Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Who are the authors of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? Dr. Bart Ehrman and Dr. Mike Licona recently debated on who wrote the Gospels. The conversation got deep and sometimes confusing, so let's take a look at this together. We're going to analyze what happened, especially with respect to internal evidence, and whether the traditional authors could have used help in writing their narratives.
Check out this playlist where I talk about the authorship of Biblical books in question: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbG4xNJY63Pmm8TzYrQv8qF8hp9d7sk9M
If you like what you saw, please support this channel by subscribing and dropping a comment. We'd love to hear from you! 🙂
If you're interested to learn more about why I believe Christianity is true, I suggest you start with my series on the historical reliability of the Gospels:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbG4xNJY63PnHLfTz17wYqKa3TXq8G-uk
Here's another series I made on Bible Difficulties:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbG4xNJY63Pm0zT2yZhaILuaPHmRYpKD6
I wrote a book! Check out Why Did God Do That?: Discovering God's Goodness in the Hard Passages of Scripture. Available on Amazon and store.josh.org/product/why-did-god-do-that-discovering-gods-goodness-in-the-hard-passages-of-scripture
0:00 Why It Matters
0:15 Video Intro
1:12 Mike Licona's Evidence
2:57 Bart Ehrman's Evidence
4:42 Regarding Licona's External Evidence
6:15 Regarding Licona's Internal Evidence
9:20 Could The Authors Use Help?
16:41 My Verdict
17:16 The Value of Philosophy
#apologetics #licona #ehrman #mikelicona #bartehrman #gospels #reliabilityofthebible #debate #debateclips #christiandebate
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Who are the authors of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? Dr. Bart Ehrman and Dr. Mike Licona recently debated on who wrote the Gospels. The conversation got deep and sometimes confusing, so let's take a look at this together. We're going to analyze what happened, especially with respect to internal evidence, and whether the traditional authors could have used help in writing their narratives.
Check out this playlist where I talk about the authorship of Biblical books in question: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbG4xNJY63Pmm8TzYrQv8qF8hp9d7sk9M
If you like what you saw, please support this channel by subscribing and dropping a comment. We'd love to hear from you! 🙂
If you're interested to learn more about why I believe Christianity is true, I suggest you start with my series on the historical reliability of the Gospels:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbG4xNJY63PnHLfTz17wYqKa3TXq8G-uk
Here's another series I made on Bible Difficulties:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbG4xNJY63Pm0zT2yZhaILuaPHmRYpKD6
I wrote a book! Check out Why Did God Do That?: Discovering God's Goodness in the Hard Passages of Scripture. Available on Amazon and store.josh.org/product/why-did-god-do-that-discovering-gods-goodness-in-the-hard-passages-of-scripture
0:00 Why It Matters
0:15 Video Intro
1:12 Mike Licona's Evidence
2:57 Bart Ehrman's Evidence
4:42 Regarding Licona's External Evidence
6:15 Regarding Licona's Internal Evidence
9:20 Could The Authors Use Help?
16:41 My Verdict
17:16 The Value of Philosophy
#apologetics #licona #ehrman #mikelicona #bartehrman #gospels #reliabilityofthebible #debate #debateclips #christiandebate
I serve as a speaker and author with Sightline. To learn more or invite me to your event, visit sightlineministry.org/contributors/matthew-tingblad
CATCH ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
Facebook: facebook.com/matthewtingblad
X: https://x.com/matthewtingblad
Instagram: instagram.com/matthewtingblad
