temporalillusion

It may have been told by eyewitnesses to other people, but the people who actually wrote the gospels were not eyewitnesses.

Just because most people believe what they read in the news doesn't mean the news is reliable. Any time I've been involved with or privy to details of an event that is reported in the newspaper, I've always been amazed at how wrong they can be.

From your link: The traditional view is that all the books were written by apostles (e.g. Matthew and Paul), or disciples working under their direction (e.g. Mark[13] and Luke[14]). However, in modern times, with the rise of rigorous historical inquiry and textual criticism, these traditional ascriptions have been rejected by some.

funinspace

Should we take this to mean that you are admitting the error of your claim that they "were well known, and well respected historians"? As even Wiki agrees with the major theologians, who have provided you with every modern Bible translation (as I already quoted from the introduction to a couple NAB Gospels):

New_Testament

Or are you placing tradition above Christian scholarship? It's hard to tell with your semi- non-answer...

Amaleq13

From your source:

"The traditional author is listed after each entry; modern scholarship generally regards these as anonymous." (emphasis added)