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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
Luke and Mark were followers of Paul, they never met Jesus and some think Luke was actually dictated by Paul before Acts was written. From everything I've ever read John did *write* his, along with 1,2 and 3rd John and Revelation which I think was written around 96 AD, if I remember right John, the beloved was one of the youngest disciples.
I cant remember now where I read that some gnostic sects were around before jesus....I've got to do some digging
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My point wasn't so much that they knew Jesus, simply the two following points:
1. While we don't know that they knew Jesus, there isn't any evidence that they didn't know Jesus either. The Gospels mentions something like 15 or 20 followers, and we know there were many more. Luke and Mark might well have been some of these followers.
2. But even if they never met Jesus during his life, they had plenty of opportunity to speak with people who did know Jesus, as opposed to the author of the gospel of Judas, which was written well, well after all of the eyewitnesses had passed away.