Sentences with phrase «by an eyewitness of»

The latest book of the Bible was written around 90 AD by an eyewitness of Jesus» ministry.

Not exact matches

In a sense, by watching and sharing these photos and videos, we all become instant eyewitnesses to the deaths of these young black men — and to the often wide gulf between the «official» story of what happened and the murky truth.

Russ Bauckham uses the Gospels themselves as internal evidence of their own eyewitness accounts but, if you're willing to accept the Gospels as trustworthy by their own declaration and you're easily impressed by the force of the author's argument alone then it might be compelling.

«By further reflecting that the clearest evidence would be requisite to make any sane man believe in the miracles by which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelatioBy further reflecting that the clearest evidence would be requisite to make any sane man believe in the miracles by which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelatioby which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelatioby us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelatioby such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelation.

Besides, much eyewitness evidence is highly unreliable, as demonstrated by the hundreds of death row inmates who, in recent decades, they're convicted by eyewitness testimony and later exonerated by DNA analysis.

There's no avoiding the conclusion that Luke - Acts was written by a traveling companion of Paul who had the opportunity to interview eyewitnesses to Jesus» life while in Jerusalem.

Two of the Gospels were written by eyewitnesses (John and Matthew).

The author summarizes the agreements among scholars about the New Testament texts and the problems they face in trying to recover the historical Jesus — the lack of eyewitnesses and the fact that the Gospels were not written individually and probably not by the authors to which they were traditionally ascribed.

So on that note, I'll close with this: Acts 17:10 - 12 written by Luke, the same author of the Gospel according to Luke, which was his own eyewitness account of the person of Jesus Christ.

You're «hundreds» of eyewitnesses were only recorded by a few people.

It may be that none of the gospels is written by an eyewitness.

Yet place all these miracle stories in the pre-scientific Roman Empire circa 1st century CE attested to by copies of copies of copies of discrepant manuscripts (written not by eyewitnesses) and somehow they become valid?

The tomb where the disciples had laid the Lord's body found empty, along with the reports of His appearances after His burial, especially at His ascension, are eyewitness accounts and actual evidence for His resurrection given by His devout followers.

«Because some scholars have treated miracle claims in the Gospels and Acts as purely legendary on the premise that such events do not happen, I intended to challenge their instinctive dismissal of the possibility of such claims by referring to a few works that catalogued modern eyewitness claims of miracles.»

We're in a different genre here from that represented by, say, the Gospel narratives of Jesus» last days or the stories of the reign of King David in 2 Samuel, which read much more like eyewitness history.

His account of Jesus, passed on to him by eyewitness disciples, were the first to be written down.

Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled [a] among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.

Many writers have undertaken to draw up an account of the events that have happened among us, following the traditions handed down to us by the original eyewitnesses and servants of the gospel.

Coupled with some of the tools of biblical criticism (such as the criteria of Embarrassment, Double Discontinuity and Multiple Attestation), he seeks to demonstrate the case for the origin of the Johannine tradition in the words and actions of the historical Jesus, as passed on by eyewitness accounts and possibly by John the son of Zebedee himself.

They claim that reports of rebel barbarism are overblown (Laurent Dubois has said this repeatedly), although historian Jeremy Popkin has found that many eyewitness accounts «are corroborated by other documents.»

The eyewitnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus — those who ate, drank, spoke with, and listened to the Lord Jesus Christ after His Resurrection — were so convinced of the Good News of God's Love, Forgiveness, Peace, and Healing Power for all humanity revealed by the Risen Jesus Christ that these eyewitnesses were willing to die as martyrs for their belief in the Risen Christ as fully God and fully man when it was illegal to do so under Roman authority (where Cesar was considered a deity in the state cult religion).

The notion of the eyewitness is thus profoundly overthrown by the dual theme of Christ — a faithful witness — and of testimony — testimony to the light.

Although the relation between two such actual occasions might help to explain how eyewitnesses in Jesus» lifetime might have been able to relate to the quality of life embodied by him, it does not explain how we in our era are to bridge all of what has come to separate us from him.

Chad Speaking of eyewitnesses, who was eyewitness to this temptation of Jesus by Satan?

Carefully itemizing mercantile bills of sale, inventories of militia and volunteer detachments, the evidence that there was a lack of gun - smiths, records of importation of guns from Europe, the incidence of duels (three in the entire South in the 1760s, none fatal), children's books and toys, comments by eyewitnesses about the abysmal shooting ability of settlers (lacking both the weapons and the gunpowder to practice), court records, and a wide variety of other historiographical resources, the author assembles an overwhelming mass of data to show that military prowess was not, in fact, characteristic of early Americans.

