Who were the gentile gospel writers?

A:The New Testament gospels are traditional assumed to have been written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, of whom Matthew and John were Jewish disciples of Jesus, and Mark and Luke were gentiles.

In fact, the gospels were originally anonymous until attributed to the persons whose names they now bear, later in the second century. Modern scholars say there is no good reason to accept those attributions and, in particular, none of the gospels could have been written by an eyewitness to the events portrayed. Therefore there is every reason to assume that all the gospel authors were gentiles, although we do not know any of their names.

ANSWER: The Gospels were written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Luke was the only Gentile to write a Gospel. Mark was of Jewish parentage, his mother was a relative of Barnabas (Colossians 4:10). The further away we get in time from the factual accounts of The Bible the more we run into modern day scholars who for the most part have no idea. The Bible is an ancient book and should be taken as from God. Matthew and John were most certainly eye witnesses of the accounts in the Gospels.

I John 1-3 "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life___ the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us___ that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us;....."

These Words establish John as an eye witness to Jesus Christ and the things written in the Gospels. You can count on each Gospel as being truth although some will tell you Mark's gospel is the only one of any account.

[From the Expositions of the Oracles of the Lord (6)] And the presbyter (the Apostle John) said this: Mark having become the interpreter of Peter, wrote down accurately what so ever he remembered. It was not, however, in exact order that he related the sayings or deeds of Christ. For he neither heard the Lord nor accompanied Him........."

Justin Martyr, writing about 150 A.D. referred to the Gospel of Mark as "the memoirs of Peter,"

Irenaeus, writing about A.D. 185, called mark "the disciple and interpreter of Peter," and recorded that the second gospel consisted of what Peter preached about Christ.

Matthew:

Eusebus (A.D. 265-339) quotes Origen (A.D. 185-254): "Among the four Gospels, which are the only indisputable ones in the Church of God under heaven, I have learned by tradition that the first was written by Matthew, who was once a publican, but afterwards and apostle of Jesus Christ, and it was prepared for the converts from Judaism" (Ecclesiastical History, 6:25).

John:

Irenaeus was a disciple of Polycarp, who was a disciple of the apostle John, and he testified on Polycarp's authority, that John wrote the gospel during his residence at Ephesus in Asia minor when he was advanced in age (Against Heresies 2.22.5: 3.1.1).