"saw these things from the beginning and who proclaimed the message." sounds like eye witness accounts to me.''
No, that's not the case. There are no eyewitness accounts. The Gospel of Luke was written long after the described events based partly on oral transmission and partly copied from Mark, this being considered to be the oldest of the Gospels.
''It should be noted that Luke’s gospel immediately indicates that the author is likely NOT an eyewitness of the events that are recorded afterward. The introduction to the account reads, “Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.”[1]Luke assures Theophilus that while he himself is not an eyewitness of the events of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, he has done his research as a historian to demonstrate the veracity of the story that he is telling.''
