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Originally Posted by Ohio
Were not Peter (gospel of Mark) John and Matthew all disciples with the Lord from the beginning?
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Those names are not in the texts. The texts don't claim to be and are not written from the point of view of eye witnesses. The names were added later based on tradition. Since the accounts are not written from eye witness points of view, even if we accept the names, identifying the authors with the disciples would be nothing more than an assumption. That Peter dictated the Gospel of Mark to Mark is an extra-scriptural tradition.