Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
Many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative ...  This indicates that Luke's written sources were numerous.  "Many" is incapable of meaning only five or six.  Even as many as eight are called "few" in Scripture (1 Peter 3:20); and we are therefore presented with the declaration which reveals a much larger number, perhaps as many as a score, or even more.  Thus, the very first line of this Gospel disproves the notion that Luke got most of his Gospel from Mark.  As a matter of fact, the solid evidence is all against the assumption that Luke ever saw either Matthew's or Mark's Gospels.  As the scholarly Macknight stated, "Without all doubt, had he been speaking of them, he would not have passed them over in such a slight and casual manner."[3]