"You have no scientific proof Jesus healed leapers or raised the dead"
Before I get specifically into my answer to this statement, I am going to establish credibility and truth to the Bible and what it says; I have already done this in previous posts, but I will also say some different things as well.
The Bible is Unique:
1. The Bible is not one book, but a compilation of 66 books that were written at different times.
2. It was written over a 1500 year period of time.
3. It was written by over 40 different authors: fishermen, generals, herdsmen, kings, doctors, tax collectors, and many others.
4. It was written on three continents.
5. It was written in three different languages.
6. The writers of the Bible wrote about hundreds of different subjects.
The New Testament Manuscripts:
The New Testament was not translated from only one manuscript. There are over 24,000 original manuscript copies of the NT. Most of them were written within 100 years of Christ's death, and they all agree with each other. There is more manuscript evidence for the NT than any other 10 pieces of ancient literature combined.
The Old Testament Manuscripts:
When the Old Testament Scrolls were getting old, illegible, and worn out the person would make new ones. The reason that we don't have more OT Manuscripts is that after the person copied them from the old copy to the new copy, the old manuscript was destroyed. To show you how meticulous they were when translating them, consider this:
1. They could only be copied onto the skins of kosher animals.
2. The copyist had to be in full Jewish dress while he was translating the manuscript.
3. If he was writing God's name and someone entered the room, the copyist couldn't even acknowledge him until he had finished writing the name of God.
4. Between each letter there had to be a space the exact width of a hair (no more, no less); if not the copyist had to throw away what he had done and start all over from the beginning.
5. Once the copying was completed, every letter was counted to be sure the copy matched the original.
The Dead-Sea Scrolls:
The Dead-Sea Scrolls are some OT Manuscripts that were written between 70-150 BC. They remained untouched until 1947, when they were discovered; they translate almost word for word as today's version of the Bible.
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