JOSH McDOWELL EVIDENCE THAT DEMANDS A VERDICT VOLUME I HISTORICAL EVIDENCES FOR THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

[KJV edition w/ Bible study links.] Published by [Evangelicals] 1972, 1979 Campus Crusade for Christ, Inc. Printed in the USA ISBN 0-918956-46-3 Library of Congress No. 78-75041

FOREWORD Is Christianity credible? Is there an intellectual basis for faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God? Scholars throughout the centuries, as well as millions of students and older adults, would answer such questions with a resounding, "Yes!"

"Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."   (John 20:27-29).

v PREFACE There has been a definite shortage in the area of documentation of historical evidences for the Christian faith.   Often students, professors, and laymen have asked, "How can we document and use what you and others teach?" DO WHAT WITH IT? It is my desire that these notes will help my brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ to write term papers, give speeches and inject into classroom dialogues their convictions about Christ, the Scriptures and the relevancy of Christianity in the 20th century. WATCH YOUR ATTITUDE The proper motivation behind the use of these lecture notes it to glorify and magnify Jesus Christ -- not to win an argument.

vi "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:" (I Peter 3:15). WHY IN OUTLINE FORM? A LIFETIME INVESTMENT The following are books that I recommend a person buy for his library. Gle. Arc. A Survey of Old Testament Introduction. Moody Press. F. F. Bru. The Books and the Parchments. F. R. F. F. Bru. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? I.-V. Press. Nor. L. Gei. and Wil. E. Nix. A General Introduction to the Bible. Moody Press. Car. Hen. (Ed.) Revelation and the Bible. B. B. House. K. A. Kit. Ancient Orient and Old Testament. I.-V. Press. Pau. Lit. Know Why You Believe. I.-V. Press. Joh. War. Mon. History and Christianity. I.-V. Press. Joh. War. Mon. Shapes of the Past. Edw. Bro.

vii Cla. Pin. Set Forth Your Case. C. Press. Ber. Ram. Pro. Christian Evidences. Moody Press. Wil. Smi. Therefore Stand. B. B. House. Peter Stoner. Science Speaks. Moody Press. Joh. Sto. Basic Christianity. I.-V. Press. Griffith Thomas. Christianity Is Christ. Moody Press. WHO SAID IT? ...at the end of each section, the reader has hundreds of documented sources that he can confidently use. Working with me in compiling this research was a team of 11 students from nine universities.   ....   (Since that time, they have all graduated.) RESEARCH TEAM MEMBERS [...]

viii EXPLANATION OF GENERAL FORMAT FOOTNOTES: BIBLIOGRAPHY: OUTLINE: Method Used Here 1A. 1B. 1C. 1D. 1E. 1F. INDEXES: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: At the back of the book is a limited biography of    various authors.   This will give the reader a background on some of the    authors quoted.

ix TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD PREFACE EXPLANATION OF GENERAL FORMAT INTRODUCTION .. 1 SECTION I. THE BIBLE--I TRUST IT .. 13 Chapter 1. THE UNIQUENESS OF THE BIBLE .. 15 Chapter 2. HOW WAS THE BIBLE PREPARED? .. 25 Chapter 3. THE CANON .. 29 Chapter 4. THE RELIABILITY OF THE BIBLE .. 39 Part 1--Confirmation of the Historical Text .. 39 Part 2--Confirmation by Archaeology .. 65 SECTION II. THE ACADEMY AWARDS-- IF JESUS WAS NOT GOD, THEN HE DESERVED AN OSCAR .. 79 Chapter 5. JESUS--A MAN OF HISTORY .. 81

x Chapter 6. JESUS--GOD'S SON .. 89 Chapter 7. THE TRILEMMA--LORD, LIAR OR LUNATIC? .. 103 Chapter 8. THE GREAT PROPOSITION .. 111 Chapter 9. THE MESSIANIC PROPHECIES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT FULFILLED IN JESUS CHRIST .. 141 Chapter 10. THE RESURRECTION--HOAX OR HISTORY? .. 179 SECTION III. GOD AT WORK IN HISTORY AND HUMAN LIVES .. 265 Chapter 11. PROPHECY FULFILLED IN HISTORY .. 267 Chapter 12. THE UNIQUENESS OF THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE .. 325

