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essential source, were written 40-60 years after Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) as-
cension, in a rather different climate to that of the original events that took
place in his life. Moreover, they were not written in Aramaic, his mother
tongue, but in Greek … In short, the Gospels are books collected not
by the Disciples who personally witnessed the words and deeds of
Prophet Jesus (pbuh), but by people who became Christians at a
later date, in a manner appropriate to the new circumstances that
gradually emerged. In other words, the Gospels are not first-hand ac-
counts of Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) words and deeds, but are based on second-
and third-hand accounts. 29
These historical facts are extremely important. Independent re-
searchers who have compared the Gospel texts stress that the four
Gospels are very different from one another.

The differences among the four Gospels

The generally accepted view is that the four Gospels were written

between 65 and 100. (Some researchers propose later dates, such as 75-
115. ) This means that the earliest Gospel was written some 30 years
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after Prophet Jesus (pbuh) was raised to God's presence. Researchers also
believe that the texts do not fully reflect his life and message, but rather
concentrate on the authors' imagination of how he was.
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke largely parallel each
other, and thus are known as the Synoptic Gospels. Synoptic means from the
same eye, and thus expresses their common perspective. Of these, the ear-

liest one is Mark, despite its being in second place in the New Testament.
It is accepted that Matthew and Luke wrote their gospels based upon
Mark's as a source, making a few additions.
The Gospel of John, is very different from the Synoptic Gospels.
Furthermore, one incident described in John may be described very dif-
ferently in the other Gospels. The Synoptic Gospels also contradict one