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Conservative and liberal scholars listed below have provided opinions in their writings as to when the Gospel of Matthew was penned. This list will always be a work in progress and is constantly being updated. I do grant permission for a link to this page if proper credit is given. If you would like to quote all or part of this list for a publication please contact me.  Grace and peace, Gary Butner,  Th.D.                                                                                                                         
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    EVIDENCE FOR WHEN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW WAS WRITTEN   DATE WRITTEN
BOOK Number Scholars     EARLY LATE AVERAGE
Matthew 1 Peter Ainsile, D.D.  A.D. 48 to 69   48 69 58.5
Matthew 2 Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary Post 70 AD   70 70 70.0
Matthew 3 An Introduction to the New Testament, D.A. Carson Ph.D. & Douglas J. Moo, Ph.D. shortly prior 70 A.D.   69 69 69.0
Matthew 4 Apologetics Study Bible, Ted Cabal, Ph.D. Editor   60 69 64.5
Matthew 5 Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible,  A.D. 60's   60 69 64.5
Matthew 6 Believer's Bible Commentary, William McDonald, Ph.D. Arthur Forstead, Aramaic Edition 45 A.D..   45 45 45.0
Matthew 7 Believer's Study Bible, W.A.Criswell, Ph.D., Editor,  prior 70 A.D.   69 69 69.0
Matthew 8 The Bible Knowledge Commentary, John Walvoord, Ph.D. Roy Zuck, Ph.D. A.D. 50   50 50 50.0
Matthew  9 Biblical Illustrator, N.T. Archbishop Thomson  A.D. 58 to 60   58 60 59.0
Matthew 10 Craig L. Blomberg, Ph..D.  A.D. 58to 65   58 65 61.5
Matthew 11 Blue Letter Bible, AD 55 to 60   55 60 57.5
Matthew 12 Raymond Brown, Ph.D. AD 80 to 90, give or take a decade   80 90 85.0
Matthew 13 F.F. Bruce, Ph.D.  shortly after 70 AD   71 71 71.0
Matthew 14 New Bible Commentary: 21 Century Edition, 80 CE   80 80 80.0
Matthew 15 D.A. Carson, PH.D., before A.D. 70, but not long before   66 69 67.5
Matthew 16 Larry Chouinard, Ph.D. Likely after AD 70   71 71 71.0
Matthew 17 W.D. Davies, D.D.    AD 80 to 100   80 100 90.0
Matthew 18 M. G. Easton M. A., D. D.  Probably between AD 60 or 65   60 65 62.5
Matthew 19 James M. Efird, Ph.D. AD 70 to 80 ,Davies Professor of New Testament and Biblical Greek at Duke University   70 80 75.0
Matthew 20 English Standard Version Bible, Wayne Gruden Ph.D.  AD 50s or 60s   50 60 55.0
Matthew 21 David A. Fiensy, Ph.D.  AD 50 to 55, yet 40 to 60 is possible.   40 60 50.0
Matthew 22 Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Ph.D. AD 75 to 80  Professor of New Testament at The Catholic University of America, Past President of the Society of Biblical Literature Chair of the Synoptic Studies Division of SBL. Author of the 2 Volume Commentary on Luke in the Anchor Bible Series. A well-known and leading Critical Scholar in New Testament Origins   75 80 77.5
Matthew 23 R.T. France, Ph..D. NICNT  Sixties   60 69 64.5
Matthew 24 Norman L. Geisler, Ph.D.  AD 50 to 55 Author of over 60 books and hundreds of articles. Founder of Southern Evangelical Seminary. In 2009 he co-founded Veritas Evangelical Seminary. 50 55 52.5
Matthew 25 Robert H. Gundry, Ph.D. A.D. 65 to 70   65 70 67.5
Matthew 26 Donald Guthrie, Ph.D. New Testament Introduction prior to AD 63, yet 50 to 64 is reasonable. President, formerly Vice-Principal and Lecturer in New Testament, The London Bible College   50 64 57.0
Matthew 27 Gary R. Habermas, Ph.D.  A.D. 60   60 60 60.0
Matthew 28 Donald A. Hagner, Ph.D. pre AD 70   69 69 69.0
Matthew 29 William Hendriksen, Ph.D. AD 63-66   63 66 64.5
Matthew 30 A.E. Hill, Ph.D. AD 70 to 85 Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, author Guide to Bible Data   70 85 77.5
Matthew 31 Holman Bible Handbook, David S. Dockery, Ph.D. Editor   58 59 58.5
Matthew 32 Nelsen'sStudy Bible H.Wayne House, Th.D. J.D. Editor, A.D. 50 to 60   50 60 55.0
