RE: Help! Joseph of Arimathea.
May 19, 2012 at 12:10 am
(This post was last modified: May 19, 2012 at 12:11 am by Polaris.)
(May 18, 2012 at 11:48 pm)Phil Wrote:(May 18, 2012 at 11:44 pm)Polaris Wrote: Except that Josephus did not release his first commentary on that part of history until 93/94 CE while it is said the latest Mark was written was 70 CE (it was most likely closer to 40-50 CE...much of the Bible was written prior to 67 CE). Even his commentaries on the Jewish Wars were not until 75 CE.
Why is it not surprising to find an ignorant Christian? Please direct me to the earliest manuscript we have of Mark's gospel. I'll make it easier for you, make it a partial or full manuscript of any of the four canonical gospels.
If you want to go down that foolish route, the earliest complete manuscript for the Antiquities of the Jews (this is the is from the 11th century. The earliest, complete Christian gospels predate that by centuries.
(May 18, 2012 at 11:52 pm)padraic Wrote:Quote:By stating he is random, it just means he was a regular Joe Shmoe who rarely were recorded in antiquity.
Sure;that makes it an assumption,unsupported by credible evidence.
Yeah...and who really cares?
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.