Probably not. The original known accounts of Jesus' mission are Mark's Gospel and the hypothetical 'Q' document so any words, attributed to Jesus but not in these two books, are unlikely to have been spoken by Jesus.
Even Mark's author used poetic licence in attributing words to Jesus. He says that Jesus's last words on the cross were, "My God. My God. Why hast thou forsaken me?" But this was taken verbatim from Psalm 2:1, something a dyingman would not think to do.
The Gospels were written by different authors at different times, and are considered to be inspired by God. While it is likely that Jesus did say many of the words attributed to Him in the Gospels, there may have been some variations due to translation, interpretation, or the context in which the messages were recorded.
Not all the Gospels record Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. The synoptic Gospels - Matthew, Mark, and Luke - include this event, highlighting Jesus' agony and prayer before His arrest. However, the Gospel of John does not mention this specific prayer but focuses more on Jesus' interactions with His disciples before His arrest.
It is believed that Jesus spoke seven phrases while he was on the cross. These phrases are known as the "Seven Last Words of Jesus." They include "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do" and "Father, into your hands, I commend my spirit."
The term "synoptic gospels" comes from Greek. The word "synoptic" is derived from the Greek words "syn" (together) and "opsis" (seeing), referring to the fact that the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke present a similar view of Jesus' life and teachings.
According to the Gospels, Jesus spoke seven times while He was on the cross. He is attributed for saying "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do," "Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise," "Woman, behold thy son," "Behold thy mother, "I thirst," "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me," and "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." The Scripture references for these quotes are: (1) Luke 23:34; (2) Luke 23:43; (3) John 19:26; (4) Matt. 27:46, Mark 15:34; (5) John 19:28; (6) John 19:30; (7) Luke 23:46.
A:At the trial of Jesus, Pontius Pilate is said to have offered to free one of his two prisoners as a gift to the Jews for the Passover. The Jews chose to free Barabbas. Barabbas means 'Son of the Father' in Aramaic, so it has been suggested that this episode was a play on words. The Jews, in releasing Barabbas instead of Jesus, had released the wrongSon of the Father.
Although the gospels quote the words of Jesus in precise detail, we do not really know if they reflect anything Jesus really said. The Jesus Seminar concluded that just 18 per cent of sayings and stories about Jesus to be authentic, but critics such as Robert M. Price regard even this figure as overly optimistic.
Yes, the Bible records the exact words of Jesus. They are very assuring.
Arguably, every word from Jesus was full of understanding, mercy, and truth. By reading the four Gospels (Red Letter Bible highlights Jesus' words) and other books in the New Testament where He is quoted or explained more fully, one will soon discover how understanding He is.
The gospels communicated values and beliefs through the narrative. Much of what the gospel teaches are the direct words of Jesus himself and the teaching he presented.
The Bible says that Jesus went about doing good. This included preaching the words of the kingdom of heaven and healing the sick. The gospels are full of these two aspects of his ministry.
The four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
In modern culture we would never attribute words to someone unless we had good reason to believe that this is just what the person said, but this was not always the case. In classical times, it was considered both normal and honourable to attribute words that the person probably would have said in the circumstances, without knowing whether the person even said anything at all. This is, in part, the basis of the biblical account of what Jesus said. He taught high moral principles so what we read in the gospels is what the evangelists believed he would have said, not what he actually said.It is still widely believed that two of the gospels were written by disciples of Jesus, who would at least have vague memories of what Jesus said. However, the gospels were actually anonymous and were only attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John later in the second century, when the Church Fathers sought to establish who, in their views, probably wrote the gospels. However, modern scholars say there is no good reason to accept any of these attributions, and go on to say that none of the gospels could have been written by an eyewitness to the life and mission of Jesus. Thus, we do not have a first-hand account of anything Jesus said, even distorted by the passage of time and memory.No words in the Bible can be attributed with certainty to Jesus.
AnswerThe answer is in the following: In the gospels, Jesus did not actually say John the Baptist was the reincarnation of Elijah - we should not hypothesise about words not credited to JesusAccording to the gospels, Jesus met Elijah at his Transfiguration - there is no suggestion that the person he was meeting was also John the Baptist.
No. It is without doubt that some part of the information we have in the New Testament-particulary the words and deeds of Jesus- was for at least some time transmitted in a purely or primarily oral medium. It was not until after the time of Jesus' ministry that the process of the committing of oral tradition into writing took place.
Approximately 13,900 words (depending on the Bible version).
What?
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.