(Almost) every apocryphal gospel explained in 10 minutes

[@christopher19894]

As a teen I rejected Christianity and dabbled in occult fields. All those occult texts led me to the gnostic gospels, and then the gnostic gospels led me back to the real Gospels of Jesus.

[@petegrif366]

I went into occultism an atheist and it led me Christ too amazing

[@CatfoodChronicles6737]

I guess you took a 360 and came right back to where you started… as a Christian welcome to the religion

[@fabianfollowerofchrist5299]

Welcome Home Christopher.

[@ChrisVang93]

Welcome home 🙏 Fun fact, the name Christopher means “Christ bearer”

[@paulodmanoel500]

It's tough because the room temperature IQ man goes on the biggest platform today, the jre, and spread christian fanfics. I pray that one day someone goes to the JRE and spread the gospel like it should be spread, with Truth.

[@BeingChristLike]

Boys wake up new testify!!!!

[@BradyAlley]

Jesus Saves

[@elik.8113]

Amen

[@rsaphoenix1962]

@@BeingChristLike Love your channel and shorts bro

[@RepenttoGodtoday]

@@BeingChristLike great videos brother!

[@BeingChristLike]

@@rsaphoenix1962 🥹 my God is good all glory to Him

[@pythagorean_triples]

Hi, Muslim (in a faith crisis) here. Just discovered your channel and I love how succinct and yet effective your videos are. The cherry on top is your animations :D . Your videos on the Quran have confirmed that my religious doubts are not unjustified, and while I still have quite a few reservations about the Bible, I hope your other videos might provide me with some answers. Thank you & peace x

[@BradyAlley]

I hope you get through this turbulent time in your faith. Peace and goodwill towards you.

[@Petergriffin-qg1gw]

Keep in mind they have all been altered by humans. Men who have the tendency to be greedy, malleable, fallible, etc. men who lie who personal gain. So your reservations may just be your gut telling you to be careful to blindly trust humans.. but that does not mean it doesn’t contain vital truths.

[@xuimzz9194]

You mind if I tell you my testimony?

[@megancaceres8100]

I rarely respond to comments but this one caught my eye. I’m a follower of Jesus who works with a lot of Muslim people. Having conversations with people who follow Islam and discussing our worldviews is a big passion of mine. Feel free to respond to my comment if you want to chat about the Bible, Quran, Isa al Masih, or anything else. Wish you all the best on your search for truth.

[@JoshD8705]

If it helps you're walk toward salvation the Bible teaches there's One God who is omnipresent, he manifested in flesh 100% Human, and 100% God humbled himself as a servant, and became the perfect sacrifice to reconcile the world unto himself leaving his spirit to live within us, and guide us.

[@benedictjajo]

I'm convinced that after Jesus' death and resurrection, a lot of con men tried to capitalise on it and Muhammad became the most successful one.

[@martinusv7433]

@@benedictjajo His experiences in the cave were mostly likely real...but their source most definitely WASN'T what he believed it was. 2 Corinthians 11:14

[@ryanparker4996]

​@@martinusv7433 yeah, that "Angel" intimidated and attacked him. Clearly a fallen one.

[@jalontf2]

Muhammed was an illiterate nomad regurgitating what he heard about Christianity along the trade routes in a bizarre game of telephone.

[@jvelez5381]

@@martinusv7433 not real at all

[@Rolando_Cueva]

​@@ryanparker4996 wait he did?

[@morrishellgrn]

I'm not even a Christian (yet) but i love this content and i'll always stand up for my Christian brothers rights to their beliefs and way of life

[@maxalaintwo3578]

Praying the best for you on your intellectual journey!

[@Iwani]

‘yet’ 😂❤

[@FehintolaGoodness]

Hey man don't let anything hold you back before it's too late, I'll keep you in prayers tonight, I pray he leads your heart to him faster so you don't miss it God bless you I'm waiting for you

[@chumn905]

Keep on thinking and praying bro. May the Lord lead you to Him and may we see each other in all love and fullness of our humanity in the eternity to come!! =] Praying for u bro

[@FisherOfMenParakletos]

@@morrishellgrn You are never promised tomorrow so if you are feeling a pull towards God dive into reading the bible and studying. God bless you ❤️

[@OnCoated]

Christ is King ✝️🙏

[@robinharwood5044]

No, Charles is King.

[@OnCoated]

@@robinharwood5044 He really isnt. Christ is King of this and the next world. Charles reign is temporary, Christs is eternal

[@robinharwood5044]

@@OnCoated We saw King Charles open Parliament. Didn’t see Christ anywhere. Acts of Parliament are signed by Charles, not by Christ. A king who isn’t seen anywhere and has no role in government isn’t a king at all.

[@OnCoated]

@@robinharwood5044 We have no footage of older kings too. And we did see Christ. You just havent. Read the Evangelium. Eyewitness recordings of Jesus appearance. Im saying Charles might the king of England but not of the world or the next.

[@robinharwood5044]

@@OnCoated We have footage of British monarchs from Queen Victoria onwards. And footage of many other monarchs. We have detailed records of pre-photography monarchs, as well as their bodies in their tombs. The accounts of Jesus are almost certainly not eyewitness reports. (I say “almost” because I am honest. I do not pretend there is certainty when there is active debate. Your preachers do pretend there is certainty. They are liars.) Jesus may be king of the next world, but he is not king of this one or of any part of it.

[@miketacos9034]

Based and Dogmapilled

[@jty1999]

Bruh lol

[@lighthousenetwork.tv-media]

bro i was like how did i already comment?

[@DM5550Z]

Average testify enjoyer 🗣️

[@abhidxs6121]

Off topic but are you Arab Christian?

[@TrumpOfficialNot]

What are you even saying?

