nvitation but answered that only sick people needed a doctor (Matthew 9:11-12). As most Apostles Matthew seems to have evangelized in many countries; Irenaeus said that he preached the Gospel among the Jews without clarifying if it was in Palestine, abroad, or both. Matthew published his Gospel in Judea; it was first written in Hebrew, or in Aramaic according to other sources, whereas the other Gospels were written in Greek. Matthew explains clearly the way in which Jesus fulfilled the prophecy of the Old Testament. This is probably due to the fact that Matthew's Gospel and preaching were directed mainly to the Jews converted to Christianity rather that to the Gentiles. Kingsbury, Conflict in Matthew: Jesus, Authorities, and Disciples. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1989). He became interested in them when the Orthodox Jews attacked him. What is certain is that Matthew was a gifted writer and probably the best educated among the Apostles.
             Many fragments of papyrus found in 1947 among the Dead Sea Scrolls have been identified as part of a copy of the Gospel written by St. Mark around 50 AD. The scholars have always thought that Mark wrote his Gospel on the base of recollections of the Apostle Peter and given to him before Peter's death. That would date it around 68 AD and Jesus died in 33 AD. This would mean that Mark's Gospel, the first Gospel, would have been written 35 years after the death of Christ. Kelber, The Oral and Written Gospel. (reprint Indiana University Press, 1997). However if
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