Where were Luke and John when they finished their gospels?

Answer 1

A:The gospels now known as the Gospels of Luke and John were originally anonymous, so we do not really know who wrote them. Ian Wilson (Jesus: The Evidence) says that despite the versions printed in our Bibles long having borne the names Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, these names are mere attributions, and even as such are rather less reliable than attributions given to unsigned works of art.

Not knowing who the actual authors were or where they wrote the gospels, we can not say where the authors went after completing their works. Since Luke was completed around the end of the first century, and John a few years into the second century, we can confidently say that Luke and the apostle John were not still alive at the time of writing.