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Hello Everyone -- John 1: 14 - 15 (RSV, Emph. added): [14] And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. [15] (John bore witness to him, and cried, "This was he of whom I said, ` He who comes after me r...

One problem here is what might be termed "Compound Dating": Revelation 8: 1 (RSV): [1] When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. Within the Story of Revelation this Fragment appears. Does it refer to something in "Our" Histories? W...

Britannicus was the only begotten son of Claudius - Nero was the adopted son. By way the beautiful Messalina, of which: Acts 5: 9 (In Part): "Hark, the feet of those that have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out." Which appears to come from: Tacitus, Annals, Bo...

The question was "Why should anyone believe Acts? As I used to say with some frequency, "From the Fact the 'Jesus Stories' were written from 'Source Stories', it does not follow that the 'Source Stories' were about 'Jesus'". If you want to believe that "Jesus" took the Holy...

If there is a plausible alternate site for Nazareth, I'm not aware of it, despite considerable time in the area during digs at Sepphoris. Leibner, in Settlements in Galilee... examines Lists of Cities found in the Monumental Synagogues of Galilee and finds no listing for Sepphoris, implying that th...

https://www.amazon.com/Archimedes-Codex-Revealing-Antiquitys-Scientist/dp/0306817373 If Sinaiticus is not stolen, burned or otherwise destroyed, we might find out something in about a hundred years. Jeffrey Epstein faces a brighter future. If you want to read what could be done, get this book. Serio...

There's an interesting "tension" (to me) between the Synoptics and John, if I may expand the Arguments a bit. The "Cleansing of the Temple" is found in all 4 Gospels. The event occurs towards the end of the Synoptics (so to speak) but at the beginning of John. Some have suggested...

If you compute the Dates of the Passover and Feast for 4 BCE you will find that: John 19: 31 (RSV, in part, emph. added): [31] Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from remaining on the cross on the sabbath ( for that sabbath was a high day... ) Bilgah is on Duty for t...

Acts mentioned Lydda (Lod). Josephus mentioned Lydda. Not much. 1. Alfred North Whitehead, "Nature Alive": "For the peculiarity of a reason is that the intellectual development of its consequences suggests consequences beyond the topics already observed. The extension of observation ...

i think Acts was wtitten as History I agree, although we may disagree as to the nature of that History. I believe Acts is written around the 12th Legion and Mucianus. For example: Acts 9: 33 - 35 (RSV): [33] There he found a man named Aene'as, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyze...