Q

Q

1. Is Q real?

   • One reason I think Q could not be real is because it was not used by Mark and John to write their Gospels?
   • One reason why I think Q could be real is because Matthew and Luke use it as a common source.
     • I think that Q is real because Matthew and Luke used Q as a source, which could mean that Q existed before Matthew and Luke wrote their Gospels
   • I think its possible that Q is real because none of the synoptic authors claim to be eye witnesses.
     • Since they synoptic authors do not claim to be eye witness then they would need a eye witness source or people would assume they made up their stories.

2. Why was Q used as the common source?

   • I think it was repeatedly used as a source because it was possibly written before Matthew and Luke wrote their Gospels, meaning it could've been written during Jesus's time.
   • No gospel author was aware of Q, when they wrote their gospels. Until Matthew used Q to write his gospel, then other gospel authors started to use Q to write their own perspectives of the stories of Jesus.

3. If Mark was a shorten version of Matthew and Luke, so what is the point of Luke and Matthew? or even what is the point of Mark?

   • There is a point to Mark because there would not be Matthew or Luke without Mark. As well as Luke and Matthew would not exist without Q
   • I disagree with this statement because there is evidence that Mark was written before Matthew and Luke, thereby meaning that Mark could not be a short version of Matthew and Luke