Was the Bible written 50 yrs after Jesus's death by people who didn't know him?

Question

How did people work that out? What evidence is there?

Answer 1

The Bible was written at many various times by many people. No one has ever claimed that it was entirely written by people who walked with Jesus. Genesis and the Old Testament was written long before Jesus walked on this Earth. Parts of the New Testament were written after Jesus life, often as much as 50 years later or more. Some pieces were written by people who had not met Jesus in the flesh. Other parts we believe were written by people who knew him well.

If anyone is telling you stories that suggest that they know all of it was written generations later, they truly don't know what they're talking about. There is not complete archeological evidence to provide 100% certainty of anything, that I'm aware of, but if they're claiming they can prove that it was ALL written much later, then they're simply trying to deceive you.

Of course, you also need to realize that much of history in that era was orally passed down, and these oral traditions were meticulously monitored. So, even if it wasn't all written by the primary sources, that doesn't suggest that it couldn't be true. However, it is generally believed that at least some of the writings were done by those who did know Jesus.

Furthermore, much of the historically verifiable stories, and the existence of Jesus himself can be confirmed by countless non-religious sources, such as historians' accounts of the times. I'm not entirely sure why we should trust historians so much more religiously than religious writers, but some people seem to prefer those sources. In any case, it seems that many people like to cast stones at religious belief. You should learn to look beyond the stone-throwers, and not believe every tale you hear.

Answer 2

The Bible was written many years after Jesus's death by people that knew Him personally and people that only knew Him through passed down stories. The evidence you are seeking is the same as the evidence of the history of the time. How do you know what is true and what is not true about that region at the time? You don't, really. You just believe what someone wrote on faith, the same kind of faith that people believe in that believe in the Bible. If Jesus didn't exist how do you even know that anything written about that time existed? Think about it.

Answer 3

The books of the New Testament were written during a period of about one hundred years following the time of Jesus. Many of the books focus on Jesus of Nazareth, who was born to Jewish parents and declared by Christians to be the Chosen One (“Messiah”), or Savior (Mark 8.29; 14.61,62; Luke 2.11; John 20.30,31; Acts 3.18-21). The four Gospels, (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), tell about the life and teachings of Jesus, each from a different perspective. Acts tells how the earliest apostles preached about Jesus and spread his message in the decades following Jesus. The letters of the New Testament provide an understanding of the ways the message of Jesus was being preached and interpreted during the first years of the early Church as the good news about Jesus was being taken to new lands. They also give some clues about what the earliest Christians were experiencing. Revelation, the last book in the New Testament, ends with the hope of a future in which God will bring a new heaven and a new earth.
Everyday” Greek
Though Jesus and his disciples spoke Aramaic, the books of the New Testament were first written in the“everyday” Greek of that time. The New Testament writers were also familiar with the Greek translation of the Jewish Scriptures (called the Septuagint). A number of quotations found in the New Testament come directly from this Greek translation, while others were translated into Greek from the Hebrew of the Jewish Scriptures. The original manuscripts of the New Testament wore out or were destroyed long ago. But hand-made copies of the text of these books were made repeatedly down through the centuries. The earliest copy of the entire Greek New Testament dates from the fourth century, and the earliest fragment of a New Testament book dates from aroundA.D. 125. Also of value to biblical scholars are early translations of New Testament writings into Coptic, Syriac, and Latin. It took over three hundred years before the twenty-seven books that make up the New Testament became the accepted list followed in our Bibles today.

Answer 4

Once more!
The bible was written over a period of almost 2000 years by people God raised up to share the every day accounts they lived: with us today. These 44 learned people wrote about things happening in their time. A continueous thread can be found showing that these writers were inspired of God.
A continueity of themes can be found through out the bible, proveing the author is non other than God.
But, since it has been tampered with by the churchs, discrepancies can now be found that are inconsistant to the rest of the bible.
Scriptures have been added, and names removed.
Want to see the changes? Get a really old bible and look at Psalms 83:18

Answer 5

Actually they say that the four books of the new testament were written the earliest was 75 years after the death of Christ. That book was John. the others were written even later. in the year 400 the the Cearsar of the roman Empire got all the diferent Christian sects together and decided that this these were going to be the offical books of the bible. after which the Ceasar had all other difering opinons killed, lieraly.

Answer 6

Have a peak at Luke 3:1+2.
Notice the exactitude.
History can zero-in on that and say: "It had to be such-and-such a year!"
The Bible is not one book.
It is 66 little books.
Some were written about 30 years after Jesus and some a little later.
All were written by people who knew and respected him.
Notice Luke's research as stated in Luke 1:1-3

Answer 7

No, the Bible was written under the inspiration of Holy Spirit thru and by the Prophets and Apostles of that day. The Holy Spirit is the Evidence. True Faith in God was Believed by these Writers.

Answer 8

no. Jesus died in 37 AD (he was born in 4 AD and died at the age of 33. People think it was 1 AD, but that was a miscalculation on the part of a monk.) None of the books were written after 70 AD. That means the oldest were written only 37 years after.

And the new testament has only three authors that weren't one of the twelve. Mark, Luke, and Paul. Luke followed Jesus, but wasn't one of the twelve. But he as on a first name basis with Jesus, they believe.

Mark was believed to be the same way.

Paul saw Jesus on the road to Damascus, had the holy Spirit come on him to tell him what to write, and then he still knew 11 of the 12 disciples and listened to them explain and tell.

So, no, it isn't a compilation of people 50 years after Jesus's death who never knew him.

Answer 9

Not entirely true, different parts were written at different times, when the books were assembled into what is known about the bible it was many generations later.

Some books were written by the actual person the book is named after, some were written by decendents of the person, and still others were written by some that were no where near the events but had heard of them from stories and finally decided to dedicate them to parchment. <><

Answer 10

The NEW TESTAMENT was written within 30 YEARS of Jesus death well within the acceptable life times of the Authors/Witnesses.

The Jewish Historian (among others), Josephus, also validated Jesus as a person of interest in history. There is as much or less to prove Aristotle lived. A statue of Aristotle in itself proves nothing if you want to get down and dirty about it.

And so it is odd to me that people will accept other historic figures with less credibility of existence, yet froth at the mouth to disprove or claim Jesus never existed.

YOU DID NOT SAY that you didn't believe he existed - I just wanted to cover that area anyway.