One of the best internal arguments for the authenticity of the Gospels as historical accounts is their utter freedom to include details that any good public relations professional would avoid. If they were cooked up to sell a tale in which they did not believe, they would never have been written the way they are written.Take Jesus’ closest followers, the disciples, or the twelve. These men, whom the first hearers or readers would know, were the shepherds of this upstart branch of Judaism.
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One of the best internal arguments for the authenticity of the Gospels as historical accounts is their utter freedom to include details that any good public relations professional would avoid. If they were cooked up to sell a tale in which they did not believe, they would never have been written the way they are written.Take Jesus’ closest followers, the disciples, or the twelve. These men, whom the first hearers or readers would know, were the shepherds of this upstart branch of Judaism.
