It would have been almost impossible to successfully distribute a false story about Christ's miracles, His death, and His resurrection throughout the Roman Empire while thousands of His faithful followers & thousands of non-Christian observers of these events were still alive to dispute it. Furthermore, the evidence is overwhelming that the Greek originals of the Gospels & the New Testament Epistles were widely copied, distributed, & translated immediately into Hebrew, Syriac, Latin, Coptic, & other languages. These New Testament documents were treasured by the churches & read in their Sunday services within the first century.
If anyone wanted to introduce a false miracle, an imaginary event, or a theological deviant doctrine into the Gospels, they would have faced an almost impossible task. In order to successfully introduce a false statement, the forger would have to simultaneously forge &insert this counterfeit passage into every single manuscript copy of the Gospels ineverycountry
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