I've heard the answer, but I forget, so why is it that the first accounts came 70 years after Jesus' Resurrection? I heard writing was very common at the time.
5. The Gospel writers have a proven track record of historical reliability. Again I only have time to look at one example: Luke. Luke was the author of a two-part work: the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. These are really one work and are separated in our Bibles only because the church grouped the gospels together in the New Testament.
People thought the endtimes were very close to transpiring then and after a good many years thought, "Hey.. Maybe we should be writing all this down just in case people have to know this stuff some time from now..." Simple, but logical..
Shouldn't there be a huge welath of writing dating back to the time? I mean, c'mon, the Son of God is in town and you're not going to write about the amazing things He's done? I read that people wrote letters back then, drew pictures/sketches, historians wrote commentary on historical events. It's a shame more didn;t survive. I can see why Jews believe Jesus was a prophet.Greetings Phil4987,
The following passage indicates that many had written accounts of the events surrounding the life, words, works of Jesus, and these would have been written before Luke's account.
Luke 1:1-4 (KJV): "1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, 2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
Now Luke's gospel account appears to be written a few years before Acts, and Acts is the account of an eyewitness and participant, the "we" occurrences in Acts. The book of Acts ends with Paul's first imprisonment, and it appears that the Acts was written shortly before Paul's release AD60? We cannot be sure if Matthew, Mark or John were part of the many written before Luke's gospel record, but possibly.
So yes, writing was common, but only four major accounts have survived.
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The word is God inspired it did not come by mans will so when God decided to inspire someone to write it He did, it is that simple.I've heard the answer, but I forget, so why is it that the first accounts came 70 years after Jesus' Resurrection? I heard writing was very common at the time.
Shouldn't there be a huge welath of writing dating back to the time? I mean, c'mon, the Son of God is in town and you're not going to write about the amazing things He's done? I read that people wrote letters back then, drew pictures/sketches, historians wrote commentary on historical events. It's a shame more didn;t survive. I can see why Jews believe Jesus was a prophet.
http://www.rc.net/southwark/peckham/gospels.htmlI've heard the answer, but I forget, so why is it that the first accounts came 70 years after Jesus' Resurrection? I heard writing was very common at the time.
Well what if I told you that we have lost most of Plato teachings, because he, like Socrates was skeptic of the value of writing?Shouldn't there be a huge welath of writing dating back to the time? I mean, c'mon, the Son of God is in town and you're not going to write about the amazing things He's done? I read that people wrote letters back then, drew pictures/sketches, historians wrote commentary on historical events. It's a shame more didn;t survive. I can see why Jews believe Jesus was a prophet.
FROM THE WILL OF GOD NOT MAN'S WILLI've heard the answer, but I forget, so why is it that the first accounts came 70 years after Jesus' Resurrection? I heard writing was very common at the time.