The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 093 (July 20, 2026)

Most scholars claim Matthew’s Gospel was written decades after Jesus—late in the 1st century. But is that true? Jimmy Akin dives deep into the evidence, uncovering strong reasons it was actually composed around A.D. 63—within living memory of the events! He examines temple prophecies, early Church Fathers, relations to Mark & Luke, and more in this eye-opening episode that rewrites what you thought you knew about the Bible’s origins. Don’t miss it!

Timecodes
00:00 – Coming Up
00:18 – Intro
44:03 – 1 A Gospel That Scholars Date Late
01:21 – 2 The Latest It Could Be
03:01 – 3 The Earliest It Could Be
03:24 – 4 Building a Case for the Gentiles
06:26 – 5 Written After Mark
08:18 – 6 Was Matthew Written After A.D. 70?
08:43 – 7 A Prediction of the Temple’s Fall?
10:27 – 8 “For All the Nations”
11:36 – 9 “And Burned Their City”
13:36 – 10 Does Matthew Know “the Church”?
14:49 – 11 A Separation from the Synagogue?
17:07 – 12 “To This Day”
19:15 – 13 After 70? No.
19:31 – 14 Did the Apostle Write It?
20:58 – 15 Passages That Assume a Standing Temple
23:07 – 16 The Temple Tax
27:13 – 17 A Prayer About Fleeing
28:27 – 18 The Missing Fulfillment Notice
30:40 – 19 The Second Coming, Left Tangled
33:02 – 20 Pinning It Down: Matthew and Luke
33:30 – 21 The Independence Hypothesis and “Q”
34:46 – 22 Testing Q
36:40 – 23 If Luke Used Matthew
37:35 – 24 If Matthew Used Luke
38:25 – 25 Which Came First?
41:59 – 26 A Word from the Church Fathers
42:54 – 27 Conclusion
44:14 – Closing/Outro
45:26 – End