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NASB | Psalm 22:16 For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 22:16 For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me; A gang of evildoers has encircled me, They pierced my hands and my feet. [Is 53:7; John 19:37] |
Subject: Does Psalms 22 stand up to the skeptics? |
Bible Note: I didn't realize that this was going to be an actual dialogue spanning two forums. The fact that your friend finds the silence deafening does not change the fact that the argument remains one from silence. Each of the four gospels were separate accounts. Some things are not presented in the same chronological order (nor do they claim to be in chronological order in most cases). One writer includes details that others leave out. The story of Lazarus is found only in John. The parable of the Good Samaritan is found only in Luke. Mark and John do not record the birth of Jesus. The fact that the four canonical gospel accounts are not carbon copies of each other does not make them erroneous. There is a reason God inspired four accounts instead of just one. Together they provide the most complete picture of Jesus of Nazareth. I respectfully suggest that your correspondent is basing a lot of assumptions on some very outdated data regarding when the New Testament was actually written. Such discussion is far beyond the scope of this particular forum (feel free to email me), but an excellent place to examine the historical Jesus (not the Jesus Seminar "vote-by-beads" version) would be to look at the work of William Lane Craig at his Web site. If she is truly searching for the truth, then this would be a great place to examine some: http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/index.html Hope this helps, and apologize to her for my poor grammar! However, the term "high-school," when used as an adjective, is perfectly acceptable with a hyphen separating the two words. :) --Joe! |