A gospel is a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words and deeds of Jesus Christ, culminating in his trial and death, and concluding with various reports of his post-resurrection appearances. It or
The first page of the Gospel of Mark in Armenian, by Sargis Pitsak, 14th century
Fragment of a flyleaf with the title of the Gospel of Matthew, ευανγελιον κ̣ατ̣α μαθ᾽θαιον (Euangelion kata Maththaion). From Papyrus 4 (c. AD 200), it is the earliest manuscript title for Matthew and one of the earliest manuscript titles for any gospel.
Ann Arbor, University of Michigan P.Mich.inv. 6238 fol. 142r 2 Corinthians 11,33 12,9
The Gospel of John is the fourth gospel of the canonical gospels in the New Testament. The first section of the gospel presents a schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven signs that culm
Gospel
…scholarship. Mark was the first to be written, followed by Matthew and Luke, which forms a two-volume work with the Acts of the Apostles. The author of John may have been aware of the synoptic gospels, and the gospel's historical context remains debated. Scholars differ on the reliability of the traditions…
John 18:31–33 on Papyrus 52 (recto; c. AD 150)
Jesus giving the Farewell Discourse to his 11 remaining disciples, from the Maestà of Duccio, 1308–1311
The Rylands Papyrus is the oldest known New Testament fragment, dated to about 125–175 AD.
Bede translating the Gospel of John on his deathbed, by James Doyle Penrose, 1902