1.      Originally the Gospel was spread orally by the apostles from door to door in the early church between 33Ad and 64AD.

2.      But later it got a permanent format of proclamation that came to be called Kerygma.

3.      The gospel writers of Mark, Mathew, Luke and John used the Kerygma as a source of information while writing down their books.

4.      The first gospel to be Written was Mark around 64AD written by John Mark the only one who possesses that name in the New Testament canon.

5.      Mark got his information that he used to write down the gospel from Kerygma.

6.      He also used Peter the head of the apostles as his source of information since he was his personal interpreter.

7.      The second gospel to be written was Mathew around 70AD written by Mathew who was formerly called Levi the chief taxi collector.

8.      Mathew used Mark as one of his source of information to write down his gospel since there are several events in Mathew similar to those of Mark.

9.      He also got information from Q source (Quelle source) that helped him write his gospel.

10.  He had an independent source special to him alone called the ‘M’ source (proto Mathian source)

11.  The third gospel to be written was Luke around 80AD written by Luke the theologian.

12.  Just like Mathew, Luke used Mark as his source of information to write down the gospel.

13.  Still just like Mathew, Luke got information from ‘Q’ source that helped him to write his gospel.

14.  Luke had an independent source special to him called ‘L’ source that he also used to write down his gospel.

15.  The three gospels of Mark, Mathew and Luke are collectively called the synoptic gospels because of similarities and differences they have.

16.  The fourth gospel to be written was John around 90AD written by John the beloved disciple of Jesus.

17.  He got his information to write his gospel from the oral tradition source (Kerygma).

18.  He also had an independent source of information special to him alone called the ‘J’ source (proto Johnan source)

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