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A:Mark and Luke are not among the twelve disciples listed in the gospel, but were companions of St Paul. They therefore had no place in a gospel story about the life and mission of Jesus. Luke could have named himself as the author in the Gospel of Luke, especially as the book is dedicated to Theophilus, but for one problem - the third gospel was not really written by Luke. All the New Testament gospels were originally anonymous until attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John later in the second century. Much of Luke's Gospel was actually based on Mark's Gospel, so there is no good reason to accept the second-century attribution.
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Q: Why were Mark and Luke not listed as apostles in the Gospels of Matthew or Luke?
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