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  2. Historical reliability of the Acts of the Apostles - Wikipedia

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    It has been claimed that the author of Acts used the writings of Josephus (specifically Antiquities of the Jews) as a historical source. [13] [14] The majority of scholars reject both this claim and the claim that Josephus borrowed from Acts, [15] [16] [17] arguing instead that Luke and Josephus drew on common traditions and historical sources.

  3. Historicity of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    With at least 14 sources by believers and nonbelievers within a century of the crucifixion, there is much more evidence available for Jesus than for other notable people from 1st century Galilee. [71] Non-Christian sources do exist and they corroborate some details of the life of Jesus that are also found in New Testament sources. [48]

  4. Historical reliability of the Gospels - Wikipedia

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    Around 185 Iraneus, a bishop of Lyon who lived c.130–c.202, attributed them to: 1) Matthew, an apostle who followed Jesus in his earthly career; 2) Mark, who while himself not a disciple was the companion of Peter, who was; 3) Luke, the companion of Paul, the author of the Pauline epistles; and 4) John, who like Matthew was an apostle who had ...

  5. Sources for the historicity of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Existence of Jesus: That in Paul's view Jesus existed and was a Jew is based on Galatians 4:4 which states that he was "born of a woman" and Romans 1:3 that he was "born under the law". [ 7 ] [ 144 ] [ 159 ] Some scholars such as Paul Barnett hold that this indicates that Paul had some familiarity with the circumstances of the birth of Jesus ...

  6. List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources

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    Paul the Apostle: Christian apostle Mention by Ignatius of Antioch's Epistle to the Romans and Epistle to the Ephesians, Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians, and in Clement of Rome's Epistle to the Corinthians, who also says that Paul suffered martyrdom and that he had preached in the East and in the Far West [178] [179] [156] [180] Gal. 1, 1 ...

  7. The lost home of Jesus’ Apostles may have been found ... - AOL

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    Archaeologists claim they may have found the lost Roman city of Julias, which was home to three Apostles of Jesus Christ, in Israel, F ox News reports. Apostles Peter, Andrew and Phillip are ...

  8. Historical Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Virtually all scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed. [8] [9] [31] Historian Michael Grant asserts that if conventional standards of historical criticism are applied to the New Testament, "we can no more reject Jesus' existence than we can reject the existence of a mass of pagan personages whose reality as historical figures is never questioned."

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