simon greenleaf testimony of the evangelists

It was therefore impossible that they could have persisted in affirming the truths they have narrated, had not Jesus actually risen from the dead, and had they not known this fact as certainly as they knew any other fact. They had every possible motive to review carefully the grounds of their faith, and the evidences of the great facts and truths which they asserted and these motives were pressed upon their attention with the most melancholy and terrific frequency. The annals of military warfare afford scarcely an example of the like heroic constancy, patience and unblenching courage. As one after another was put to a miserable death, the survivors only prosecuted their work with increased vigour and resolution.

Yet this faith they zealously did propagate and all these miseries they endured undismayed, nay, rejoicing. Propagating this new faith, even in the most inoffensive and peaceful manner, they could expect nothing but contempt, opposition, revilings, bitter persecutions, stripes, imprisonments, torments and cruel deaths. The fashion of the world was against them. The interests and passions of all the rulers and great men in the world were against them. The laws of every country were against the teachings of his disciples. His religion sought to overthrow the religions of the whole world. Their master had recently perished as a malefactor, by the sentence of a public tribunal. This doctrine they asserted with one voice, everywhere, not only under the greatest discouragements, but in the face of the most appalling terrors that can be presented to the mind of man. “The great truths which the apostles declared, were, that Christ had risen from the dead, and that only through repentance from sin, and faith in him, could men hope for salvation. When he applied his vast expertise and investigative skills to determine whether or not the New Testament Gospels were credible, what did he conclude? In fact, he produced the standard three volume set of books that are still used today to teach lawyers the various rules of legal conduct, as well as determining the criteria for determining the credibility of legal documents for examination in courts of law. Or, did the Apostles twist the facts about Jesus Christ?ĭuring his life, he was a professor of law at Harvard University. “For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.” (2 Peter 1:16)Īre the Gospels (I.e., the Books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) reliable testimony?ĭo they accurately represent the truth regarding the birth, life, ministry, miracles, teachings, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as they claim?

Simon greenleaf testimony of the evangelists