RE: When do you think the Four Gospels were written?
December 30, 2011 at 10:59 pm
(This post was last modified: December 30, 2011 at 11:03 pm by Jackalope.)
(December 30, 2011 at 9:59 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The author of 2 Corinthians, writing in the first person says:
Quote:2 Corinthians 11:32-33
New International Version (NIV)
32 In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me. 33 But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands
Damascus was ruled by Aretas, King of Nabatea, from c 84 to 63 BC.
This would blow something of a hole in xtian theology.
Hold on a second, there was more than one King of Nabatea named Aretas (four that I am aware of). You seem to be referring to Aretas III. Aretas IV ruled Nabatea ca 9 BC - AD 40. This would seem to me to be the King referred to in 2COR.
...unless I'm missing something, which is entirely possible.
