Did any of the men who wrote the New Testament, ever meet Jesus?

[Morey000]

If so, which ones and how long after Jesus died did they write their books?
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Actually, Christ means 'the anointed one'. And yes, I know that Jesus is his Anglicized name.

 

[eastons3541]

matthew, mark and john only

 

[360nicknamenotfound]

Long after, and amazingly enough - No one ever met the man, or at least, no ones talking

 

[Cosmo]

No. The gospels were originally written in Greek, a language spoken by none of the characters in the NT. They are pseudepigraphia, a religious literary tradition popular in Greece in the 1st and 2nd centuries.

 

[MartinG]

nope not a single one

 

[JeffreyG]

uh yea most of them were his followers matt mark luke john maybe others as u can tell i don't read that often not sure how long after his death they wrote but i know they all met some violent death

 

[Mike]

Most of the people answering believe the gospels were written by people who KNEW Jesus personally?


I would lol if it didn't make me want to cry...

What does it matter, anyway? Their 'faith in Jesus' is unwavering - even if you club them on the head with evidence.

 

[DickCheney]

Mark may have, but probably none of the rest. He wrote about 60 AD

 

[CC]

I doubt it. The gospels are not written by Matthew, Mark or Luke. They were written by different men.

Hence you will notice the titles: the gospel ACCORDING to XXX.