The second half of the lecture goes on to make the case for the authentic historicity — the truth — of the Gospels as reports by or of eyewitness testimony to the ministry of Jesus.

And yet none of the signs were really «unmistakable,» It is possible to read the record and to remain, as many eyewitnesses were, quite unmoved by it.

The books were written by eyewitnesses during the lives of other eyewitnesses... meaning if an author wrote something untrue, the other eyewitnesses would have called them on it.

Luke 1:1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilleda among us, 2just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.

And yet, the victim - survivor is the only reliable «expert» and eyewitness to whom to turn and, by the very fact of having survived, is also morally obligated to provide information.

But there are also inaccuracies of detail and description, and it is therefore better to conclude that though some eyewitness material lies behind this gospel (perhaps from John himself), the final writing and compilation were done by one who was not a participant in the events described.

Luke 1 Introduction 1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled [a] among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were **** eyewitnesses ***** and servants of the word.

Referring to a statement as true might be considered meaningful in the case of empirically proven hypothesis, or of formal statements in some symbolic logic, but never regarding ad - hoc metaphysical propositions given to you by an old «holy» book, eyewitness accounts or personal anecdotes.

Thirteen men living in the early nineteenth century signed legal affidavits, swearing under oath, that they personally had seen the Golden Tablets delivered to Joseph Smith by the angel Moroni with their own two eyes, and three of these men signed affidavits that they had seen the angel Moroni himself with their own two eyes... but yet no Christian believes this eyewitness testimony.

mama k Chad seems to think that a story that mentions «eyewitnesses» is as solid a piece of evidence as an affidavit by an eyewitness who remains available for further questioning.

In the absence of historical evidence to the contrary, our views are formed by the clear tradition of near contemporary accounts, preserved that our faith might be well founded on eyewitness testimonies within the Tradition of the Church.

The last of these visits is thus described by Wagniere, who was an eyewitness to the scene.

In a word, there may have been differences of opinion among the early Christians as to just who the apostles were; but there are many indications that from the very beginning the term designated a special and restricted class — eyewitnesses of the event itself, commissioned as his ambassadors by Jesus Christ in a unique sense.

But in a statement yesterday, the FA said: «Following a review of the evidence provided by the clubs and independent eyewitnesses, the FA will be taking no formal action.»

Speaking on Eyewitness News on Thursday, Mr Amese said the re-branding of the 116 buses could have cost only GHc928, 000 instead of the GHc3, 649,044 paid by government to the Smarttys Management and Production.

Largely adopting provisions in a bill drafted in 2015 by the State Bar Association in collaboration with the Innocence Project and the District Attorneys» Association of New York, the budget agreement calls for both video recording of custodial interrogations of suspects in serious crimes and reforming procedures for eyewitness identification.

An eyewitness told TV3 that four heavily armed robbers successfully robbed a wholesale shop full of provisions owned by one Alhaji Muntari.

We have open - source eyewitness reports of the attack coming from barrel bombs dropped by helicopters, which is not a tactic opposition groups have used but does correlate precisely with how the Syrian regime conducted previous actions of this sort.

Eyewitnesses told Citi News that during the confrontation, a gun brought out by one of the Chinese was seized by the two Ghanaians but a second gun was reportedly fired by the Chinese, killing the witness, Nana Boamah instantly.

The pioneer of private radio stations in Ghana, Dr. Charles Wereko - Brobbey, in an interview on Eyewitness News also rejected the claims by the President saying the his message were instead being blocked by some arrogant government communicators who waste media space allotted to them by generating unnecessary arguments.

An eyewitness, Mr. Abuchi Okwara, told our correspondent that the JSS2 student whose name was given as Chinyere was sent out of the school by the school's authorities over non-payment of school fees.

He further told host of Eyewitness News» Richard Dela Sky that his government did no wrong by signing new contracts.

Bernard, on behalf of my other frustrated UHAS landowners, I sincerely appreciate your station's efforts in bringing our plight on your programs from the beginning and further appeal once again to your outfit to help us by means of your programs either on the Citi Breakfast Show, Eyewitness News or any other platform to help get what is due us from the state.

This point was succinctly made by the Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Daffour when he said on Citi FM Eyewitness News of November 3, 2017 that: «You and I, when we buy cattle to rear, we won't ask our children or kinsmen to take care of them.

«This is a deliberate attempt by Charlotte Osei and the EC to disqualify us... they should clap for themselves for tarnishing the image of our multiparty democracy in the country, and deliberately running into the pockets of the government of the day and trying to please their pay masters,» Mr Bempah told Richard Sky on Eyewitness News.