Quote:Well Luke was written in the first century,
Before we go any further the evidence for that is, what?
Scholars generally date "Mark" to the late first century because of the burning of the temple and "Luke" comes after "Mark." Even this is dubious. "Jesus" in Mark 13 is alleged to say: "And Jesus answering said to him, See you these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone on another, that shall not be thrown down."
Yes. The temple was burned in 70 and much of the city destroyed. But the so-called "prophecy" did not come true until 135 when Hadrian actually leveled the site to build Aelia Capitolina. So we have the "prophecy" coming true 65 years later.... in the second century. The oldest fragment we have of any gospel is P52 and that is dated, by paleography alone, to Hadrianic times. Which brings us back to c 135.
