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It is not possible to identify from the gospels, any specific word that Jesus actually spoke. Even the conservative Jesus Seminar acknowledges that much of the gospel accounts could not really have occurred. The Seminar accepts as genuine certain sayings by majority vote of its members, but a majority vote is hardly an unchallengeable endorsement of any approved saying.
Many of the sayings the gospels attribute to Jesus are known to have come from the hypothetical 'Q' document. The 'Q' document, in turn, was apparently built up over time in four separate layers, so that it becomes increasingly unlikely that each later layer came from Jesus himself rather than the imaginations of his earliest followers.
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Was Jesus a real life personality?
On the basis of contemporary testimony, it is reasonable (putting religion to one side) to presume that Jesus did indeed exist and teach much as described in the gospels of the bible. However the writing of these gospels postdates Jesus' death.
Did Jesus bring his suffering on himself?
We know nothing historical about Jesus except what is written in the gospels, and it is not the intention of the gospels to admit any fault in Jesus. Attempting to answer the question from a wider perspective, many modern scholars believe that the gospel stories are not literally true, with some even questioning whether there really was a Jesus of Nazareth. If Jesus was, in fact, a real person but he did not really suffer in the way the gospels describe, then he also did not bring suffering on himself. If Jesus was not a real person, then of course he did not. But at this stage we do not know.
Does the Bible reflect real God words revelation to Jesus?
yes it is a reflect of what god really said to Jesus
Was Jesus real and was Adam and Eve real?
It is easier to deal first with Adam and Eve, as they clearly were not real. Not only is there no evidence for their existence, the scientific and historical evidence we do have is contrary to their existence.Whether Jesus was real can be broken down into two separate questions. First, did Jesus exist? Second, did Jesus perform miracles and was he the son of God?The existence of the gospels does not resolve these issues. However, most historians assume that Jesus probably did live some time around the first century CE, although there is no evidence for him. There is no reason to believe he performed miracles and no reason to believe he was the son of God.
Is there evidence that Jesus was real?
Another answer from our community:His life was documented throughout several books of the Bible.Honestly though, the decision to trust in something greater than yourself doesn't mostly come from an intellectual decision. I believe anyone of any religion will tell you that they didn't decide to believe based on facts or historical documentation. It is only a piece of their decision.
How could you share good news about Jesus to others?
I think, by reading the Bible and gathering the real words that Jesus spoke and share this with others.
Define or describe each set of real numbers?
define or describe each set of real numbers?
What are the real sayings of Jesus?
In ancient times, when writing about events of the past, it was quite normal to put into the mouths of participants the words that the author believed that the person could have said in the circumstances. Even historians did this, and it was considered unexceptionable. This is one reason we find the gospels sometimes attributing quite different words to Jesus in parallel passages.If there are any words in the gospels that were really spoken by Jesus, they would be found in Mark's Gospel and the hypothetical 'Q' document, since these were the earlier documents from which Matthew and Luke were developed, and John's Gospel is considered to have been inspired by Luke's Gospel, with some material taken direct from Mark. However, Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says that Markseems to depend on traditions (and perhaps already shaped sources) received in Greek. In other words, even if Mark is historical, its sources are too far removed from the events for it to properly reflect the real sayings of Jesus. Q was developed in three layers, or stages, and very little of the material is early enough to have been closely based on what Jesus really said.
Could some of the parables be real?
It is unlikely that any of the parables were real. In fact, it is likely that most, if not all, of the parables were never really spoken by Jesus. Most of the parables attributed to Jesus are in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Scholars say that these parables were copied by the authors of these two gospels from the hypothetical 'Q' document. The Q document, in turn, was built up in four layers over a period of several years. It seems likely that, at best, only the parables of the first layer could really have been spoken by Jesus, with the later parables being pious additions.
Is Jesus still real?
Yes, Jesus is still real.
Did Jesus believe in God when he was suffering?
A:Jesus would seem to have continued to believe in God as he suffered on the cross. In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, his last words were, "My God. My God. Why hast thou forsaken me?"Of course, if we realise these very words are from Psalm 22:1, and consider that a dying man would scarcely think back over his knowledge of the scriptures to find exactly the right words to announce his death, we would then say that these were not really the words of Jesus, but of the gospel author. And if the author invented these last words, how do we know how much of the crucifixion story was invented and how much was real. This leads us into a situation where we do not really know what Jesus believed, or if he was crucified at all.
Did Pontius Pilate really have a guard that struck Christ and was doomed to walk the earth till his return?
There is no mention of this in the gospels. There is no Roman guard known to be walking the earth, although Jesus clearly has not returned. This story is not real.
