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Four Anchors [Four Gospels] and Three Taverns [Triune God] - By Luke
taking the time to narrate (Acts 27:29) specifically that exactly four
anchors were used to steady the one boat of 'salvation' (Acts 27:31)
apparently Luke as one of the four Gospel writers [Gospel of Luke] was
clarifying for the Christian Church that there were to be exactly four
Gospels [Matthew, Mark, Luke and John] in the Holy Bible for the one
Christian Church. - Setting: At this late (Acts 27-28) stage of the
Apostle Paul's ministry as an Apostle to the young Christian primarily
Gentile Church the Apostle Paul, Luke and others had already traveled
many of the roads of known civilization and had encountered many of
the perils of delivering the Gospel Message to an unbelieving world.
Paul and Luke knowing that they were not long for this world [Paul
was in route to Rome and his eventual martyrdom] possibly wanted to
leave a young Christian Church with some easily perceivable proof
texts that would help stabilize and guide the newly formed Gentile
portion of the Christian Church.
In this seemingly straightforward narration of events in Acts 27 and 28 Luke was quick to write of the necessity of
four anchors [four Gospels] being needed to steady the one boat of salvation (Acts 27:31) and later "The Three
Taverns" (Acts 28:15) of the Triune (Trinity) nature of God as Jesus had taught the Apostles in the Gospel of John
"John 14:1-2 Let not your heart be troubled: ye **believe in God (Father, Holy Spirit), **believe also in Me
(Jesus). In My Father's House [i.e. Tavern] are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you." - Note: Luke is thought to have written the third of four Gospels though possibly the
Gospel of John had already been written or Paul and Luke already knew of the intentions and calling of John to
write his Gospel. - It is often taught that the Gospel of John was written after the Book of Revelation was written
[also by John] but that is only because the styles of the two books [Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation] are
so different that some people teach that Revelation preceded the Gospel of John though in actuality the Gospel of
John probably preceded the Book of Revelation by a long time. -- {Briefly: The Greek (text) sentences in the Book
of Revelation are very rudimentary while the Greek sentences in the Gospel of John are much more refined and
common so some say that Revelation was written first [supposedly while John learned Greek] even though John
used scribes [Greek scholars] and had a different scribe for each Book and also had two different purposes [and
audiences] for each book. The Book of Revelation is the one book in the Bible that is a better version in the English
language rather than in the original Hebrew [O.T.] or Greek [N.T.] languages. It is as though the Book of Revelation
was originally intended to be written in English and happened to be written in Greek just until the introduction of
the English language could be established at the coming End Times of the world. While the Gospel of John was
clearly written to be read and understood within the days it was written. The Book of Revelation was clearly
delayed in significance until its translation into the English language.
When were the [four] gospels written and by whom? - None of the
gospels mention the destruction of the Jewish temple in 70 A.D. - This
is significant because Jesus had prophesied [the destruction of the
Temple (Matthew 24:2)] concerning the temple -This prophecy was
fulfilled in 70 A.D. when the Romans sacked Jerusalem and burned the
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