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I personally am of the opinion that the Q is a myth. Certainly those first hand accounts of the three synaptic writers are similar, but then one must realize that they were all unique witnesses of the same series of events. That explains the differences and similarities, not some mythic common earlier source. Those gospels were all written within two to three decades of the events and were written by the eye witnesses themselves - except Luke who used interviews with the original people. Of the four gospels, only Matthew and John were among the twelve inner circle of Jesus life ministry. Each of the gospels takes a unique view, however, and each correspond to elements prophecied by Ezekiel when he saw the four beasts and the wheel and all that.