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    1. Josh Jordan‏Verified account @NumbersMuncher Mar 15
      Replying to @baseballcrank @SeanTrende

      It bores most people - I just find is fascinating because I love the history behind it all. I was in my 30s before I found out the Gospels were written by anonymous authors and long after Jesus lived. Yes, part of that is on me for not looking, but it was just never mentioned.

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    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Mar 15
      Replying to @SurrealEli @NumbersMuncher @SeanTrende

      John is generally assumed to have been written maybe half a century after the death of Jesus, well after the other Gospels. Mark was very likely written before the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in 70AD.

      2 replies 0 retweets 25 likes
    4. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD Mar 15
      Replying to @baseballcrank @SurrealEli and

      Markan Priority is pretty irrefutable, especially given how Luke/Acts and Matthew borrow from it. It also is pretty clearly written prior to the end of the Temple and sourced from someone within living memory of Jesus.

      3 replies 0 retweets 28 likes
    5. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD Mar 15
      Replying to @EsotericCD @baseballcrank and

      John is of course the interesting one, as it's not synoptic. I tend to believe the theory that while it obvious was not written by the Apostle John, it descends from his 'school' of Christian practice, which is why it had such prestige despite obviously differing so much.

      2 replies 1 retweet 18 likes
    6. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD Mar 15
      Replying to @EsotericCD @baseballcrank and

      The early Christians and church leaders weren't fools; something that differs so much from Mark, Matthew & Luke wouldn't have been allowed into the canon unless it had some real force of credibility behind it. Most likely answer is relationship to John & his proselytes.

      5 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
    7. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Mar 15
      Replying to @EsotericCD @SurrealEli and

      Right. It may well be John's story even if he's not the one who wrote it down.

      1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
    8. Erick Erickson‏Verified account @EWErickson Mar 15
      Replying to @baseballcrank @EsotericCD and

      Historically there’s a lot of evidence that John played a very large role in the writing of both that and his smaller letters. Many scholars consider 1 John as the first Bible commentary, reflecting on John’s gospel letter.

      1 reply 1 retweet 14 likes
    9. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD Mar 15
      Replying to @EWErickson @baseballcrank and

      Given their late dating (and hey, let's be honest, people didn't tend to live too long back then) I don't think they were written by him at all but that they do reflect his teachings and the beliefs of the Christians in his community.

      2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
    10. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende Mar 15
      Replying to @EsotericCD @EWErickson and

      Once you got past infancy, your life expectancy wasn't awesome, but the idea of John living into his 80s or even 90s given that he made it into his 20s (i.e. was around for Jesus) isn't completely fanciful either.

      2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Mar 15
      Replying to @SeanTrende @EsotericCD and

      There were always people who lived that long, even then.

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        2. Erick Erickson‏Verified account @EWErickson Mar 15
          Replying to @baseballcrank @SeanTrende and

          There were also people like Polycarp and Ignatius who studied directly under John and attested to the veracity of his ministry and writings.

          2 replies 1 retweet 19 likes
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        1. Jay Waters‏ @SenatorZero Mar 15
          Replying to @baseballcrank @SeanTrende and

          Psalm 90, verse 10: "The days of our years are three score and ten."

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