The Testimony of the Evangelists

At present time it is practically proved , that the Gospels were written by direct witnesses , or , at least , on the basis of the first-hand information . Thus , evangelical descriptions are recognized historically authentic . So , how it was proved that all evidences of evangelists were truthful

The investigation "Greenleaf Analysis ' is based on principles are used in jurisprudence and now . Reliability of evidence depends , firstly , on frankness of recognitions secondly , on competence of the witness thirdly , on quantity and sequence of evidence fourthly , on conformity of evidence to the standard experience fifthly , on

concurrence of evidence to the minor facts and events . Simon Greenleaf led the strict analysis of four Gospels on the basis of these five principles his work became precedent in history of jurisprudence . Many outstanding lawyers continued his researches

Analysis 1 Were the attestations frank

To be sincere in the recognition means to trust in authenticity of event . Reading the Gospel everyone collides with simple and sincere narrations of events , failures of Christ 's pupils , severity of His doctrines and His painful internal struggle at idea about death . On Greenleaf 's deep belief all four evangelists : Matthew , Mark , Luke and John were the fair people , testified that they saw , heard and felt , and about what they told frankly

Analysis 2 Were the writers of Gospels competent

S . Greenleaf considers that competence of witnesses depends on such factors as : an opportunity of the witness to observe event , skill to estimate correctly a situation and ability to remember . Is it possible to explain these three factors

a )Having been Jesus Christ 's pupils Matthew , Mark , Luke and John had a lot of time and opportunity to observe the events occurring in His life John described Jesus Christ 's death penalty he directly was the witness of (John 19 , 16-37 . Matthew 's and Luka 's narrations tell us that Peter was present at court , that they three were witnesses of Jesus Christ 's crucifixion too (Matthew 26 , 57-75 Luka 23 , 49 . John and Peter became witnesses of that Jesus Christ 's tomb after His funeral appeared empty (John 20 , 3-8 revived Jesus Christ (John 20 and 21 chapters ) at various times appeared to Matthew , Luka and Peter

b ) The evangelist Luka was the doctor , Matthew was the collector of taxes before his joining group of Jesus ' pupils . Both of them were rather pragmatic people with advanced professional ability to carefulness of the researches and reports , and to the analysis of the done work . They were people on which judgement it was possible to rely

c ) In connection with all aforesaid , there is no need to put under doubt mental faculties of four witnesses of the Gospel . The rank of ignorant fishermen ' is hardly applicable to the authors of four Gospels . The fact that the Jews wrote Gospels in Greek proves that they were not illiterate or uneducated people as they could be represented

Analysis 3 Quantity of evangelical certificates and identity of their statement

The quantity of evangelical testimony is more than...