1 introduction __ 1A. LET'S HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING 1B. Use of Apologetics "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:" (I Peter 3:15). The word "answer" (Gk. apologia) indicates "a defense of conduct and procedure." "Apologia" translated by the English words "answer" and "defence" is used eight times (including I Peter 3:15 above) in the New Testament: Acts 22:1 "Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you." Acts 25:16 "To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him." I Corinthians 9:3 "Mine answer to them that do examine me is this," II Corinthians 7:11 "For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves <627>, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter." Philippians 1:7 "...inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace." Philippians 1:16 "But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel."

2 II Timothy 4:16 "At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge." The manner in which the word "answer" is used in I Peter 3:15 denotes the kind of defense one would make to a police inquiry, "Why are you a Christian?"   A believer is responsible to give an adequate answer to that question. 2B. Christianity is a FACTual Religion THE BEST DEFENSE IS A . . . 3B. Good Offense

3 HEBREWS 4:12 "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." We need a balance of the two above....   We must preach the Gospel but also "be ready to give an answer of the hope that is in [us]." The Holy Spirit will convict men of the truth; one does not have to be hit over the head with it.   "And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul." (Acts 16:14). 2A. LET'S LAY SOME CONCRETE Before one approaches the various evidences for the Christian faith, he ought to have some misconceptions cleared up and understand several basic facts. 1B. Blind Faith Christ commanded us to "...love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind" (Matthew 22:37).

4 ....   The apostle Paul said, "I know whom I have believed" (II Timothy 1:12).   Jesus said, "ye shall know [not ignore] the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32). 2B. The Christian Faith Is an Objective Faith (I Corinthians 15:14).

5 I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES 3B. Eyewitnesses The writers of the New Testament either wrote as eyewitnesses of the events they described or recorded eyewitness firsthand accounts of the events. II Peter 1:16 "For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty."

6 EYEWITNESSES I John 1:1-3 Luke 1:1-3 Acts 1:1-3 I Corinthians 15:6-8 John 20:30,31 Acts 10:39-42 I Peter 5:1

7 Acts 1:9 The apostles were eyewitnesses of His resurrected life: Luke 24:48 Acts 13:31 Acts 1:8 I Corinthians 15:4-9 Acts 2:32 I Corinthians 15:15 Acts 3:15 I John 1:2 Acts 4:33 Acts 22:15 Acts 5:32 Acts 23:11 Acts 10:39 Acts 26:16 Acts 10:41   YES, YOU DID--YOU KNEW THAT... 4B. Firsthand Knowledge The writers of the New Testament appealed to the firsthand knowledge of their readers or listeners concerning the facts and the evidence about the Person of Jesus Christ. Acts 2:22 Acts 26:24-28 A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE... 5B. The Historical Prejudices

8 [...]

9 ... be the personal word of ‘I AM THAT I AM’ (Exodus 3:14).

10 Precaution: .... I MUST BE BLIND 6B. Which Leap? WILL THE REAL MR. EXCUSE PLEASE STAND UP? 7B. Intellectual Excuses The rejection of Christ is often not so much of the "mind," but of the "will"; not so much "I can't," but "I won't."

11 I have found that most people reject Christ for one or more of the following reasons: Ignorance -- Romans 1:18-23 (often self-imposed), Matthew 22:29 Pride -- John 5:40-44 Moral problem -- John 3:19,20 Mic. Gre. cites Ald. Huxley, the atheist, who has.... Ber. Russell is an ...atheist who did not give careful examination to the evidence for Christianity.

12 John 7:17 assures one: "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself." BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. ..., 1970. [...] 22. ..., 1950.

