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What Is The Bible? Good and Bad Answers and Arguments (Post 7)
We’ve evaluated the gospel accounts according to two of the three tests to determine their historical accuracy, and they are two for two. But there is one test remaining. Do other historical sources written in the same period confirm or contradict what the gospels record? In other words, is the external evidence (evidence outside the gospels themselves) consistent with what Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John record? Or do other writers of the time contradict them? This is the final test developed by historians to determine the historical accuracy of a document. It is known as the External Evidence Test. So how well do the gospel accounts of the life of Jesus do when evaluated by this third criterion?
Any story sounds true until someone tells the other side and sets the record straight.
-Proverbs 18:17
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.
-Proverbs 25:2
"As a natural skeptic, and a science researcher, I am interested in logic and evidence, which is why I'm a big fan of Dr. Wallace’s articles. He considers serious, foundational topics, and discusses them deeply. These articles induce us to think, long and hard, about issues of eternal significance."
-Phillip Bishop, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, The University of Alabama




