Re: Luke no eye witness


Matt Giwer wrote:
> alanmc95210@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Iasion wrote:
>
> >>Greetings all,
>
> >>Apologists have claimed Luke was an eye-witness to the Gospel events,
> >>or perhaps spoke to eye witnesses.
>
> >>The actual passage reads :
>
> >>"Since many have undertaken
> >>to compile a narrative
> >>of the events that have been fulfilled among us,
> >>just as those who
> >>were EYEWITNESSES from the beginning and ministers of the word
> >>have handed them down to us,"
>
> >>I too have decided,
> >>after investigating everything accurately anew,
> >>to write it down in an orderly sequence for you,
> >>most excellent Theophilus,
> >>so that you may realize the certainty
> >>of the teachings you have received."
>
> > (cut) He was not an eyewitness to the events in the gospels, but he
> > may have been an eyewitness to Paul's evangelizing efforts- A. McIntire
>
> Nothing he says indicates "may have been" either.
>
> Baseless speculation in favor of a belief to salvage a belief is not legitimate.
>
> --
Most of "The Acts of the Apostles" is about one pseudo
apostle-Paul. Whoever wrote that book seemed to know a lot about Paul,
if nothing else. I'm sure you're as well aware of the arguments as to
who wrote "Luke" and "Acts" as well as I do.
NOBODY doubts the existence of Paul. His own letters give first
person accounts of his actions- A. McIntire

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