[@melody._.3251]

"Bible fandictions can't exist, they can't hurt you!" Bible fanfictions

[@Plopator]

☠️

[@saviofialho143]

Look at the mormons😂😂😂 they created a whole lore

[@JackCrawford-k2p]

Just like the Catholics. Goons​@@saviofialho143

[@-landon931]

The fanbase tries to be wholesome, but it can be a little toxic. Bad apples ruin the whole basket, as the saying says.

[@DM5550Z]

Some are better effort than others

[@TimothyChapman]

You know something is wrong when a writing claims that Jesus is the Christ but not the Messiah. "Christ" is Greek for "anointed one". "Messiah" is Hebrew for "anointed one". How can Jesus be both the anointed one and not the anointed one at the same time?

[@realcane9908]

Im guessing it’s a ‘lost in translation’ issue

[@ApostolicZoomer]

I like the one where Judas’s wife says “Jesus is no more likely to rise from death than this chicken I’m cooking” and then the chicken rises from the dead. EDIT: That was the “gospel” of Nicodemus

[@harvey_weenstain8857]

That was a late entry and not originally in the gospel of nicodemus.

[@harvey_weenstain8857]

Look for yourself, you will not find this in the gospel of nicodemus at all. Christopher Glyn here on YT offers a lovely read-along.

[@ApostolicZoomer]

@@harvey_weenstain8857 You’re right, I see that that was added into manuscripts later. Apocrypha of the apocrypha.

[@No.00000]

"Hey f you" *_Uncooks your chicken_*

[@dumbnumb162]

Wait what 😭

[@maureentuohy8672]

These “Gospels” are NOT LOST!!! They were rejected because they were obviously false.

[@cornyconnie.]

@@maureentuohy8672 If that was the case, why didn't Jesus remove them? Why were they included until hundreds of years after Jesus's birth, crucifixion, and reserection? The Bible clearly states that Jesus taught from the Bible! If ALL these gospels were "false", don't you agree that Jesus would have removed them? I believe that many of them have been tampered to make them SEEM false because they hold information that "they" don't want us to know, so they changed them and created CLEAR lies in order for us to disregard the entire text. Do you know that apocryphal literally means "hidden"!?! Don't listen to man, but go to the LORD and ask Him yourself. Ask Him to guide you and show you the truth! He will give you what you need! 😉 🙏 ❤

[@jimmynolet3752]

Strange I work closely with a lot of them not the Gnostic stuff though

[@Petergriffin-qg1gw]

Or bc the authors/content weren’t liked by the powerful & rich of the time. Or bc the authors weren’t as rich/powerful as others (& most importantly didn’t have as powerful friends) Stop having a closed mind. A closed mind is closed to growth, closed to learning new things, closed to growing... OPEN IT. Do some research. Then form an opinion afterwords. Don’t just go into everything with a closed mind. That’s like people 2000 years ago keeping a close mind & calling science Witchcraft & heresy.. like they would have never found electricity had we kept this closed mind outlook & not looked to expand our knowledge & understanding. Admit we can make mistakes, admit we can be wrong, & LEARN FROM IT. We often learn more from mistakes than success. Without open minds the renaissance never would’ve happened They would still think the Earth is flat, they would still drill holes in heads to release sickness/demons, etc. etc.. Open your mind & Grow up. Not saying you have to believe this or that, but at the very least have an open mind about it & don’t be a NPC who can be indoctrinated into believing whatever the group or authority deems is fact regardless of the truth. We see this anti logical groupthink nonsense more & more in the west. It’s disgusting. What society would celebrate being close minded, celebrate being unable to debate ideas? That is anti knowledge. Anti reason. Anti logic.

[@eltahúr52]

yes, you are right, many of them were obviously false, but some of them are lost, because, well, payrus and stuff like that dont last forever. Anyway, we know about the lost ones because early chuch fathers quoted them, and honestly, they didnt like those. Greetings from Mexico, Bless.

[@estebansteverincon7117]

They're _all_ fake. They're neither factual nor historical.

[@eyevan8080]

He's finally posted a redeemed zoomer format vid...

[@maxalaintwo3578]

Bro’s been on the wojak game forever

[@jameswest9469]

Haha I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed

[@TestifyApologetics]

Look at me...I am your Redeemed Zoomer now

[@GavMiPie]

@@TestifyApologetics might wanna cite him as an inspiration

[@TestifyApologetics]

​​@@GavMiPieI can. I've seen others not even talking about Christianity using it. And it's not far from my normal format. Gotta like rz

[@blakeking1125]

So I can get behind the idea of "cosmic completion" in the sense that God created the universe for a purpose, and each of us has a part to play in that. But the idea that God doesn’t love you, and is just trying to accomplish some hidden agenda is way off base. He calls us His beloved children, and we call Him Abba (which is a word jewish people use to refer to their dad affectionately).

[@Starlord238]

As you said: People are just looking for new Bibles to justify their wickedness.

[@mcfarvo]

"It's 'Rings of Power' level cringe" hahahaha

[@ChristianKnight-1054]

I agree,the rings of power are an affront to professor Tolkien.

[@KalonOrdona2]

[space]*, an* affront* :)

[@ChristianKnight-1054]

@@KalonOrdona2 Ok i fixed It.

[@KalonOrdona2]

@@ChristianKnight-1054 You are my favorite kind of human!

[@TheLastDragonborn1245]

@@ChristianKnight-1054 Season 2 is a massive improvement though.

[@clayton4349]

This is probably my favorite video from Testify. Will be looking forward to a sequel to that if it’s planned.

[@guy4036]

It’s interesting how the canonical gospels “discrepancies” can be harmonized with such ease that there is practically no rebuttal, just a rejection of these harmonizations. Whereas there is no real “harmonization” of the talking cross, denial of the crucifixion, and outright contradiction of Jesus birth/divinity in the apocryphal gospels.

[@Kenji17171]

They can be harmonized because you choose to do so. If you didn't begin with the assumption that they were inspired you also could see the contradictions.

[@rightousnesspursuer6523]

​@@Kenji17171 Example?

[@LetTalesBeTold]

@@Kenji17171I second righteousnesspursuer- may we be shown examples of Gospel passages that cannot, with any feasible logic, be harmonized?

[@Kenji17171]

@@rightousnesspursuer6523 did Jesus say "Why do you call me good, only God is good?" or "Why do you ask me about what is good?" It is a significant change in the gospels because it shows how their christology has increased.

[@Kenji17171]

@@LetTalesBeTold did centurion himself come to jesus to ask or sent others for himself?

[@ventiankraus777]

I was a conspiracy theorist before coming to Christ. Realizing Christians were the original conspiracy theorists gave me some comfort. Just like true Christians, true conspiracy theorists are on a quest for truth in a world full of deception. Make sure when dealing with them, you point them toward The Truth. ✌️

[@DenTehSand]

You must LOVE wendigoon

[@ventiankraus777]

@DenTehSand seen a few of his videos lol. ✌️ 👽 👍

[@johannesstephanusroos4969]

00:15 No, I've never wondered about that. People lie about Him ALL THE TIME

[@ItsJustAdrean]

The lie detector determined, you were telling the truth! Because the lies about who Jesus is are more comfortable than the cold hard truth to those living in iniquity

[@hansdykstra3869]

Skeptics: why don’t you believe these anonymous Gospels written 100s of years after by non eye witness not in the Bible? Also skeptics: I believe the 4 Gospels are anonymous, written 100s of years after by non eye witnesses so I don’t believe them.

[@EmergedEmu]

@@hansdykstra3869 well to be fair the gospels were probably written by anonymous authors but definitely not centuries later like they claim

[@PhilSophia-ox7ep]

Ummm, what? Skeptics are skeptical of all claims.

[@Petergriffin-qg1gw]

They were all written by men. Men can lie, men do things for $, power, etc. man cheat, steal. Make mistakes. It’s insanity to say one man’s book is true but one isn’t simply because someone says so.

[@victhegamer9918]

@@hansdykstra3869 you do know that this is not how logic works right?? This would be accurate if skeptics believe in in the other gospels(which they don’t). They use your logic” you believe these writings that are written decades after the death of Jesus by we don’t know who, but not these others texts about the same thing, written by we don’t know who, some decades after the earliest texts.” So your strawman argument sucks:)

[@hansdykstra3869]

@@victhegamer9918 in what way is what I said a straw man? You said yourself that skeptics use the logic I said they use

[@adrudds]

“YoU sEE aLL ThE BoOKs TheY tOOk Out” - abdool

[@jellycode4949]

@@adrudds Not just that though Even today's Gospels are just edited versions of the previous century ones. They have different meanings too, the KJV Bible doesn't agree 100% with the NIV Bible. Plus on the Preface of the Bible it says that the verses have been changed since 15th century. Like cmon, get smarter

[@adrudds]

@@jellycode4949 give an example

[@UnionSince452]

The poor level polemics are starting to get tired bro🤣 Please quote where you think the NIV and KJV don’t agree with each other. Even if you find one you think is a contradiction, you can legit go read an earlier translation like the Peshitta, Septuigent or Vulgate which have been preserved since the 1st, 2nd and 4th century.

[@adrudds]

@@UnionSince452 fr they’re such a meme🤦🏾‍♂️

[@stephengray1344]

@@jellycode4949 I don't think you quite understand how Bible translation works. Many modern Bible translations are completely new translations from the original languages. Some are revisions of older translations. This means that the translators start with the translation they are revising and then check it against the original text to see if it accurately reflects the meaning given the changing nature of the English language, and the fact that modern scholarship has a better understanding of the context (and in some cases the meaning of particular words), and of which textual variants are most likely to be the original text than scholarship from a couple of centuries ago. And when you say that the Preface of the Bible says that the verses have been changed since the 15th century, which translation's preface are you talking about?

[@MrFunnesss]

It's amazing how people believe the gospel of Nicodemus is real

[@Chinmookchin]

Gospel of Barnabas is the worst for me

[@DefenderOfChrist_]

@@Chinmookchinit is the Muslim Gospel.

[@RRPB1799]

Why is not real.... Its seems legit in a way

[@DefenderOfChrist_]

@@RRPB1799 it is not historically accurate it is just something people would like.

[@carlosa4852]

@@MrFunnesss or any of the gospels at all, really.

[@dyad2285]

More like this if possible please 😊, absolutely love your work

[@deutschermichel5807]

Some youtuber called Wendigoon did a video about this video, too

[@Seomus]

It's a good one.

[@Dwights_trash_can]

Love wendigoon ​@@Seomus

[@DeusVult838]

Yooo new Testify video!! You’re awesome man!!

[@SophiaTranslate]

There's a excellent video on the topic of apocryphal books of the Bible by Wendigoon. Yes, he does videos about Bible sometimes.

[@ThoseRedPillGuys]

We need a wendigoon, Jay dyer and testify collab.

[@buckbumble1872]

"Sometimes" He has an entire podcast dedicated to the Bible and is a youth pastor.

[@SophiaTranslate]

@@buckbumble1872 Oh, I didn't knew that!

[@DM5550Z]

@@ThoseRedPillGuysI saw some inconsistencies in the wendigoon video, many scholars reflect the consensus usually which is that pretty much all are fake traditions save for a few parts of some apocrypha

[@chancylvania]

I love that you made the gnostics look like some teen stoner

[@LutzWeissmuller]

Basicly the truth

[@jty1999]

Muhammad borrowing from the "gospels" is hilarious and sad

[@imaadhaq540]

I mean Southern Arabia had many Jews, Christians, and Ebionites. Obviously there will be influences

[@xxxilluminate5754]

Are you referring to the Quran or hadiths?

