Luke's date for the crucifixion

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Steven Avery
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Re: Luke's date for the crucifixion

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Secret Alias wrote: Tue Apr 17, 2018 3:18 pmBut do you have any examples of individuals from what we might call the post-Christian era - the era we now live - who have the same trust and respect for Luke as a historian?
They generally presume late dating and do not relate to the analysis of those gentlemen. So they are not particularly relevant..
Secret Alias wrote: Tue Apr 17, 2018 3:18 pmAs a result we certainly can't know whether or not the details in question are accurately reported on or not.
Yet these gentlemen show that again and again Luke had an accurate knowledge from the early 1st century.
Secret Alias wrote: Tue Apr 17, 2018 3:18 pmThe fact that some Christians thought Acts was a fiction and more over didn't accept Luke as a witness for anything makes any reasonable person question Luke's legitimacy.
Too vague without specific references.
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