January 12, 2015

What History Says About The Bible

From the secular viewpoint:

  • Most accurately preserved of all ancient writings
  • Most historically reliable document of all ancient writings
  • 24,800 ancient copies of the entire New Testament
  • 2,480 times more copies than the writings of Julius Ceasar
  • Copies of the New Testament within 25 years of first writings (1,000 years for Ceasar!)
  • Widely circulated during the Apostles lifetimes (67-68 AD)  2 Peter 3:15-16

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