Baha'u'llah wrote:
The Four Gospels were written after Him [Christ]. John, Luke, Mark and
Matthew - these four wrote after Christ what they remembered of His
utterances.
(From a previously untranslated Tablet)
This passage seems to say that all four of the Gospel writers were disciples
David I have a problem with your reference: (From a previously untranslated
Tablet). Has it now been authenticated? If it has, then I can believe it
and there is no doubt it is the truth.
Best wishes
Mike
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From: David Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Even for fundamentalists or traditionalist Christians, Luke and Mark
weren't actually of the 12. And If you read the beginnings of Luke,
even the author doesn't claim that his work is an eyewitness account.
I wonder if you might be assuming too much about the meaning of the
words. If A tells B
Dear Michael,
David I have a problem with your reference: (From a previously
untranslated Tablet). Has it now been authenticated? If it has, then I can
believe it and there is no doubt it is the truth.
It no doubt has been authenticated, as this is found in a response from the
research
Baha'u'llah wrote:
The Four Gospels were written after Him [Christ]. John, Luke, Mark
and
Matthew - these four wrote after Christ what they remembered of
His
utterances.
(From a previously untranslated Tablet)
This passage seems to say that all four of the Gospel writers were
I wonder if you might be assuming too much about the meaning of the
words. If A tells B something. And B passes the message to C. And C
writes down what they remembers of A's words that doesn't mean C
ever met A.
I think you are right, Gilberto.
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Dear Gilberto,
I wonder if you might be assuming too much about the meaning of the
words. If A tells B something. And B passes the message to C. And C
writes down what they remembers of A's words that doesn't mean C
ever met A.
That's an interesting suggestion. Still, though, the wording
David,You are aware of how long it was before the Torah was revealed and when it was actually written down, aren't you?Regards, ScottDavid Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Gilberto,I wonder if you might be assuming too much about the meaning of thewords. If A tells B something. And
That's an interesting suggestion. Still, though, the wording
doesn't sit
well with me if the writers weren't actually there.
Dear David,
That is because you are incorrigibly literalistic. ;-}
warmest, Susan
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Dear Susan,
That is because you are incorrigibly literalistic. ;-}
Well I suppose the wording doesn't mean they were all disciples. I guess
it's the word 'memory' that made me wonder. Given the oral traditions
available at the time, I would say of Mark and Luke that they wrote the
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