[@psevdhome]

The Protevangelium of James is kind of fun because it's not straight up gnostic or heretical but has some interesting passages and connects with some beliefs a lot of early Christians had. The weird stuff: at the time of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem, Joseph was fetching a midwife for the birth and as he is returning he seems to see time stopping at the moment of Jesus' birth. It seems to signify the cosmic importance of his birth and is the earliest description to my knowledge of an event where time has stopped: things in motion appear to be suspended in motion and only Joseph experiences this stopping and is able to move as all other things around him are stopped. It contains ideas that Eastern Orthodox and Catholics believe regarding Mary, that Joseph is not her earthly husband but rather an older man, a widower, who has to take the pubescent Mary as wife to protect her virtue as a sort of guardian. This older Joseph is present in tradition and it makes the brothers of Jesus his older half-siblings from Joseph's previous marriage. That explains why Jesus gave up Mary to John at his death as Jesus' brothers were not the children of Mary and thus not her actual children, her only child being Jesus. The older Joseph is an interesting view because it would explain why Joseph is not physically present in the story after Jesus was at the temple at twelve. After that we do not have Joseph appear in the story or do or say anything. Jesus is identified as Joseph's son, but the man himself does not appear.

[@LutzWeissmuller]

its considered Semi-Cannon

[@psevdhome]

@@LutzWeissmuller interesting. I thought it was a sort of "based on the same ideas known in tradition" but I did not know it was semi canon. Thank you for clarifying.

[@LutzWeissmuller]

@@psevdhome Its basicly the same you thought, its considered that is fake but some parts should be real, so its in an status of partially cannon

[@psevdhome]

@@LutzWeissmuller Ok. I had not heard the expression "Semi-Canon" in this context. That's why I asked. For the record, I don't think the description of time stopping at Jesus' birth is wrong. I mean it probably didn't happen that way but it's not exactly wrong or heretical. I think as a text it's interesting, because it might be the first ever literary description of such an event. SO it is a really interesting work in many ways. As I stated earlier, it seems to concur with canonical gospels in a significant way: Elizabeth, Mary's kinswoman, is of the tribe of Levi as is her husband Zachariah. So in the protevangelium Mary is also of the tribe of Levi. Because her father Joachim is one of the priests. It's an interesting detail as Jesus is said to be of Judah's tribe and a king, and legally he is through Joseph. But him also being of the priestly line gives credence to his doouble nature, divine and human. THe significance of the priestly line is not underlined or specified in any way, it's not a detail trying to prove anything, but it concurs with the canonical gospels. If Mary's family was of Levites as was her kinswoman Elizabeth, then it confers that priestly prerogative also to Jesus. Also it says that Joseph is an older man. And in the canonical Gospels Joseph last appears when Jesus is twelve. He is mentioned later as Jesus' father, but he himself does not make an appearance. THis seems to confirm, or at least not contradict the idea that Joseph was indeed old. Jesus' brothers being older also makes sense how badly they treat him. If they were younger siblings they would respect him due to him being the firstborn, even if they were impious. Their open disrespect seems to show that they are in fact older and thus can dismiss their wayward little brother. Sorry this became a little essay. I find the text fascinating.

[@Brainstormer_Industires]

@@LutzWeissmuller "semi canon" is an interesting way to say "openly condemned by multiple popes and church fathers"

[@pianoatthirty]

Subscribed. Your videos combine both humor and matter-of-factness in such a refreshing way. Please consider doing some stuff debunking the popular (and very Gnostic) claim regarding "Christ Consciousness" - Yogananda's "The Second Coming of Christ" and Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth" would be great candidates.

[@Paul-zf8ob]

Billy cracks me up! He takes every book out there and mixes everything together.

[@adhd_coach_nic]

Been supporting you for a long time man. Love your channel. Keep going!

[@calculuslover2078]

Christian Apocryphal texts: exist Mohammed: lets put that into Quran

[@ameribeaner]

Hey!!! You made the video on the apocryphal gospels! Great video!

[@JadDragon]

People will believe anything _but_ the Gospel! Jesus lives! ♥️ and is Yahweh God 🙏🏻 Christ ✝️ and King 👑

[@Iwani]

I just stumbled across the Gospel of the Essenes/Peace today and OH BOY. My jaw hit the floor at the blasphemy, plagiarism, and overall audacity.

[@fluffysheap]

Despite the name, it probably doesn't have anything to do with the Essenes. It's probably a 20th century fraud. Not the only one - there's also the gospel of Jesus's wife and, probably, the secret gospel of Mark.

[@lauren_mask]

OH ME TOO! I’ve been in a deep dive for hours, it’s almost 2am right now…

[@BradyAlley]

Ephesians 4:14 "That we be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive."

[@TrumpOfficialNot]

2 Peter 2

[@jjp1743]

Some thoughts and observations: 1. Gospel of Thomas is useful insofar as it evidences another independent witness to Christ’s sayings. Highly tied in with the idea of a Q or a sayings gospel, although Thomas is definitely not the Q if such a writing exists. 2. GThomas is believed to have been edited numerous times and some sayings may be later additions. This is argued by sympathizers to be the case, about the women becoming men saying. 3. The earliest of these were not written by the person whose name is attached (eg Thomas) - per scholars. We agree with the scholars on these being later forgeries, but the mere fact that scholars say they weren’t written by their attributed author, doesn’t mean they actually weren’t. There are resources on this channel rebutting scholars who make the same claims about the four gospels’ authorship. 4. The talking cross in GPeter may be a misreading of the text. Could be addressed further. There’s a paper by Goodacre arguing the one speaking and walking is “the crucified one”, not “the [literal] cross”. 5. My favorite “apocryphal gospel” is the Egerton Gospel”, an extremely fragmentary text. To the degree to which we have preserved it, it either aligns well with the four gospels, or most curiously, claims a miracle on the bank of the Jordan river which isn’t clearly paralleled in the gospels. AFAIK contains no nonsense Gnosticism.

[@Pedanta]

Your videos are amazing, so consise and informative

[@ChristianPhilosemite]

Brother, you are on fire lately!!!

