Which was written first - Matthew or Mark?

[RollTide1987]

There seems to be good arguments for both sides, but most modern scholars favor Mark over Matthew.

 

[brian_custer]

i’d’d always heard mark is the "oldest gospel’’

board experts… ?

 

[adamhovey1988]

There seems to be good arguments for both sides, but most modern scholars favor Mark over Matthew.

Matthew seems to be heavily semitic, and there seems to be no attempt to explain to the audience what the Jewish terms mean. I feel like Matthew is older because I feel like it was written closer to the time and the source material. THAT being said, I don’t think the Church makes us chose one theory over the other. Ultimately, I think what matters more is that those books are IN the Bible.

 

[Don_Ruggero]

Eusebius, of course, said it was Matthew. Modern scripture scholars contend it is Mark.

I always told my students that they could believe whatever they wished on the matter – but they had to be able to defend their position to my satisfaction…and cogently articulate the other positions as well.

I haven’t particularly changed my thought in retirement.

 

[Todd977]

Depends on whether you are referring to Aramaic Matthew or Greek Matthew. I think Aramaic Matthew came before Mark but Mark came before Greek Matthew.