One piece of evidence that points to early authorship of the gospels by eyewitnesses is that the names of the individuals in the gospel accounts happen to match the most popular names used in Palestine in the first century.
The page below is from the book Cold-Case Christianity
So? That still doesn’t get us any closer to the who.
Interesting insight .. thanks for sharing
Why call it Palestine when that didn’t exist until much later
That doesn’t point to eyewitnesses at all.
Do comic books that use real names mean they’re written by eyewitnesses?
As far as bad arguements go, yours is up there with moon dust.
I love this, I’ve got to get the book.
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:1-3 KJV
I have no reason to think that they weren’t taking notes during the life of Yeshua. Wouldn’t you? And Luke has a very intimate knowledge of the levitical priesthood and relationship with Mary. It’s very evident he was a Jew.
Why on earth are they using the term “Palestine”, regardless of when it’s recorded or written. It’s extremely antisemitic.
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