13 section I __ the Bible -- I trust it The purpose of this section is to build a working confidence in the Word of God. The Bible is reliable and will stand up under a thorough examination.

15 chapter 1 the uniqueness of the Bible 1A. THE UNIQUENESS OF THE SCRIPTURE 1B. Introduction 2B. The Bible is Unique.   It is the book "different from all others" in the following ways (plus a multitude more):

16 1C. UNIQUE IN ITS CONTINUITY.   Here is a book: Written over a 1,500 year span. Written over 40 generations. Written by over 40 authors from every walk of life including kings, [...], etc.: Moses, [...] Paul, a rabbi Written in different places: Written at different times: Written during different moods: Written on three continents: Asia, Africa and Europe Written in three languages: Hebrew: Was the language of the O. T.    In II Kings 18:26-28 called....    In Isaiah 19:18 called.... Aramaic: Was the "common language" of the Near East until the time of.... 32/218 Greek: N. T. language.   Was the international language at the time of Christ. Its subject matter includes hundreds of ....

17 10. Conclusion of continuity -- a comparison with the Great Books of the Western World. 2C. UNIQUE IN ITS CIRCULATION

18 BIBLE PUBLICATION Date Bibles New Testament Portions (Individual books, etc.) as of 1804 (Bri. Bib. Soc.) in 1928 (Gid.s of Ame.) (Nat. Bib. Soc.--Sco.) (Dub. Bib. Soc.) (Ger. Bib. Soc., 1927) in 1930 (Ame. Bib. Soc.) Others in 1965 in 1966 [Info only]

19 3C. UNIQUE IN ITS TRANSLATION 4C. UNIQUE IN ITS SURVIVAL 1D. Survival through time

20 2D. Survival through persecution

21 3D. Survival through criticism

22 5C. UNIQUE IN ITS TEACHINGS 1D. Prophecy 2D. History From I Samuel through II Chronicles one finds the history of

23 Israel, covering about five centuries. ...in Genesis 10 is an.... 3D. Personalities The Bible deals very frankly with the sins of its characters.   Read .... The sins of the people denounced -- Deuteronomy 9:24 Sins of the patriarchs -- Genesis 12:11-13; 49:5-7 ... and the faults of the apostles --    Matthew 8:10-26; 26:31-56; Mark 6:52; 8:18; Luke 8:24,25;    9:40-45; John 10:6; 16:32 Disorder of the churches -- I Corinthians 1:11; 15:12;    II Corinthians 2:4; etc. 6C. UNIQUE IN ITS INFLUENCE ON SURROUNDING LITERATURE

24 3B. The Conclusion Is Obvious NOTE: The Bible is the first religious book to be taken into outer space (it was on microfilm).   It is the first book read describing the source of the earth (astronauts read Genesis 1:1 -- "In the beginning God...").

25 chapter 2 how was the Bible prepared? 2A. PREPARATION OF THE SCRIPTURES 1B. Materials Used in Its Preparation 1C. WRITING MATERIAL 1D. Papyrus.

26 2D. Parchment. 3D. Vellum. 4D. Other writing materials 1E. Ostraca. (Job 2:8). 2E. Stones were inscribed on with an "iron pen[.]" 3E. Clay tablets were engraved (Jeremiah 17:13; Ezekiel 4:1). 4E. Wax tablets. 2C. WRITING INSTRUMENTS 1D. Chisel. 2D. Metal Stylus. 3D. Pen. (Jeremiah 8:8). 4D. Ink was

27 2B. Forms of Ancient Books 1C. ROLLS OR SCROLLS. (Revelation 5:1). 2C. CODEX OR BOOK FORM. 3B. Types of Writing 1C. UNCIAL WRITING used upper case letters 2C. MINUSCULE WRITING was .... 4B. Divisions 1C. BOOKS   (See page 30). 2C. CHAPTERS The first divisions were made in 586 B.C. when the Pentateuch was divided into 154 groupings (sedarim)

28 3C. VERSES.   ... were around 900 A.D.

