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==Date==

==Date==

There are different thoughts on when it was written.  If Mark was written first, then depending upon when Mark was written, Matthew would have to have been written after it.   

There are different thoughts on when it was written.  If Mark was written first, then the Gospel of Matthew would necessarily have to have been written afterwards.   

Scholars estimate that Matthew wrote his gospel in AD late 50s or early 60s.  Church father Irenaeus commented that “Matthew also issued a written Gospel among the Hebrews in their own dialect, while Peter and Paul were preaching at [[Rome]], and laying the foundations of the Church.”<ref>https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2019/02/15/the-earliest-new-testament-manuscripts/</ref>  The deaths of Peter and Paul in Rome are well-document: AD 64 or 67 (Peter) and AD May or June 68 (Paul).

Scholars estimate that Matthew wrote his gospel in AD late 50s or early 60s.  Church father Irenaeus commented that “Matthew also issued a written Gospel among the Hebrews in their own dialect, while Peter and Paul were preaching at [[Rome]], and laying the foundations of the Church.”<ref>https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2019/02/15/the-earliest-new-testament-manuscripts/</ref>  The deaths of Peter and Paul in Rome are well-document: AD 64 or 67 (Peter) and AD May or June 68 (Paul).