Thunderian
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I really hope this is just a teaser, and not your big proof. Be a shame if you threw away your salvation because of ignorance.Jesus means "Hail Zeus" in ancient Greek. That's the god you're following...
If you research the NT thoroughly, you will find that the Gospells were all originally anonymous. They were given names 100 years later and their author's are highly contested by even Christian "scholars."
Mark and Luke never walked with Jesus either and Mark even changes one of the apostle's name from Judas to Thaddaeus (Mark 3:18). That's a pretty big goof...
Shalom
Jesus is the English transliteration of the Greek name Iésous, which is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Yeshua or Joshua, which is what Jesus' name was. I know that you probably have some argument that the name Jesus still means "hail Zeus", but none of that changes the original name of Jesus Christ, Yeshua. Unless you have something that says Yeshua also means "hail Zeus," you've really got nothing but a failing argument.
We believe it was God inspired the Bible. The individual scribes were never an issue to believers. It's only those who don't believe in the Bible who attack it this way, and I honestly don't know what difference it makes. Can you prove who wrote each book of the Old Testament? Does that affect your faith in them?
We know Jesus had a disciple called Matthew. We know that the book of Matthew was already considered scripture by the end of the first century, and that tradition even then held that it was written by Jesus' disciple Matthew. There is no reason to doubt that he could have written the book that bears his name.
Mark is the John Mark mentioned in Acts 12:12. His uncle was Barnabas, and they both traveled with Paul on his first missionary journey. Again, there is no reason to doubt he could very well be the author of the book that bears his name, and he would have been a first-hand witness to many or all of the events depicted in the gospels, and certainly would have known Jesus personally.
Luke is the "beloved physician" Paul wrote of in Colossians 4:14. He would have known many of Jesus' disciples and others who knew Jesus personally. No reason to doubt this any more than there is to doubt anyone else who interviewed eyewitnesses and wrote a historical account.
The author of the gospel of John (as well as John I, II, III and Revelation) is John Zebedee, the brother of James. He identifies himself in his gospel five times (13:23, 19:26, 20:2, 21:7, 20) as "the disciple whom Jesus loved", and again, there is no reason to doubt he is the author of the books ascribed to him.
Also remember that Jesus had another disciple who wrote scripture, Peter, who vouched for the gospels, and Paul's writings, saying, For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
As for disciples names changing, you know that people often had two names they were called by, right? Judas was also called Thaddeus, Peter was also called Simon, Bartholomew was known as Nathanael. This is first day stuff, really, and something most people learn in Sunday School. I am surprised you fell for it.
Like I said, it would be a shame if you traded salvation for an ignorant misunderstanding of the Bible.