29 chapter 3 the canon 3A. THE CANON 1B. Introduction 1C. MEANING OF THE WORD "CANON" 2C. TESTS OF A BOOK FOR INCLUSION IN THE CANON Is it authoritative -- did it come from the hand of God? Is it prophetic -- was it written by a man of God? Is it authentic? Is it dynamic -- did it come with the life-transforming power of God? Was it received, collected, read and used -- was it accepted by the people of God? Peter acknowledged Paul's work as Scripture parallel to Old Testament Scripture (II Peter 3:16). 2B. Old Testament Canon 1C. FACTORS DETERMINING NEED OF OLD TESTAMENT CANON 1D. The Jewish sacrificial system was ended by the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in 70 A.D.   Even though the Old

30 Testament canon was settled in the Jewish mind long before.... 2D. Christianity started to blossom and [...] 2C. THE HEBREW CANON 1D. The following is the breakdown of the Jewish Old Testament canon. The Law (Torah) 1. Genesis 2. Exodus 3. Leviticus 4. Numbers 5. Deuteronomy The Writings (Kethubhim or Hagiographa [GK]) A. Poetical Books 1. Psalms 2. Proverbs 3. Job The Prophets (Nebhim) A. Former Prophets 1. Joshua 2. Judges 3. Samuel 4. Kings B. Latter Prophets 1. Isaiah 2. Jeremiah 3. Ezekiel 4. The Twelve B. Five Rolls (Megilloth) 1. Song of Songs 2. Ruth 3. Lamentations 4. Ecclesiastes C. Historical Books 1. Daniel 2. Ezra-Nehemiah 3. Chronicles 3C. CHRIST'S WITNESS TO THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON 1D. Luke 24:44.

31 2D. John 10:31-36; Luke 24:44. (Mark 7, Matthew 15), [...] 3D. Luke 11:51 (also Matthew 23:35): [...] (Genesis 4:8). [...] (II Chronicles 24:21). 4C. EXTRA-BIBLICAL WRITERS' TESTIMONIES 1D. of the book Ecclesiasticus (ca 130 B.C.). 2D. Josephus, the Jewish historian, (end of the first century A.D.) writes: [...] 3D. The Talmud 1E. Tosefta Yadaim 3:5 says: "[...]; the books of Ben Sira and whatever books have been written since his time are not canonical." 2E. Seder Olam Rabba 30 writes: [...] 3E. Babylonian Talmud, Tractate "Sanhedrin" VII- VIII, 24: [...] 4D. Melito, ..., drew up the oldest list of the Old Testament canon that we can date (ca 170 A.D.). Eusebius (Ecc. History IV.26) preserves his comments.

32 5D. ...is from the Mishnah (...). 5C. THE NEW TESTAMENT WITNESS TO THE OLD TESTAMENT AS SACRED SCRIPTURE Matthew 21:42; 22:29; 26:54, 56 Luke 24 John 5:39; 10:35 Acts 17:2, 11; 18:28 Romans 1:2; 4:3; 9:17; 10:11; 11:2; 15:4; 16:26 I Corinthians 15:3,4 Galatians 3:8; 3:22; 4:30 I Timothy 5:18 II Timothy 3:16 II Peter 1:20,21; 3:16 [...] (John 7:38), .... 6C. THE COUNCIL OF JAMNIA

33 7C. THE OLD TESTAMENT APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE 1D. Introduction 2D. Why not canonical? Unger's Bible Dictionary: "They abound in historical and geographical inaccuracies and anachronisms. "They teach doctrines which are false and foster practices which are at variance with inspired Scripture. "They resort to [...] "They lack the distinctive elements which give genuine Scripture their divine character, such as prophetic power and poetic and religious feeling." 3D. A summary of the individual books [...]

35 [...] 4D. Historical testimony of their exclusion "Philo, Alexandrian Jewish philosopher (20 B.C.-A.D. 40), quoted the O. T. prolifically and even.... "Josephus (A.D. 30-100), Jewish historian, excludes the Apocrypha, .... "Jesus and the New Testament writers never once quote the Apocrypha although there are hundreds of quotes and references to almost all of the canonical books of the Old Testament.

