Mark and Luke were not apostles, Luke may not have been even a disciple/follower of Jesus. It is clear from reading Luke that he obtains a lot of information from Mary.
The 12 Apostles were the 12 men so named, Luke and Mark are NOT on that list.
Matthew was not even a disciple for about the first year of Jesus's ministry, but he made the list.
Don't you understand my intention when I say pretty accurate? i'm not talking about engineering i'm talking about witnesses to an event,
two entirely different things.
the scriptures are accurate from the point of view of the writer, and the writers intention to convey information that is mostly accurate,
not to include trivial minute like Jesus was wearing brown sandals or took 15 minutes to walk from pilates place to see herod.
Each Gospel is not comprehensive but a summary perspective of events written some years later,
they are not supernatural divine manuscripts written on a hill by holy men dressed in white robes,
they were written by ordinary men like you and me but I believe they were moved to do so and the Holy Spirit brought those letters together.
Why are there four Gospels?
Well a testimony requires two or three witnesses, here we have four from four different perspectives,
and each gives us minor points of difference because if you were standing in the Garden when Jesus was arrested
you too would give a slightly different view of what happened.
Peter didn't know who betrayed Jesus even after the Resurrection because it says in John 21 20Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had leaned back on His bosom at the supper and said, "Lord, who is the one who betrays You....
and what about this guy john?
So why was that? did he think John was the betrayer because John had access to Jesus in the inner courts.
He saw Judas kiss Jesus in the garden but that was likely when a big crowd had gathered and it was not clear what was going on,
a couple of hours earlier john 13:28 makes it clear no one at table knew what Judas was doing.
As for me,
the Gospels are pretty accurate,
Jesus is the Son of God sent by God to earth as a human man without sin
to be a sacrifice for my sins so I can possess eternal life,
see ya there.
Little by little step by step you water down what the scriptures say of scripture . "ALL scripture is inspired by God and is good for correction, reproof and instruction in righteousness ..........."
The gospels then; as all other scripture is not some random recollections of the life of Christ . But each inspired by the Holy Spirit and LED by Him to write what was written . True it is from different perspectives . The Son of man .the Son of God The Word of God and the Kingdom of God. But each inspired by the same mind to the same end that we may know that Jesus was the oen who was promised in the garden of Eden and in other places.
They are therefore of divine origin .
John said that if all the things Jesus said and did would be written down the whole world would not be able to contain the books thereof.
Thus not every thing that Jesus said and did is written in the Gospels .
But the scriptures do not claim to write about everything ./But Jesus said "the seed is the Word"
A seed has this property . It is not the fruit from which it came or the tree the father of it . But it does have everything that is needed and nothing that is not needed to reproduce the fruit.
If you add to it it will not produce the fruit .
if you subtract form it .It will not produce the fruit.
The way the word of God is being watered down these days if it was poison it would not kill anybody and if it was medicine it would not heal anybody either.
The Holy Bible is of divine origin and we need to treat it as such and approach it as such .If we do not then not only do we rob ourselves but we will fall into error .
ALL the disciples were not sure if it was them who would betray Christ .For they all said "is it I"?
only John knew it was not him. For he asked "who is it ?"
The gospels then are not "pretty accurate" they are accurate accounts of four faithful witnesses of those events .
as borne by and inspired by the Holy Spirit .
as for the Apostles . I am not even going to argue the matter .
in Christ
gerald