Blog Post #3: The 4 Gospel Writers

What are specific things that you learned about the Gospel Writers from the group presentations? What were similarities and differences you saw within the 4 Gospel readings? From information you gathered from the presentations and class discussions, which Gospel would you prefer to read and why?
In the presentations I learned a lot about the four gospel writers. I never knew who they were so all this information was completely new to me. I was surprised to  learn that some gospels weren’t written by the person the gospel is named after. However, some specifics I learned are that the symbol of the Gospel of John is an eagle. This is because it flies closest to heaven which shows that Jesus’ relationship with God is very close. I also learned that Matthew, who wrote the Gospel of Matthew, was an apostle of Jesus. The symbol of his gospel is a winged man, or angel, which is the only “human” symbol.


Throughout the presentations, I saw many similarities within the four gospels. All of the gospels have an animal or human that is winged. However, only three of them have winged animals, which are a winged ox and lion and an eagle. All of the gospels written after Jesus’ death in the first century. They were written between 55-100CE. All of them were also written in either Greek or Hebrew but one may have been written in Aramaic. Lastly, the audiences for the gospels were mostly Jews or Christians.
Although there were similarities there were also a few differences that I saw within the four gospels. First, Matthew was the only writer that knew Jesus personally since he was an apostle. Second, all of the gospels written at different times closely together. Thus, different events were happening such as the Jewish Revolt and a fire in Rome. Third, the Gospel of John was the only gospel with an eagle as the symbol which naturally has wings. Similarly, the Gospel of Matthew was the only gospel with an angel as the symbol which is part human.
I find it interesting that the author of the Gospel of John was a disciple of a disciple of John, who was an apostle of Jesus. However, this does not make the account reliable and the other gospels are not as reliable either. Therefore, I would want to read the Gospel of Matthew since he was an apostle of Jesus and knew Him. The time periods of the gospels are pretty close to each other so that wouldn’t really matter to me. However, out of all the gospels, I like the symbol of a winged lion of the Gospel of John the most. I don’t prefer any gospel and I find all of them unique but since the Gospel of Matthew is most reliable, I would prefer to read it.

Works Cited
“The Gospel of John.” ”docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UjKdg9_RL88TWLmth2XQq_IS316bInAysFZF2x3eowY/edit#slide=id.p.
"The Gospel of Mark.” YouTube, YouTube, 29 Sept. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U9y6PvfoRg.
“The Gospel of Matthew.” docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hNwa1mPO9if-T89Q-5eHBQHPDjwZnLxfICdW-HjCSgM/edit#slide=id.p.
Marshall, Dr Taylor. “Why Matthew Is the First Gospel - and Not Mark (or Q).” Taylor Marshall, 21 Sept. 2011, taylormarshall.com/2011/09/why-matthew-is-first-gospel-and-not.html.
“Saint Mark.” St. Mark's Church, 21 Jan. 2015, stmarkschurchpittsfield.wordpress.com/about-2/saint-mark/.

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