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The Gospels were written long after the crucifixion by writers who could not understand the Syrian Aramaic dialect of Jesus. One of the Church Fathers referred to an Aramaic gospel of Matthew, but from his quotes we can see that it is different to the Greek version that is common today. There is a 5th. cent. Aramaic OT (the original is in the British ...
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There is no way of knowing with 100% certainty what was actually said because we have no audio recordings, and there is no one alive to verify word for word what was said. The same goes for any religious/historical text once the speaker and listeners have died.
The Gospels are not meant to be collections of sayings from Jesus; they contain sayings but that ...
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This is going to sound strange, but the doctrine of preservation actually says it doesn't matter if every word was exactly preserved - what we have is what is important.
As one example, there are five "variants" of the original Gettysburg Address. The text that I memorized in elementary school was actually drawn in part from each of these. I have no doubt ...
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In the 2nd. cent. the Gospels were not classified as scripture. "Scripture" when mentioned in the NT, meant the Hebrew Torah and prophets.
The phrase New Testament comes from the Gnostic Church(s.) Until that time the Church called the writings "the memoires of the Apostles."
The earliest reference to the Pauline corpus is from Bishops of the 2nd. cent. ...
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