[@edafematthew8406]

This is a mess for Muslims who bring up the gospel of barnabas to prove their distortion of history They will also have to accept that Jesus is not the messiah😂

[@FukThePolice786]

the gospel of Barnabas says Jesus and Mohammed are both the Messiah, as Jesus says "i'm the Prophet of Salvation to the house of Israel (Messiah Ben Joseph) but after me shall come the Awaited Messiah (Messiah Ben David) In Judaism they are waiting for 2 Messiahs one is the peaceful Messiah (Jesus) and the second is the Warlord Messiah (Mohammed Peace be upon him)

[@FukThePolice786]

61.6 Maududi - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an Thus, according to the Israelite concept the word messiah was, in fact, synonymous with being "commissioned by God", and in this very meaning had the Prophet Jesus (peace be on him) used this word for the Holy Prophet Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings). For an explanation of the Israelite meaning of the word "messiah", see "Messiah" in Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature).

[@FukThePolice786]

there where manny Messiahs Jesus isn't special, King David was Messiah, King Cyrus was Messiah, Enoch was Messiah, Jesus was Messiah, and the last Messiah is the Awaited Mahdi

[@RDD3lap3n496]

This Abdool sure do imagine thing for Anti-Christ Isa

[@FukThePolice786]

@@RDD3lap3n496 Isa is Jesus, you calling your Messiah the Anti Christ? Ya Jahil

[@ggpt9641]

I'm glad the Lord has provided Testify as a solid teacher of truth, delivered here on KZbin. There are few others I'd ever trust to deliver a faithful coverage of what these "Gospels" entail. In several of these too, it seems like "Gospel of (disciple)" is just tacked on as a cheap way to grab attention somehow, yet... where is the good news of them? Gospel means good news, and based on what is presented here I fail to see what good news there is compared to some bad news.

[@J__T]

I've heard of Judas, Barnabas, and the clay birds story. The former two I've briefly read an English translation of and, yeah, they don't sound anything like the Bible. A relative told me the latter and I have no idea where she found that given she believes in the Bible; likely whatever she was watching or reading falsely mentioned it was in the Bible and so just thought she had missed it. I'd likely do the same but we both often research the more fantastical ones. This seems to have slipped under our radar; thanks for the correction.

[@John_Six_Twenty-Nine]

Probably found it in the Quran/ in discussion with a Muslim

[@willz6997]

You have me subbed after the first 20 seconds. Never done that over a channel before

[@believer_channel77]

No such thing as a "lost gospel". There's the true gospels, and then there's false ones.

[@ItsJustAdrean]

So happy to see this channel has grown. Your attention to detail and concise explanation are beyond a pleasure to hear

[@attiasprouse682]

Allow me to take the time to inform everybody here: the hymen is not a freshness seal. "Without breaking Her hymen," is not how a hymen works. The hymen does not seal the vagina, if it did, a woman could not have her period. This just shows that these men did not know a woman's biology and anatomy. Thank God The Church was persevered from accepting this as canon.

[@tempestvenator9809]

Sadly not really. There are a lot of Catholics and Orthodox who are stupid enough to believe this because it supports their perpetual virgin nonsense. So naturally they would have no clue how hymens work.

[@MeanBeanComedy]

I like all of your videos, but if one of them needs to go viral right now, it might be this one!

[@fotisk-sg2sh]

there's something about all these false """""gospels""""", and that thing is adding unnecessary references to the future, one you mentioned is Joseph growing the tree of which the wood of would be used to build the Cross, but another and absolutely hilarious one is this: When Jesus was still a kid, he was around a group of kids, until a random kid showed up and started biting them, when that kid was about to approach Jesus, Jesus touched the kid, and a demon left the kid's body. That kid was apparently... Judas Iscariot. It's clear why people considered the 4 gospels 100% true now, lol

[@ttterg6152]

To be fair: some of the authors themselves might not have been serious. Like, they could have been works of fiction like the divine comedy and paradise lost

[@imaadhaq540]

@@ttterg6152 A lot of OT apocryphal texts were not meant to be serious and more like explorations of things the Tanakh did not fully explain so this checks out

[@juancarlosaliba4866]

More of these videos please! It helps people like me who wants to have working knowledge on Christianity! Your videos make me like a young child wanting to learn more about Jesus! Thank God and thank you for your channel! Will be praying for you in my rosaries and in my daily Way of the Cross! (Please consider these prayers as gestures of good will). God bless and Ave Maria!

[@keeperofthetriforce7]

Most of these lost gospels are actually heretical not apocryphal.

[@graceeology]

i had an argument with my mom about the apocryphal gospel and the same night, literally the exact same night, i found this video while it was still unlisted and had like 6 views. I have just in the past few months come back to Christianity after my parents left church when I was in middle school because of their doubts due to conspiracy theories and this channel has been helping me a lot.

[@StrikerEStrikerovich]

Godspeed

[@TranscendentII]

Congratulations, the Holy Spirit works in mysterious ways, read the New Testament and grow your faith :)

[@HopefulAIMusic]

Awesome work 💖💖💖

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

I remember reading one time about a gospel fragment from the 2nd or 3rd Century with a story about Jesus causing plants to grow miraculously. That and a few sentences reminiscent of the canonical gospels was all that there was. I think this one may have been an authentic memory of one of Jesus' unrecorded miracles. I wish I could remember the name.

[@thebatman2405]

Bro this "lost gosples" are wild💀💀

[@povoq83]

Epic video. great explanation and funny images. Thanks for your work !!! BTW, this Iraneus is a real hero !

[@briandiehl9257]

We need to comment a lot so youtube likes this video

[@nicbentulan]

@@briandiehl9257 how does commenting make KZbin like the video?

[@Tussuadsmeltdown]

Probably one of the weirdest things about the Protoevangelium of James is that is was quoted by Clement of Alexandria as if it was scripture, and that quote was later used by the Catholic Church to support the Marian dogmas.

