The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ

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was written and our earliest
copy. There are more than 5,300 Greek manuscripts of the New Testament and
10,000 Latin vulgate manuscripts, not to mention the other various translations.
Totally there are around 24,000 total MSS for the New Testament. The next
closest document in respect to MSS is the "Illiad" by Homer, with 643
manuscripts(McDowell 43).
The textual reliability then continues with respect to the time interval
between the original and the first known manuscript. The shorter the interval,
the more reliable the text is. Homer's "Illiad" was written in 900 BC and the
earliest copy was found in 400 BC. This is compared to the New Testament that
was written from 40-100 AD. The first known manuscript of the New Testament
was found in 125 AD. This twenty-five year gap is very impressive as compared
to the Illiad's five hundred year span (McDowell 45). This first test has
basically shown that the text which people have in their possession is
essentially the original ...

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great source of exterior evidence. The writings of historian Eusebius, and
Iraneous, Bishop of Lyons, have confirmed the writings of the Apostle John.
These men did their historical writing between 130 and 180 AD. They researched
scrolls from the time of Christ. Archaeology also provides exterior evidence.
Archaeologist Joseph Free states, "Archaeology has confirmed countless passages
which have been rejected by critics as unhistorical and contradictory to known
facts (McDowell 54)." A wonderful example of this is found in Paul's letter to
the Roman's. In this letter he makes reference to the city treasurer, Erastus.
A pavement fracture was found during the excavations of Corinth, in ...

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