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Some view this Gospel as the last to be released, in John's old age. This Gospel is estimated by [[Columbia University]] researchers to have been completed between A.D. 80 and A.D. 110, and the oldest extant fragments from it are dated between A.D. 125 and A.D. 150.<ref>https://www.college.columbia.edu/core/node/1754#:~:text=The%20Gospel%20According%20to%20Luke,middle%20of%20the%20third%20century.</ref> Grounds for estimated dates of authorship are briefly as follows:

Some view this Gospel as the last to be released, in John's old age. This Gospel is estimated by [[Columbia University]] researchers to have been completed between A.D. 80 and A.D. 110, and the oldest extant fragments from it are dated between A.D. 125 and A.D. 150.<ref>https://www.college.columbia.edu/core/node/1754#:~:text=The%20Gospel%20According%20to%20Luke,middle%20of%20the%20third%20century.</ref> Grounds for estimated dates of authorship are briefly as follows:

* [[Clement of Alexandria]] suggested that the Fourth Gospel was released after the three Synoptics.

* Clement of Alexandria suggested that the Fourth Gospel was released after the three Synoptics.

* The Gospel of John avoids repetition with [[the Gospels|the other Gospels]], from which one might infer that John completed his work later.

* The Gospel of John avoids repetition with [[the Gospels|the other Gospels]], from which one might infer that John completed his work later.

* Reliance on {{bibleref|John|21|18-19}} implies it was completed after the death of [[Saint Peter|Peter]], which presupposes Peter's death in A.D. 64. But there are persuasive reasons why [[John ending]] was added later and not part of the original.  

* Reliance on {{bibleref|John|21|18-19}} implies it was completed after the death of [[Saint Peter|Peter]], which presupposes Peter's death in A.D. 64. But there are many persuasive reasons why the [[John ending]] is its Chapter 20, and that Chapter 21 was added later and is not part of the original.  

* It was completed after the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, for the Evangelist's references to the Jews (cf. particularly 11:18; 18:1; 19:41) seem to indicate that the end of the city and of the people as a nation had already come. Jerusalem fell in A.D. 70.

* It was completed after the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, for the Evangelist's references to the Jews (cf. particularly 11:18; 18:1; 19:41) seem to indicate that the end of the city and of the people as a nation had already come. Jerusalem fell in A.D. 70.

* The text of John 21:23 -- if part of the original -- might imply that John was already old when he completed and released the Gospel.

* The text of John 21:23 -- if part of the original -- might imply that John was already old when he completed and released the Gospel.