Why are there 4 gospels?

 

In taking up the study of any ones of the Gospels,

it is always well to look at it in relation to the other

three. We have four gospels in the New Testament,

and the questions are often asked, “Why are there four?”

and “Would it not have been just as easy to have given

us one continuous biography of Christ rather than four

accounts, all by different writers?” 

 

This was not God’s desire.

By giving us four different records written by four

different men, we have a stronger foundation for our

faith in the birth, life, death and resurrection of our

Lord Jesus Christ.

 

We are told in Matt 18:16 “In the mouth of two or

three witnesses every word may be established” God

has given us this testimony not only from three but

four witnesses; each one written by the guidance of the

Holy Spirit.

(H. A. Ironside Addresses on the Gospel of Luke)