Let us note that you admit that two of the Gospels were not written by eye-witnesses and those are - contrary to your claim - those we’re the traditional candidate is least unlikely to be the author.
For Matthew let us remember this little gem of yours:
Also, the fact that Matthew in the Gospel is referred to in the third person is actually additional evidence that it was Matthew the tax collector and apostle. |
Do you want to actually try to defend this, this time? Don’t you realise that it is evidence that the author was not Matthew?