Historicity of Jesus

9-13 and together with the third Gospel passages showing Elijah parallels, may attest Luke’s depth to Christians circles that celebrated Jesus’ earthly ministry as the climax Israel’s colorful tradition of charismatic prophecy. Other possible facts of the ascensions tradition history includes Eph. 4: 8-10; 1 Tim 3:16; John 2: 17. The visibility and historicity of…

between civilizations during this time. The birth of Jesus brought in a lot of controversies within Hellenistic cultures and therefore we see many influences of the new covenant in several of the sculptures and art work created by Greco-Roman artists. Going to the Getty Villa, I was able to find many connections between the collection of Greco-Roman antiquities—including the sculptures and even the general atmosphere of the museum—and the historicity of the New Testament. Driving into the Getty…

the person of Jesus Christ The gospel of John recounts a pool in Siloam where Jesus heals a blind man, "Go," he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means "Sent"). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing,”” (John 9:7, New International Version). According to Dickinson, the gospels tell of the events in the life of Jesus took place during an oppressed time in history where he believes today, there is a connection between history and faith. The story of Jesus is evident in…

The book, Can We Trust the Gospels, attempts to answer two basic questions that are posed to many Christians at least once in their lifetime: Do the Gospels provide reliable, historical information about Jesus of Nazareth? And do they offer a trustworthy basis for having faith in Jesus Christ? The author, Mark Roberts, is referring to the first four books found in today’s New Testament Bible, not other texts or “gnostic gospels” that are found elsewhere in literature. The author claims that…

sat down and read the Bible. I have tried, but did not get very far. During Sunday Mass, I have heard excerpts of the Bible, however, I have never listened to a formal discussion on it or about it. I am somewhat familiar with the miracles that Jesus performed, but that is it. I was blown away by the lecture of D. A. Carson. His knowledge and ability to recite and bounce between the Old and New Testament and weaving in John’s gospel I found amazing. I would be sitting in the front row if I…

Temptation of Christ.” While many previous films surrounding Jesus portrayed stories that many evangelicals are familiar with, this took a completely different route. The film even begins with a disclaimer stating that it is not based off the Gospels. It can be argued that this takes away from the true historicity of who Jesus was, but the interpretation provided can possibly give audiences and scholars alike new perspectives to take when analyzing Jesus of Nazareth. “The Last Temptation of…

Proof for the historicity of the Bible & Proof for the historical Resurrection of Jesus In all my proofs, I quote Scripture to justify my views. I believe that Scripture is living, true and is above the law. I know that the Scripture is right and true because first, why would God give His people who he loves a book that is full of lies? Second, the amount of original manuscripts of the New Testament in Greek alone is over 5,800. With that many original manuscripts, it is obvious that the Bible…

than the church's true identity, Jesus Christ, whose capacious identity opens up onto the whole of reality; doing more than this is to misconstrue Christian knowledge of that person—either by turning him into a principle or a schema, ignoring his unsubstitutability, or by short-circuiting his profound eschatological mysteriousness, and settling for a debased form of…

Listen to him, Matthew 17:5”). In fact, instead of admitting the various Bible verses that prove that Jesus was the son of God, Muslims claim that Christians changed the Bible. The last two doctrines include the Muslims’ beliefs regarding their viewpoint of salvation, sin, and free will. The fifth doctrine of the Muslim faith is regarding the Last Judgment…

Christian writings known as the Apostolic Fathers” (Wikipedia). The Didache is extremely important in proving the authenticity of the New Testament since it quotes extensively from the writings of the Apostles “their writings were external evidence of historicity of Christ, the apostles, and early Christianity”…