a single one of the vaunted four thousand copies extant carries its author's
autograph! Hence the supposition "according to!" Even the internal evidence proves
that Matthew was not the author of the first Gospel, which bears his name. Without
any stretch of the imagination, one can see that the "He's" and the "Him's" of the
above narration do not refer to Jesus or Matthew as its author, but some third
person writing what he saw and heard - a hearsay account. If we cannot even
attribute this "book of dreams" (as the first Gospel is also described) to the disciple
Matthew, how can we accept it as the Word of God? We are not alone in this
discovery that Matthew did not write the "Gospel according to St. Matthew" and that
it was written by some anonymous hand. J. B. Phillips concurs with us in our
findings. He is the paid servant of the Anglican Church, a prebendary of the
Chichester Cathedral, England. He would have no reason to lie or betray to the
detriment of the official view of his Church! Refer to his introduction to the "Gospel
of St. Matthew" Phillips has this to say about its authorship.
"EARLY TRADITION ASCRIBED THIS GOSPEL TO THE APOSTLE MATTHEW, BUT
SCHOLARS NOWADAYS ALMOST ALL REJECT THIS VIEW." In other words, St
Matthew did not "And as Jesus passed forth thence, HE (JESUS) saw a man, named
Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and HE (JESUS) saith unto
HIM(MATTHEW), follow ME (JESUS) And HE(MATTHEW) arose, and followed HIM
(JESUS)." (Matthew 9:9)
The question on everyone’s lips is where did they conjure up the ideas for the
Gospels clearly nothing was written at the time of Jesus, it must have been later.
The amazing thing about the Christians' sworn affidavits (writings attributed to
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) is that not a single one of them is duly attested. Not a
single one bears the signature, mark or thumbprint of its author in the so-called
originals. They now boast of being in possession of over 5000 "originals" of which
no two "originals" are identical. Amazing! Little-wonder the Christians themselves
label their Gospels as - "The Gospel according to St. Matthew", "The Gospel
according to St. Mark", "The Gospel according to St. Luke" and "The Gospel
according to St. John". When Christian scholars are asked why the words "according
to"1 are repeated at the beginning of every Gospel, the obvious implication is that
they are not autographed. It is only assumed that they are authored by the names
the Gospels carry today. The translators of the "New International Version" have
unceremoniously expunged the "According top’s" from the four Gospels in their
latest translation. Of the alleged Gospel writers, viz., Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
it can be categorically stated that 50% were not even the elected Twelve Disciples of
Jesus (pbuh).
Add to this that:
- The author of Samuel is unknown
Numerous other books are also unknown; the Christians try to explain this away by
claiming that they don’t believe in revelation word by word?