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To: truedog who wrote (1660)	9/10/1999 3:48:00 PM
From: DJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

Did they say they did know him? Erase Hate, Dennis

To: truedog who wrote (1660)	9/10/1999 11:44:00 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 6418

I believe that Luke is actually the only Gospel writer that identifies himself. I mispoke earlier when talking about whether the Gospels of Matthew or Luke were written by the disciples - Luke wasn't actually a disciple. Matthew was a disciple but I believe it is only church tradition that attributes the Gospel of Matthew to Matthew. Mark is attributed by church tradition to John Mark, who is mentioned in one of Paul's letters as a young Christian known to Paul. Probably one converted by Paul's efforts. Luke identifies himself as the writer of that Gospel. He is also believed to have written the book of Acts. He was associated with Paul like Mark was. I don't remember whether he is mentioned in any of Paul's letters. Almost all of the Gospel of Mark is included in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. It's pretty clear that Mark was used as a source by Matthew and Luke, thus these three Gospels are called the Synoptic Gospels. John's Gospel is very different from the other three in many ways. The authorship is attributed to John, one of Jesus disciples by church tradition. The Gospel mentions someone several times that is identified only as the Beloved Disciple. Tradition has it that the Beloved Disciple was John and that he used the term Beloved Disciple for reasons of modesty. Doesn't make much sense to me - sounds like the opposite of modesty to call oneself the Beloved Discple. There are other theories about who the Beloved Disciple and the author of John could be - for example, Lazarus and Mary Magdelene. Authorship of the gospels is uncertain, except in the case of Luke, I think.