[@tempestvenator9809]

Unfortunately, it seems like in their attempt to defend untrue dogma they embraced a false gospel to defend themselves.

[@lichwood4429]

KZbin is putting 2 unskippable, 2 minute+ ads on this video (at least for me), even after many refreshes, even with my adblocker.

[@fluffysheap]

Unskippable ads are never more than 15 seconds. Sounds like you're collateral damage in the war between youtube and ad blockers

[@Brainstormer_Industires]

"acts of Peter" and "Enoch" definitely deserve entries on this list. Maybe you need a pt 2

[@HunterShawMusic]

Enoch doesn’t belong in this list. It’s a second temple work

[@Brainstormer_Industires]

@@HunterShawMusic Fair point. Enoch clearly isn't a "gospel" in any sense, even if it is arguably apocryphal

[@maxalaintwo3578]

6:05 The Protoevangelium of James is also the first documented instance of the doctrine of Mary’s perpetual virginity. Curious!

[@mcgilldi]

@@maxalaintwo3578 it seems like the Roman Catholic Church took its Mariology from this book.

[@alanking4836]

Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel Isaiah 7:14 The protoevangelium of James is hardly first nor what the perpetual virginity based on any "Christian" that rejects it also rejects Trinitarianism in the church father period

[@maxalaintwo3578]

@@alanking4836 Nowhere in Isaiah is it close to implied that the virgin that bears that Son will remain a virgin forever and have no other children, and the constant use of the word “adelphos” to refer to James and Jude makes it pretty clear that the word “brother” was intended here, even though words like “anepsios” meaning “cousin” were used in Acts and Paul’s Epistles to describe the relationship of Mark and Barnabas.

[@alanking4836]

@@maxalaintwo3578 It says that a virgin will bear a son relevant to the protoevangelium of James not being the first reference of a virgin birth but Since you switched to the brothers of the Lord no where is there any suggestions of them being children of Mary no native Greek speaker ever suggested they were her children the first person to make that up was Helvidius who spoke only Latin and the translator st Jerome called him an idiot John Calvin also said that he is a idiot. As you should already know the Jews who wrote and were the sources for the gospels would call any male relative a brother we know that Mary for a fact had no other children since the end of the gospel of john the Lord gives the beloved disciple Mary to take to his house as mother and son if St James and St Jude were sons of Mary this would not of happened. We know that St Mary had no plans for losing her virginity since she was a young married woman who had to ask how she would get pregnant with a son in some vague time in the future

[@Jessc1992]

The early church fathers unanimously believed in the perpetual virginity of Mary, and they used luke and old testament typology to prove it. It was the heretics like the docetists who denied it.

[@jonasstrabel]

This video combines accuracy with hilarious side hits at these weird sects. Love it

[@peterhenryzepeda3484]

The Proto evangelium of James isn’t necessarily heretical it’s just not authentic and sacred scripture. It’s useful to understand how early Christians viewed Mary.

[@JoeJ0estar]

It is only useful to the Roman Catholic Church who’s views of original sin and inherited guilt were influenced by St Augustine. The EO view of ancestral sin does not require the Theotokos to be literally sinless and the Protoevangelium of James is 100% considered heretical in their view.

[@danfsteeple]

@@JoeJ0estarI’m Greek Orthodox and the Protevangelion of James is not considered heretical

[@JoeJ0estar]

@@danfsteeple If you do not then you might not understand the implications behind it. The main one being that the Theotokos is by her own merit as sinless and perfect as our Lord, lacking a need for a savior. Little things here and there that Catholics use to elevate Mary to a point where it is almost more simple veneration, and then get mad when they are called on it. Post Vatican I heretical dogma finds its roots from the Proto Evangelium of James.

[@danfsteeple]

@@JoeJ0estar Fr. Lawrence Barriger of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of North America wrote a small article on the ACROD website titled “The Protoevangelium of St. James”. You can go read it

[@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849]

You should also include Secret Mark in a future video about false gospels, as while no copies of it remain, portions of a Letter from Clement is the only surviving manuscript that tells us about Secret Mark. Basically, Secret Mark claims to be a longer and more mystical version of the Gospel According to Mark, but in the letter, only one narrative from from it survives, which is allegedly spliced in between Mark 10:34 and 10:35. According to the letter, it was written like this: "And they come into Bethany. And a certain woman whose brother had died was there. And, coming, she prostrated herself before Jesus and says to him, "Son of David, have mercy on me." But the disciples rebuked her. And Jesus, being angered, went off with her into the garden where the tomb was, and straightway a great cry was heard from the tomb. And going near Jesus rolled away the stone from the door of the tomb. And straightway, going in where the youth was, he stretched forth his hand and raised him, seizing his hand. But the youth, looking upon him, loved him and began to beseech him that he might be with him. And going out of the tomb they came into the house of the youth, for he was rich. And after six days Jesus told him what to do and in the evening the youth comes to him, wearing a linen cloth over his naked body. And he remained with him that night, for Jesus taught him the mystery of the kingdom of God. And thence, arising, he returned to the other side of the Jordan." Nowadays, people would use Secret Mark to imply that Jesus is homosexual or that a group of Christians had thought that he was, but given that it was one of the gospels that were not accepted, and Clement had refuted it in his letter (Sadly, the portions in which he refuted it is missing), it is obviously biblical fanfiction, probably made by someone who fantasizes sleeping with Jesus Christ in *that* terrible manner.

[@midimusicforever]

This channel rocks! So underrated!

[@orelorel144]

Can you make videos on why to the Jews Reject Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of God? p.s. love Your Videos!

[@TestifyApologetics]

I'm planning on doing one on Jewish objections to Isaiah 53, for starters.

[@jty1999]

​@@TestifyApologeticsoh exciting!

[@mattd398]

Because he died, making him a failed prophet, without bringing the Messianic age. And how Cristianity didn't help the Jews at all, but made their lives horrible throughout history, kicking them out. And how Christianity made Jesus God.

