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==Date==

==Date==

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:

[[Liberal denial]] pushes for a late estimated date of this Gospel, but several compelling factors indicate an early date of authorship:

*the [[Apostles]] sought to spread the [[Good News]] quickly, so withholding a Gospel would have been disfavored.

*the earliest manuscript fragment from the [[New Testament]] is from this Gospel, ([[P52]]), dated to be as early as 100 A.D.

*the large [[Samaritan]] community converted quickly with [[evangelism]] by [[John]], as described in {{bibleref|Acts|8|4–25}}.

*additions were made to this Gospel, more so than the others, which implies an early date for the original.

 

Despite the above, researchers at [[liberal]] institutions such as [[Columbia University]] have proposed a release date between A.D. 80 and A.D. 110.<ref>https://www.college.columbia.edu/core/node/1754#:~:text=The%20Gospel%20According%20to%20Luke,middle%20of%20the%20third%20century.</ref> Additional cited reasons for a late date of authorship include:

* 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.