Why would four guys record a life of a Jewish Carpenter?

Question

There are two historical eyewitness accounts to Christ’s life. Mathew and John
Mark was with Peter and wrote Peter's accounts and Luke was a doctor and wrote all he could collect and put his stories in an orderly fashion so that he could explain Christ to a friend.

All have been dated back to the 1st century when Jesus was alive.

In fact we have more information about this Jewish Carpenter, than we have about the Emperor of Rome during that same time.

The manuscripts of the Bible out weigh in number the copies of Roman History at that time. They are better copies and earlier copies than we have of Roman History during that time.

If Matthew Mark Luke and John can be trusted as proof, the whole bible is proof. Our proof in Christ is proven throughout history.

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Answer 1

dont forget James, Jesus' (half) brother. There is some dispute of which James it was, but the strongest evidence points to his sibling
http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/James/Background/WhoIs.htm

And Paul? His eyewittness account of the Risen Jesus changed him from a persecutor of Christians the the author of a large portion of the New Testament.
God Bless!

Answer 2

Just because these 4 men wrote about Jesus is no proof at all. Why is this proof?

You way you have more information on Jesus than on a Roman Emperor. You just have these 4 men, repeated over and over. I would bet if you looked, you'd find much more contemporary writing about Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great.....more varieties.

Answer 3

I should have checked your question before I answered another.

When I first saw this, I thought it was going to be another Christian bashing question. I was totally surprised.

Congratulations on doing your homework of the gospels. It makes an old time preacher feel good to know that there are still level headed people out there who can see the inspiration of the Bible and the unity of the gospels.

If I were allowed to give points for the best question I have read tonight, you'd get the points.

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Answer 4

...assuming that those people can be trusted as proof. They were just humans and I'm sure they believed what they wrote, but that does not make it true. A lot of things were written about the lives of other religious figures too, but you don't believe in Buddhism, Islam, etc., do you?

Answer 5

None of the gospels were written during Jesus lifetime. They were written 390 to 60 years after his death.

Answer 6

You are troughly right! Christ´s existance is fully proved into history. Thanks for remining us!

They did it because they had an unsatiable need to tell to others about the experience they lived when they met Christ by themselves or (as Luke) heard about him and discovered the true meaning of their lives.

Answer 7

That's your proof? That people wrote stuff down? Gosh, scary to think what you might believe if more people had been literate during that time period. =)

Answer 8

You really need to ask the four guys.

How could anybody else answer such a question?

Answer 9

i was wonderin the same thing. its crazy i dont find it true at all but if it is then i am goin to burn in hell for like ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever kinda like im typing, How can someone create themself and then be like wait i have the power to make things im goin to watch the world and have little ants ,so to speak, runnin around like little farm animals and i wont care abit what happens to them, i mean come on people are stupid to think that there is a god, if there was and he loved us so much why does he let people kill why dont he be like no, no one can kill becuase i love you guys i loved my son so much he died for you, but um no, i dont think so.

Answer 10

>They were a couple of beers short of a six pack, too.<