[@annemurphy9339]

@@mattd398. Yeshua ha’Mashiach won complete victory at the cross: only the mortal body He came to earth in died. Yeshua stepped out of that body triumphant over sin & death for all wise enough to accept His free gift. He then reanimated that lifeless body after three days, exactly as He said He would. His perfection will be recognized during the Millennial Reign, after the completion of the quickly approaching tribulation.

[@mattd398]

@@annemurphy9339 ok 1) this doesn't fully address what I said 2) they don't believe he was raised

[@DarkBlade37]

I find it puzzling that some Muslim preachers would use a text written closer in time to the present day than to the founding of their own religion (let alone the time of Jesus) as an argument.

[@supermysterious66]

The gospel of Eve is one of the few apocryphal gospels that we know of, but know only a little about it, since all known copies were intentionally destroyed.

[@andrewreed4216]

The current bibles also mention 15 other books that biblical authors seem to think we're worth mentioning but aren't included (eg. Gad the seer, epistle to the laodecians). The rest of the book of acts made it from the Ottoman rulers to a Catholic bishop in Ireland. This help confirm why the Catholics reverence Mary magdalene in France. A couple french rulers (including Charlemagne) said they were descendants of christ and mary magdalene). There's also the story of the fisher kings of britton. The colbrin bible (what survives of it). Stories about cornwall and Glastonbury. The nemenhah records (book, second complete edition) released by the native Americans themselves (also the ojibwe nation are releasing theirs next year). They support the Book of Mormon (not necessarily all aspects of the lds church).

[@roginyappl7158]

9:17 😂😂there are Muslim arguments said that they find the gospel Barnabas 1,500 years years ago and they argument is: "Christians will not believe in this because they don't want to hear the truth" But many Muslim believe he is the messiah and this barnaba gospel deny Jesus as the Messiah

[@TrumpOfficialNot]

I thought the Quran in its entirety denies Christ as being the Messiah, considering it refers to him as being Allah's favorite prophet and little to nothing more.

[@SwagWizard_LemonGod]

Knock and you shall be opened, serpents are guests who cannot be denied.

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[@bryanc2262]

I'm from the Orthodox Church. In some of these works, they have embellished what is held a true by tradition. This is done by the hand of the Evil One in an attempt to hide the truth from the faithful, to set division among them, or to cause ridicule of them. Remember, to paraphrase the words of our Master, there is no greater love in the world than to lay one's life down for his friends.

[@Bartender3408]

4:50 Got me dying 🤣

[@Platter_heads]

This video is important and fun! Nice! Maybe a more in depth video ascribed to each one would be possible. If this seems to gain traction ,of course

[@raphaelfeneje486]

The called Muhammad the ear because he was repeating myths and legendary stories told him. He converted it to the Qu'ran 😅

[@pauliedaartist7]

Beautiful video, thank you for the info!!! This was really interesting to listen to and to see just how many writings there are in history to try and muddy Christ’s greatest gift to us!

[@AinulHasun]

So, that means modern Christianity is nothing more than a sect of early Christianity that somehow became dominant and overpowered other sects.... nothing to do with true teachings. Its just who won

[@aplusenglishonline7011]

Heresiology is a pretty awesome subject to study as we grow closer to Jesus by knowing His Truth in the Bible.

[@SpoonsXownXsinceX92]

There's so many things you're saying here that have no scholarly basis. You haven't set any parameters for why these alt versions of Jesus may or may not be right simply by the yardstick of what is commonly accepted. That's not a rational argument. You can't just dismiss a text because it is 'gnostic', when this term is heavily contested. Like yeah, these texts are goofy. But that's not enough. You need to employ historical methodology to prove that.

[@John_Six_Twenty-Nine]

The dating of the actual Gospels to within the time period of the first apostles (ie 1st century ).... relative to any other 'gospel', the earliest of which is at minimum 50 years AFTER the death of the apostles is one such criteria

[@laggygamerp2664]

Very good video, one thing, the Quran does say that Jesus is the Messiah, though it doesn’t define it and in the same sentence says “the messiah, son of Mary was but a messenger”

[@The.True.Prophet16]

So.... 12 apostles but only 4 gospels are read together, the church got rid of 8

[@nomnombr]

@@The.True.Prophet16 They're not real gospels. Forgeries.

[@JDLeonido-ep7pw]

So on the “gospel of peter”, after the last words, Jesus’ body wasn’t described as taken up, because in later verses (vv. 20-24) it describes processes being done to his body.

[@orthodoxapologetics]

Make more videos on Islam please

[@TestifyApologetics]

This touches on it, and I was planning on it.

[@Axels_Universe]

you should make a video responding to Muslims in your comment sections.

[@Christ-is-Lord777]

@@TestifyApologeticsThere’s a Muslim argument on Aisha not being 6-9 But being older cause She was in the battle of Badr I have A few Thoughts on it myself to disprove it but I’d rather see u respond God bless ✝️☝️

[@TestifyApologetics]

I think I can do better than the comment section. I typically don't do responses, and if people aren't willing to have a conversation then they're not worth my time.

[@MetroMan13]

​@TestifyApologetics You better make more Islam videos, you Godless dunderhead.

