nMatthew was written before the earliest surviving manuscripts of
it.
nP64,67 and p77 come from
~200.
nPseudo-Barnabas (~132) cites Matt 22:14.
nTradition on authorship would place it before MatthewÕs death, so
probably well before AD 100.
nIrenaeusÕ tradition would put it 61-68.
nOther traditions put Matthew first, so perhaps even earlier.