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'''Ordering the Gospels''' is an issue worth revisiting, because the current order is based on at least two historical misunderstandings:<ref>https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/scripture/04-7_190.pdf</ref>

'''Ordering the Gospels''' is an issue worth revisiting, because the current order is based on at least two historical misunderstandings:<ref>Saydon, P. P. [https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/scripture/04-7_190.pdf The Order of the Gospels], pp. 190b–96. ''Biblical Studies''. Retrieved September 21, 2023.</ref>

*that the [[Gospel of Mark]] relied on the [[Gospel of Matthew]], when basic analysis shows the opposite to have been true;<ref>Luke's ordering of events corresponds that of Mark's, while Matthew's record differs greatly. If Matthew's Gospel was written first, then either Mark copied also from Luke or Luke from Mark, which relies on unsubstantiated theories. [[Occam's razor]] favors [[Markan priority]]—more likely, Mark wrote his Gospel first, and Matthew and Luke copied from his account separately.</ref>

*that the [[Gospel of Mark]] relied on the [[Gospel of Matthew]], when basic analysis shows the opposite to have been true;<ref>Luke's ordering of events corresponds that of Mark's, while Matthew's record differs greatly. If Matthew's Gospel was written first, then either Mark copied also from Luke or Luke from Mark, which relies on unsubstantiated theories. [[Occam's razor]] favors [[Markan priority]]—more likely, Mark wrote his Gospel first, and Matthew and Luke copied from his account separately.</ref>

*that the [[Gospel of Matthew]] was originally written in [[Hebrew]] or [[Aramaic]], which modern scholars, often prone to [[liberal bias]] in contradicting the apostolic record of the ante-Nicene Fathers, reject while observing that its terminology is uniquely [[Greek]] (such as his use of "hypocrite"<ref>(See, e.g., Matt. 23:13-30; 6:2, 5, 16 [https://www.lagrangenews.com/2016/02/13/church-columnist-building-a-biblical-vocabulary-hypocrite/#:~:text=So%20the%20Greek%20word%20hupokrites,%2C%2016%3B%20et%20al Biblical vocabulary]).</ref>)

*that the [[Gospel of Matthew]] was originally written in [[Hebrew]] or [[Aramaic]], which modern scholars, often prone to [[liberal bias]] in contradicting the apostolic record of the ante-Nicene Fathers, reject while observing that its terminology is uniquely [[Greek]] (such as his use of "hypocrite"<ref>(See, e.g., Matt. 23:13-30; 6:2, 5, 16 [https://www.lagrangenews.com/2016/02/13/church-columnist-building-a-biblical-vocabulary-hypocrite/#:~:text=So%20the%20Greek%20word%20hupokrites,%2C%2016%3B%20et%20al Biblical vocabulary]).</ref>)