God is the author of the Bible. "Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:" 2 Timothy 3:16
Sure, human writers wrote the Bible, but men like Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were
divinely inspired to do the work for God and some knew Jesus.
"Did the four gospel writers know Jesus?
To varying degrees and by varying closeness. Jesus had 12 disciples with an inner circle of three, Peter, James and John. The gospel of John is definitely the person who was closest to Jesus and knew Jesus very well up close. Matthew is one of the 12 disciples and that travelled with, and was there for Jesus’ teaching. There is debate about the gospel of Mark, but scholars believe it was the teaching of Peter as there are details only he would know. Mark recorded Peter’s teaching as someone who was part of the inner circle. Luke was written by a historian/doctor who interviewed people and gathered the stories. So the gospel of Luke was written by someone who did not personally know Jesus but spoke to those that did."
Answer (1 of 39): Well, yes—spiritually, at least. But I suspect you mean in the flesh, so… Matthew and John, yes. Matthew, also called Levi, was the tax collector who Jesus called to follow Him in Luke 5:27 (also mentioned in Matthew 10:3), though he doesn’t get much mention after that, except...
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Where do you get the writers are largely unknown? Link?