[@danielmalinen6337]

Actually, it is wrong to say that the Gospel of Thomas is a gospel because it is actually a Logia, a collection of quotations which, according to the gospel itself, were "the words of Jesus when he was still alive". Most of the quotes from the gospel are the same as in the synoptic gospels, but some new ones are humorous and somewhat nonsensical like "A lion becomes a man when it eats a man, so woe to the man who was eaten by the lion". At some point, Thomas 114 has been added to the end of the Logia (yes, not all copies have it), which is apparently a continuation of Luke 10:25-37 because Peter says "Send Mary away from us, because women are not worthy of this" and then Jesus explains why Mary is allowed to stay. But this passage has been slightly corrupted and it is not certain what the quote originally said when it speaks of the intention of turning Mary "into a man" "so that she also may have a living spirit as you men will have", but we can still suspect that the "living spirit" possibly refers to "eternal life" based on what Paul has written. Originally the "gospel" of Thomas was known from the Greek manuscript which was damaged, but the Coptic text that was found later is the most complete version. According to researchers, the fact that copies of the text have been found on opposite sides of the Mediterranean indicates that it was popular to some extent, but lost its popularity when the early Logias were replaced by the more advanced Gospels. However, the text is still worth reading, funny and a window into early Christianity, but it cannot be considered canonical, nor does it contain any "secrets about the real Jesus", only a collection of random quotes, and has very little gnostic influence.

[@imaadhaq540]

I think a lot of the early apocryphal Gospels contained some sort of element of truth. These beliefs of Jesus didn't come from nowhere but they lack the entire truth

[@mni5245]

A muslim showed me The Gospel of David. I died that day! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Just_A._Tablespoon]

And this is somehow the fastest growing religion!?

[@mni5245]

@@Just_A._Tablespoon speedily growing in reverse. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DefenderOfChrist_]

@@mni5245I have actually never heard anout the Gospel of David and I usaully know alot of the Apocryphal books.

[@mni5245]

@DefenderOfChrist_ it's what you see on the evangelism field.

[@AlexanderosD]

Nice! Was looking forward to this one! I've read through these a while back. These fanfiction are pretty zaney 😂

[@gobicamel]

Also needed coverage on the epistle of barnabas which recently has been redetermined to be from around the time of the 4 gospels instead of 130ad as previously expected.

[@annemurphy9339]

Gospel of Barnabus is a known gnostic fraud, whose authors didn’t even proper language & terms for the time they were pretending their work originated. No scholar is fooled by this book.

[@briandiehl9257]

@@annemurphy9339 Epistle of barnabus is different from the gospel of barnabus. One is heretical and another was seriously considered part of the cannon by some

[@David-jw1zh]

Matthew 5:44 KJV But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

[@信者の男]

0:21 arent you a prot?

[@thedelaunesband1405]

@@信者の男 ✝️✝️✝️ yes sir

[@cohortConnor]

Are you an Imperialist?

[@raphaelfeneje486]

Why??

[@brokyle2267]

If he may be a Protestant, he does provide useful information in defending the Gospel and our Bible, so pray the Lord grants him peace and mercy, for he loves God as much as any of us do.

[@thehitomiboy7379]

I caught that irony too

[@schofrenzy]

Seek God find Jesus Christ ✝️🩸❤️‍🔥👑🔥🕊️

[@elobservadorobservante1605]

😮so, Ebionites were ancient Jehova Witnesses?

[@HomoEucharistica]

Well, not exactly, since Jehovah's Witnesses DO believe that Jesus is a God who was created as the firstborn of all creation. The Ebionites, instead, did not believe Jesus was even a god (or an angel) but a regular human person. The closest ancient equivalent for JW would be the Arians.

[@macchannell1582]

Great information. I knew nothing about any of these before

[@gideonwiley8961]

The speed at which people read these works and incredulously point out that they are too late to be eyewitness events, and that some of their sayings or stories are too silly sounds exactly like atheist arguments against the canonical gospels. If you can accept that Christ appeared and revealed things to Paul apart from his earthly ministry, why couldn’t the same be true of these “later writings”? If you believe in a God who can raise the dead, why is a talking cross, or a bowing Roman Standard suddenly too crazy to believe?

[@scottishbananaclan]

The issue isn't that these things are too crazy for God to do, it's that these texts outright contradict each other and the 4 gospels. They also are written hundreds of years after, and Paul and his ministry was just a few years after Christ died, all the eyewitness of Christ were still alive. The gnostic forgeries are not God breathed as they directly contradict Scripture

[@gideonwiley8961]

@@scottishbananaclan what makes them “direct contradiction” and not merely a reorientation of the faith towards its root? The New Testament clearly “contradicts” much of the Old Testament, but of course we recognize that this shouldn’t cause us to reject Christianity simply due to it rescinding the interpretations of men which came before.

[@briandiehl9257]

@@gideonwiley8961 I mean like saying Jesus never appeared in the flesh is a direct contradiction, and we are directly told not to believe anyone who says that

[@shhhhhg]

watch his other vids

[@Tony_Tamer22]

EVERYONE WAKE UP TESTIFY UPLOADED!!!

[@harvey_weenstain8857]

Thomas is gnostic BS. Nicodemus is great, however. Highly recommend the acts of Pilate + descent into hell. I believe they are legit.

[@Cashiyado]

These are the most late writings of all the ones that were talked about in the video, how come?

[@harvey_weenstain8857]

Im speaking from experience there are certain texts that you can read and they dont line up with the bible, or you can tell in the spirit that there is something rong with them. From my experience the gospel of nicodemus is not un-biblical and is very interesting. Im not saying i consider it actual gospel truth, im just saying in my spirit when reading it i did not discern it as heresy, but rather, found it quite interesting

[@wyatttyson7737]

Its amazing how many of these heretical texts, despite being condemned at the time, had their ideas worm their way into Catholic doctrine. The Protevangelium of James was condemned by many Church Fathers at the time, but many Catholics have unironically (and rather ignorantly) cited it as proof for the Catholic Church being the “only real Christianity.”

[@Chinmookchin]

Uhmm is this serious? That there are another book telling Jesus was born in palm tree and talking when Jesus is still baby before the quran?

[@elliotmorley9075]

We pick and choose what we like. That’s what I get from an outside standpoint. Resurrection which I believe happened is not farther stretched than more symbolic stuff that has a lot in common with the other 16 religions with the same exact story. Look into astronomy, the Sun passes over the southern cross constellation on a day we call Passover

[@white-hart]

40 view in 2 mins?? - mans fell of fr