2007-04-13 15:15:07 · 20 answers · asked by St. Tom Cruise 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I also pondered this very question just the other day,
as for the book of jesus...there maybe a book of Jesus, it could be in the dead sea scrolls...also do you realize there are still missing scrolls? I'll bet there is a book of Jesus, an I sure would like to read it!
as for misinterpretations...I think the interpretations were probably correct until The bible was edited, now its hard to say what is original and what is not.
I've resorted to following my heart, and what would jesus do?
2007-04-13 21:14:56 · answer #1 · answered by butterflysnflutterbyes 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As disciples, Matthew and John heard the words of Jesus personally. They followed Him for three and a half years and saw the events of His life as eyewitnesses. Luke and Mark were companions of disciples who were there. Luke investigated and interviewed others who had been there and seen.
Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, they wrote these words and events down accurately. All these were written within about 30 years after Christ's death. They are not "misinterpretations" as you claim.
The so-called gospels of Phillip, Mary, Judas and Thomas were all written 100 -200 years later, so they could not be authored by these same eyewitness disciples. These gnostic gospels do not correspond to the teachings of Jesus found in the Four Gospels but instead impart esoteric knowledge in conflict with the message of Jesus' deity, his atoning death on the cross and his life-giving resurrection.
2007-04-13 22:36:43 · answer #2 · answered by biblechick45 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus had many functions while on this earth but one of them was not author. Jesus told the disciples that recieving the Holy Spirit would allow them to remember his lessons, sayings, and teachings so that they could start the church. I believe that the Gospel writers knew they would be writing something that would last a long time but I dont think Paul or any of the authors of the epistles envisioned that their letters would serve to enlighten future generations thousand of years past about the Lord.
Jesus came to lay down the truth and his own life as a sacrifice, not to inaugerate the church or physically oversee the writing of Scripture. In fact, when the Holy Spirit comes at pentecost in Acts 2:38, Jesus had long since been ascended to Heaven. We are living in the age of the church and you have to have faith in order to believe Jesus as revealed by the apostles. They were good men, often confused (as was everyone) by Jesus' teachings and undeniably Jesus picked them to lay the foundations of the church as well as author Scripture. They were a core group of people that were eyewitness to much of Jesus' teachings and miracles. I can think of nobody better from the time that would have the authority or amount of knowledge to write Scripture other than them or someone like Luke that made it his lifes work to interviewing eyewitnesses and reconstructing and retelling the Gospel.
2007-04-13 22:34:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The gospels are not interpretations. They are historical records of what was seen and heard. I'm assuming that your statement that they are misinterpretations means you have the original writings of Christ or are claiming that you were there.
I suggest you do some theological research. There's a good book titled Letters From a Skeptic that might answer any sincere questions you may have about the historical accuracy of the gospels.
2007-04-13 22:25:33 · answer #4 · answered by Dawnmarie K 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think there is a Gospel according to Jesus in the Gnostic Bible/Nag Hammadi texts. The four 'books' in the NT=Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are attributed to those disciples but the real authors are unknown. We don't have the originals-not sure where they are. I was watching a History Channel show and it claimed a few historians suspect the 'Book of John' was written by Mary Magdalene.
2007-04-13 22:24:03 · answer #5 · answered by strpenta 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The gospels are the book of Jesus. The Koran is a misinterpretation of religion period. How sad.
2007-04-13 22:30:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The whole thing is the book of Jesus. After he assended to heaven, he sent the Holy Spirit to guide the writers into remembering what they had experienced and what necessary information "From God" we would need for eternal salvation. To say they are misinterpretations, is saying God would let people just put whatever they wanted into His Word. Don't you think the one who created the universe and everything in it would allow that?
2007-04-13 22:22:47 · answer #7 · answered by sandra g 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was busy doing the work He came to fulfill which was why he had eyewitness to write what they saw. These were men who were inspired by the Holy Spiriot to record what they seen. Missrepresentation hardly, but loving accounts of what they were associated with and inspired by is more like it.
2007-04-13 22:21:21 · answer #8 · answered by s. grant 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
look up the scrolls of the Gospels of St. Thomas. They were found around the dead sea areas in the 1940s. These are believed to be the actual words of Jesus Christ. Some churches have declared these scripture as heresy.
2007-04-13 22:20:54 · answer #9 · answered by Chrissy 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
What Jesus taught and preached to the Apostles and other followers is called "sacred tradition". If everything Jesus preached were to be written down there would not be enough bookshelves in the world to hold it all. Alot of people deny the "sacred tradition" of Jesus Christ and believe in sola scriptura only
2007-04-13 22:20:01 · answer #10 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