who dies and becomes celestial is not original. Christian schools tend to avoid teaching this.
Every fact about Jesus stated by Paul is found in Matthew, every interpretation of the facts Matthew disagrees with. What happened to the law? Paul said it no longer applied. Matthew said it did. When did Jesus become celestial? Paul said at the resurrection Matthew at conception.
Prophecy is as fake as the hair of your prot. Pope.
The Trinity wasn’t invented yet.
Right so if you could just show the evidence of your assertion that would be swell. I don’t really give a shit about some story your grandma told you.