Technically, gmatt is anonymous. the earliest church tradition from papias (ca. 130 ad) claimed that wrote his gospel first and in ( although many things about this statement are unclear and uncertain. what we call the gospel of matthew seems to have been written in greek and after gmark (maybe around 70-90 ad? ) since it is very dependent on gmark. gmatt was written in a context of tension between christian jews and non-christian jews over the identity of jesus. matthew, who was a is briefly mentioned only twice in this gospel.

The defendant is charged with the battery of a bouncer at a local tavern. at the trial, the prosecutor introduces evidence that while the bouncer was attempting to question the defendant about her intoxicated demeanor, the defendant committed a battery on the bouncer. the defendant attempts to defend against the charge on the basis of self-defense, insisting that the bouncer used excessive force in stopping her from entering the tavern. the defendant attempts to introduce into evidence an authenticated copy of the tavern records that show that three patrons had written complaints against the bouncer within the past six months for the use of excessive force. the prosecutor objects on the grounds that the records are inadmissible character evidence. should the court sustain the objection?