Eyewitnesses don't explain the Gospels. But this does.

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Proof the gospels copy each other! -    • Matthew copied Mark word-for-word. Here's ...  
The Q Gospel hypothesis -    • What is the Q Gospel? (The Lost Gospel Beh...  
The testimony of Papias doesn't work -    • Papias' fragments prove something ... but ...  

This verse convinced me Luke knew Josephus -    • Luke knew Josephus. This is the verse that...  
Origins of the transfiguration? -    • 2 Peter might quote a banned apocalypse. O...  

The resurrection of Romulus -    • I tried an apologetic method. And it prove...  
Jesus' birth stories were lifted from John the Baptist! -    • Where did Luke's nativity come from? John ...  

Jesus' sayings evolved -    • Jesus' words kept changing. This Gospel fr...  

Paul doesn't know Judas-    • I preached on Judas. Then I realized Paul ...  

SCHOLARS
Other Resurrections (Richard C. Miller) -    • Gospel Writers COPIED Other Resurrections!...  
Did Luke Use Josephus (Steve Mason) -    • I Interviewed a Josephus Expert. Luke Neve...  
The gospels are literary compositions (Robyn Walsh) -    • Gospel Communities are LITERALLY based on ...  

*My Apollonius of Tyana excerpt is from Vit. Ap. 4.45 (Translated in Klauck's, The Religious Context of Early Christianity) -


Do the Gospels require eyewitness testimony to explain their origins? In this video, I walk through the actual evidence for how the Gospels were composed — starting from what's most certain and working toward what's debated.

After a year of studying Gospel origins, interviewing scholars like Steve Mason and Mark Goodacre, and tracing the sources behind Matthew, Mark, and Luke, I lay out what I think the evidence actually shows — and why eyewitness accounts aren't the best explanation.

We'll cover:

Why the Synoptic Gospels copying each other tells us how Gospel writers actually worked
How the Septuagint shaped Gospel narratives (Herod & Pharaoh, the Transfiguration & Moses, Elizabeth & Hannah)
Evidence that Luke used Josephus as a source
Greco-Roman literary parallels: Ovid's Metamorphoses, Romulus, Vespasian's healing miracles, and divine men traditions like Apollonius of Tyana
The hypothetical Q source, the Gospel of Thomas, and lost sayings traditions
Why oral tradition ≠ eyewitness testimony
Where eyewitnesses might fit — and how little is left for them to explain

Eyewitnesses don't explain the Gospels. But this does.
I spent a year studying gospels. & still can't find evidence for this

More academic Sources
"Spit in your eye" (Jesus and Vespasian) - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...


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0:00 Do we need eyewitnesses to explain the Gospels?
2:05 The Gospels copy each other
4:07 Retelling Septuagint stories
5:22 Luke copies Josephus
6:04 Mythological tropes & Roman parallels
7:31 Lost sources & sayings traditions
8:51 Divine men & literary creation
12:13 So where do eyewitnesses actually fit?