Matthew 33 R. Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and D. Brown, eds.  AD 37 to 60, Commentary Critical and Explanatory of the Whole Bible (JFB)   37 60 48.5
Matthew 34 Howard Clark Kee, Ph.D. AD 75 to 85      Professor of New Testament at Drew University   75 85 80.0
Matthew 35 Craig S. Keener, Ph.D. AD 70's , although this date is not certain.   70 80 75.0
Matthew 36 Werner Georg Kummel, Ph.D. AD 80 to 100   Late Professor of New Testament at Marburg, Germany    80 100 90.0
Matthew 37 John MacArthur, Ph.D .A.D. 50 prior to 70   50 69 59.5
Matthew 38 G. Maier, Ph.D. pre AD 70   69 69 69.0
Matthew 39 K.E. Malberg, AD 49 to 51 Bible Overview Chart   49 51 50.0
Matthew 40 Bruce Metzger, Ph.D AD 75 to 85  Professor of New Testament at Princeton University, Chair of the Editorial Board for the UBS and Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament.      Senior Editor for the New Testament of the NRSV Translation Team. (Considered THE Dean of Textual-Critical studies today [since Aland's death])    75 85 80.0
Matthew 41 J.P.Moreland, Ph.D.  A.D. mid 40's to mid 50's   45 55 50.0
Matthew 42 Leon Morris, Ph.D. Pillar Commentary, perhaps the late 50s or early 60s.   58 62 60.0
Matthew 43 Nelson's Complete Book of Bible Charts and Maps  A.D. 58 to 68   58 68 63.0
Matthew 44 Thomas Nelson's KJV Study Bible, Wayne A. Brindle, Th.D. Editor   60 60 60.0
Matthew 45 Nelson's NKJV Study Bible, Earl D. Radmacher, Th.D. General Editor   50 60 55.0
Matthew 46 John, J. Owen, DD, LL.D. 30 years after the death and resurrection   63 63 63.0
Matthew 47 S.L. Peterson, AD 75  Timeline Charts of the Western Church   75 75 75.0
Matthew 48 John Nolland, Ph.D.  Matthew is to be dated before the beginnings of the buildup to the Jewish war. Buildup started AD 66   65 65 65.0
Matthew 49 The Pulpit Commentary,  A.D. 60 to 75   60 75 67.5
Matthew 50 B. Reicke, Ph.D. pre A.D. 70   69 69 69.0
Matthew 51 Reformation Study Bible, R.C. Sproul, Ph.D. General Editor,  A.D. 64 to 70   64 70 67.0
Matthew 52 J.A.T. Robinson, Ph.D. AD 40 to 60     40 60 50.0
Matthew 53 T. Robinson, AD 85 The Bible Timeline   85 85 85.0
Matthew 54     50 69 59.5
Matthew 55 Edward P. Sanders, Ph.D. AD 70 to 80  Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, Duke University (Neither Mark, Matthew, or Luke show ANY sign of knowing of ANY of the events following 90 AD, hence they were written before 90.)   70 80 75.0
Matthew 56 William Smith, Ph.D. Smith's Bible Dictionary. A.D. 60 to 66   60 66 63.0
Matthew 57 H.D.M. Spenes, D.D. A.D. 60 to 75    60 75 67.5
Matthew 58 Carsten Peter Thiede, Ph.D. Prior to the mid 60s Director of the Institute for Basic Epistemological Research in Paderborn, Germany   60 63 61.5
Matthew 59 Edward J. Tinsley, Ph.D.  AD 70 to 80  Retired Professor of Greek and New Testament, Cambridge University   63 63 63.0
Matthew 60 David L. Turner, Ph.D. prior to A.D. 70   69 69 69.0
Matthew 61 Joseph B. Tyson, Ph.D. AD 80  Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, Southern Methodist University  (Dr. Tyson is one of THE leading scholars in Luke-Acts, and is Chair of the Luke-Acts  Division of the Society of Biblical Literature)    80 80 80.0
Matthew 62 Merrill F. Unger, Ph.D., Th.D., Aramaic A.D.40 to 45, Greek A.D. 50   40 45 42.5
Matthew 63 Robert Utley, D.Min. Possibly A.D. 60 or at least before A.D. 70, Retired Professor of Hermeneutics 60 69 64.5
Matthew 64 J. Wenham, Ph.D. AD 40    40 40 40.0
Matthew 65 Edwin Yamauchi, Ph.D. shortly after A.D. 70   71 71 71.0
Matthew 66 David Young, Ph.D. 70's   70 79 74.5
Matthew 67 Franklin W. Young, Ph.D. AD 70 to 80  Professor of New Testament at The Episcopal Theological Seminary   70 80 75.0
Matthew 68 Rev. A. Lukyn Williams, M.A. A.D. 60 to 75   60 75 67.5
Matthew 69 The Woman's Study Bible, Dorothy Kelley Patterson, Ph.D. General Editor   66 69 67.5
Matthew 70 Willmington's Bible Handbook, Harold L. Willmington, Ph.D.   65 65 65.0
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