36 "The Jewish scholars of Jamnia (A.D. 90) did not recognize the Apocrypha. "No canon or council of the.... "Many of the great fathers of...spoke out against the Apocrypha, for example, Origen, .... "Jerome (340-420), a scholar and translator, rejected the Apocrypha.... " " "" 32/173 3B. The New Testament Canon 1C. TESTS FOR INCLUDING A BOOK IN THE NEW TESTAMENT CANON The basic factor for determining N. T. canonicity was inspiration by God, and is chief test, apostolicity. 32/181 (Eph. 2:20) (John 16:13) (Acts 2:42). (Gal. 1 and 2); (I Cor. 14:37; cf. I Cor. 7:10)...." 88/117,118

37 2C. THE NEW TESTAMENT CANONICAL BOOKS 1D. Three reasons for a need to determine a New Testament canon: 1E. A heretic, Marcion (ca 140 A.D.), developed his own canon and began to propagate it. 2E. Many Eastern churches were using books in services that were definitely.... 3E. Edict of Diocletian (A.D. 303) declared the destruction of the sacred books of the Christians.   .... 2D. Athanasius of Alexandria (A.D. 367) gives us the earliest list of New Testament books which is exactly like our present New Testament. 3D. ..., two writers, Jerome and Augustine, define the canon of 27 books. 15/112 4D. Polycarp (A.D. 115), Clement and others refer to the Old and New Testament books with the phrase "as it is said in these scriptures." 5D. Justin Martyr (A.D. 100-165), ... 6D. Irenaeus (A.D. 180) 7D. Ignatius (A.D. 50-115): 8D. The Church Councils.

38 3C. THE NEW TESTAMENT APOCRYPHA 32/200-205 [...]

39 chapter 4 the reliability of the Bible PART 1 -- Confirmation by Historical Text 4A. THE RELIABILITY AND TRUSTWORTHINESS OF SCRIPTURE 1B. Introduction 2B. The Bibliographical Test for the Reliability of the New Testament 1C. MANUSCRIPT EVIDENCE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT There are now more than 5,300 known Greek manuscripts of the New Testament.   Add over 10,000 Latin ... and at least 9,300 other early versions (MSS) and we have more than 24,000 manuscript copies of portions of the New Testament in existence today.

41 2C. THE NEW TESTAMENT COMPARED WITH OTHER WORKS OF ANTIQUITY 1D. The manuscript comparison

43 2D. The textual comparison WORK WHEN WRITTEN EARLIEST COPY TIMESPAN NO. OF COPIES Homer (Iliad) 900 B.C. 400 B.C. 500 yrs. 643 New Testament 40-100 A.D. 125 A.D. 25 yrs. over 24,000

46 3C. CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS

48 4C. MANUSCRIPT RELIABILITY SUPPORTED BY VARIOUS VERSIONS

49 1D. Syriac versions 2D. Latin versions

50 3D. Coptic (or Egyptian) versions 4D. Other early versions 5C. MANUSCRIPT RELIABILITY SUPPORTED BY EARLY CHURCH FATHERS

52 6C. MANUSCRIPT RELIABILITY SUPPORTED BY LECTIONARIES 3B. The Bibliographical Test for the Reliability of the Old Testament 1C. THE TALMUDISTS (A. D. 100-500) [p. 53] ...as Ezra 7:6,10 where.... 2C. THE MASSORETIC PERIOD (A.D. 500-900) [p. 54] 3C. QUOTATIONS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE RELIABILITY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT [p. 55] 4C. THE HEBREW TEXT [p. 56] (A.D. 895) 5C. THE WITNESS OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS TO THE RELIABILITY OF THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES 6C. THE SEPTUAGINT SUBSTANTIATES THE GENUINENESS OF THE HEBREW TEXT [p. 58] 7C. SAMARITAN TEXT (fifth century B.C.) [p. 59] 8C. THE TARGUMS (appear in written form -- copies, about A.D. 500) 9C. THE MISHNAH (A.D. 200) [p. 60] 10C. THE GEMARAS (Palestinian A.D. 200; Babylonian A.D. 500) 11C. THE MIDRASH (100 B.C.-A.D. 300) substantially Massoretic. 12C. THE HEXAPLA (sixfold) Origen's (A.D. 185-254) production of a harmony of the Gospels in six columns: texts of the LXX, .... 4B. The Internal Test for Reliability of the Scriptures 1C. BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT

61 2C. PRIMARY SOURCE VALUE They wrote as eyewitnesses or from first-hand information: Luke 1:1-3 -- "Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 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," II Peter 1:16 -- I John 1:3 -- Acts 2:22 -- John 19:35 -- Luke 3:1 -- Acts 26:24-26 --

62 (Acts 2:22). 3C. COMPETENT PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL The New Testament must be regarded by scholars today as a competent primary source document from the first century. 64/34,35 CONSERVATIVE DATING

63 5B. External Evidence Test for Reliability of Scripture 1C. SUBSTANTIATING AUTHENTICITY "Do other historical materials confirm or deny the internal testimony provided by the documents themselves?" 64/31 2C. SUPPORTING EVIDENCE OF EXTRA-BIBLICAL AUTHORS Eusebius, in his Ecclesiastical History III.39, preserves writings of Papias, ... (130 A.D.) which Papias got from the Elder (apostle John): .... Papias also comments about the Gospel of Matthew: .... Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons (A.D. 180), who was a student of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna; martyred in 156 A.D., had been a Christian for 86 years, and was a disciple of John the Apostle.   He wrote: ....

64 ...to John 13:25 and 21:20), .... Clement of Rome (ca A.D. 95) uses Scripture as being reliable and authentic. Ignatius (A.D. 70-110).   ... and was a disciple of Polycarp, who was a disciple of the apostle John. Elgin Moyer in .... Ignatius gave credence to.... Polycarp (A.D. 70-156) was a disciple of John and.... Flavius Josephus -- Jewish historian. ....

65 Tatian (ca A.D. 170) organized the Scriptures in order to put them in the first "harmony of the Gospels" called the Diatessaron. Part 2 -- Confirmation by Archaeology 3C. EVIDENCE FROM ARCHAEOLOGY

68 1D. Ebla Kingdom proofs 2D. Old Testament examples of archaeological confirmation

69 1E. Genesis derives the ancestry of Israel from Mesopotamia. 2E. ... (Genesis 11:1) before the Tower of Babel.   After ... (Genesis 11:9). 3E. of Esau, ... (Genesis 36:20). 4E. of Jericho Joshua 6:20 we read.... 5E. of Abraham 6E. of the Patriarchs

70 7E. Jul. Wel., a critic 8E. Henry M. Morris observes: 3D. New Testament examples 1E. Luke's reliability as a historian is unquestionable.   Unger tells us that.... the birth of Jesus (Luke 2:1-3). (Acts 14:6).

72 (Luke 3:1) Erastus (Romans 16:23). debated in (Acts 18:4-7). I Corinthians 10:25. (Acts 19:23 ff.). into the temple (Acts 21:28).

73 as the title for Gallio (Acts 18:12) is correct (Acts 28:7). of Thessalonica (Acts 17:6). 2E. The Pavement. (named, John 19:13). 3E. The Pool of Bethesda, another site CONCLUSION ...of the Scripture, I came to the conclusion that it is historically trustworthy.

74 BIBLIOGRAPHY Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society. 1964. [p. 75] Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1970. Scripture Press Publications, 1969. Jewish Publications Society of America, 1969. Harvard Theological Review. 1928. [p. 76] Moody Press, 1898. Christianity Today. 1968. Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 1946. The King's Business. 1949. [p. 77] Revelation and the Bible. 1969. Biblical Archaeologist Reader. 1961. [p. 78]